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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Soul Surfer

Lucy and I saw this movie today.  True story of surfer Bethany Hamilton who loses an arm in a shark attack and goes on to professional surfing.  Anna Sophia Robb plays Bethany — Lucy and I loved her a few years ago in Because of Winn-Dixie (see that movie too!) and The American Girl Samantha […]

The Fifth Witness

Oh, Connelly is so good at this.  Mickey Haller defending the foreclosure murderer.  Great courtroom drama/lawyer stuff.  I love it. I could never be a lawyer.  Well, not the Mickey Haller kind.  Too, too smart, too tricky.

To Play The Fool

Second in Laurie King’s Kate Martinelli series.  I am not loving Kate and her veteran partner Al Hawkins nearly as much as I love Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.  I think I’ll just stick with what King does best…

Cold Springs

Another adult detective novel by the author of Percy Jackson.  Just a’ight.

A Letter of Mary

Third in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series.  A really satisfying interlude to the stack of 14 books on my counter.