Book juggling

My reading lately is done in snatches. That is OK for Hemlock at Vespers a collection of Sr. Fidelma stories, a bit more difficult for the Colette biography. Dense with info as many good bios are, the narrative gets a bit hard to follow if you keep have to backtrack and figure out who is who. But so far, it is worth the effort.

In a rare flash of decorating with personality - I pulled out my collection of bookmarks and arranged them in a basket on top of a bookcase. :-)

I may be skipping the October sale at Borders, partly because I have been too indulgent lately, partly because their selection has been disappointing the past year or so.

Book buying in London!

I know how blasted heavy books can be to lug around. So I tried hard not to buy, but Anissa insisted we hit the used bookstores in Charing Cross. She knows my weaknesses too well.
First quick round found a Simenon quartet, and one Farrell volume I had been seeking. The second a few days later rounded up more brain candy- Michael Jecks, Peter Tremayne and the other two parts of the Farrell trio. Anissa wheedled the latest Russell/Holmes books. Yum. Actually the venerable Blackwells bookstore was a bit disappointing in its selection, but then I was trying to be very focused on some older hard to find whodunnits. Not enough time or luggage space to do it all.

Oh what did I read there? Robert's Necromancer got finished in Paris even though neither Anissa nor I are completely sure why it ended the way it did.

I read Simenon's Little Saint- "one of his favorites"??? I should know better- I have not really liked any of his works that do not feature Maigret. I wanted to read it to get a snapshot of Paris. Unfortunately his work is not anchored in a time period so it is hard to visualize.

For brain candy I read Jecks's Belladonna at Belstone. A fine distraction. That is what traveling and books are all about, aren't they?