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I have just finished The "Inspector Morse" - "The Secret of Annexe 3". One of my favourites. I have read it before. I have now started "The Wench is Dead". It has the, not unkonwn, theme of solving a murder mystery from years ago. Perhaps if Morse had been really clever he could have solved the "Jack the Ripper" murders

I finished an Irene Hannon called Sea Glass Cottage in a couple of days. Loved the town and its regular citizens as a newcomer ariived in this book's plot. Gonna look for the first at the library or Kindle!

I will get on with reading that book shortly.

I'm in the middle of my current "Inspector Morse". Over the last few days I have intermixed reading that with a history of the Vietnam war which I started a while back. I take that in short stints though as it has quite a bit of political content.

I'm reading a 2017 Star Trek novel, and I can see that some ideas that come up in the novels do actually make their way into the shows later - for one, the book is called Control, and that's the same name for the AI gone awry in Discovery. That's what this book is actually about as well, but the showdown in the book is later in the Trek timeline than in the TV show, so they lifted the concept and made it work for their timeline and with their characters. I'm cool with that. Also, this book is written by the author who brought Data back from the dead after Nemesis (for which I was very grateful when I read that trilogy). His idea was used again in Picard, but with some differences again. Works for me!

I did skip ahead last night and read the earlier timeline that happens about 200 years before the "present" timeline" of the book. I found myself wanting that backstory with the origin of the AI right away, not spread throughout. So now I can go back and read the other plot!

Okay, if you're not into Trek, most of that will be gibberish to you. Carry on with your day!

Next library book to pick up: As You Wish by Cary Elwes.

I have a little biographical knowledge of fashion designers in the world except Coco Chanel. Warner Bros did a great job in the 2009 movie. The lady who revolutionised the way women (stuck in corsets) dress in her time.  I read a brief history and I was enthralled with her small beginnings, hardships, personality, passion, scandals, relationships, and involvement with Nazi. I'm still yet to read her book. 

I have finished both the "Inspector Morse" - "The Wench is Dead" and the Vietnam war book I was reading. The Vietnam war book does not let anyone much shine, all the way up to the top, and future prominant political figures. It's perhaps better to let sleeping dogs lie.

It's now onto the next Morse - "The Jewel That Was Ours".

I just need to find the time.

I need to get another library book read: I WILL find the time this week.

I attached a note to one bookshelf in my room: "More books in the closet!" That's to remind me I have two boxes of print books to read/try by year's end, or I'll have a storage problem after the library's next book sale... 😉

One box is mostly mystery to try again: Cat Who, Murder She Wrote, and "newer" Sherlock Holmes (written within the last couple decades or so). There were a lot of mystery novels at the most recent sale...

The rest is a combination of novels and non-fiction. It was a good haul back in January! 😁

I'm reading a biography of Emily Carr by Lewis DeSoto (library loan). I didn't even know about the author until a reference online to a Canadian author... His novel, A Blade of Grass, is waiting at the library. We'll see if I like his fiction as well. And eventually I should be looking for Emily Carr's writing, which I may not have heard of either but it's mentioned a bunch in this biography. I just knew of her art because of my artist mother!

I finished A Green and Vibrant Hope by Valerie Comer, and it was pretty good. (Excellent would include more and deeper spiritual moments for the characters. I'm a picky reader! Probably gotta write what I wanna read...) Right after that ebook, I bought Valerie's Garden Grown Romance set (which I've read before) for 99 cents (US). That might come up soon to re-read, but first I'm trying a book by her (writer) friend Brynn Stewart. So far, it's okay.

I am reading the last book in my library book pile. Fingerscrossed I finish it in two days time.

Anyhow I am addicted to reading and LOVE my local library.