so... it's wednesday
I have news. But I can't tell you for at least a little while longer. But I will... soon.
Instead, the topic of this post is "what I am reading."
I've had a mystery binge as of late. Specifically mysteries written before I was born. Specifically the Elizabeth Peters' mysteries.
I read her first Amelia Peabody Crocodile on the Sandbank, about two years ago. I was on vacation and finished it because it was really all I had but I wasn't thrilled with it. I really thought I would love it. The setting and the fact that it's such a great series and it has a female main character/detective, I should have loved it. Alas no.
So I was a bit skeptical to pick up one of her Vicky Bliss stories. But in the particular genre of mysteries that I seem to enjoy, there isn't anything really coming out right now. (The three or four series' that I follow all publish at the end/beginning of the year.) The first novel dragged a bit but it was great. So then I picked up the next one and devoured that and then the next one. I'm up to book four of six now. I love the character and the fact that the setting changes from book to book.
And did I mention that Vicky Bliss is a sassy, no nonsense gal? In the first book she tells the reader that although she likes having a boyfriend, she doesn't want to get married. Ever. And she repeatedly turns down his proposals. She admits that she isn't a leading name in her field, yet. But she's creating a reputation for solving weird art related crimes. (I think I forgot to mention that she works in a museum as a curator of some sort, but her specialty is medieval art.)
I generally read mostly historical mysteries; this isn't a traditional historical. It seems that they were each written as a contemporary but since they're about 30ish years old, they seem slightly historical. Anyway.
They're great. I wish there were more.
Instead, the topic of this post is "what I am reading."
I've had a mystery binge as of late. Specifically mysteries written before I was born. Specifically the Elizabeth Peters' mysteries.
I read her first Amelia Peabody Crocodile on the Sandbank, about two years ago. I was on vacation and finished it because it was really all I had but I wasn't thrilled with it. I really thought I would love it. The setting and the fact that it's such a great series and it has a female main character/detective, I should have loved it. Alas no.
So I was a bit skeptical to pick up one of her Vicky Bliss stories. But in the particular genre of mysteries that I seem to enjoy, there isn't anything really coming out right now. (The three or four series' that I follow all publish at the end/beginning of the year.) The first novel dragged a bit but it was great. So then I picked up the next one and devoured that and then the next one. I'm up to book four of six now. I love the character and the fact that the setting changes from book to book.
And did I mention that Vicky Bliss is a sassy, no nonsense gal? In the first book she tells the reader that although she likes having a boyfriend, she doesn't want to get married. Ever. And she repeatedly turns down his proposals. She admits that she isn't a leading name in her field, yet. But she's creating a reputation for solving weird art related crimes. (I think I forgot to mention that she works in a museum as a curator of some sort, but her specialty is medieval art.)
I generally read mostly historical mysteries; this isn't a traditional historical. It seems that they were each written as a contemporary but since they're about 30ish years old, they seem slightly historical. Anyway.
They're great. I wish there were more.