It's always interesting to see what ads Google puts up at the top of my blog. They are chosen by some super-duper computer that analyzes the words and, theoretically, matches the words to appropriate ads. I wonder where the DUI ad came from!

Stephen White, WArning Signs. A psychologist, wrestling with the ethical dilemma of knowing, or at least suspecting, that his patient is giving him information that could be dangerous. Does he tell? Who does he tell? Does it make any difference that his wife who works for the D.A. might be a target? I enjoyed this one. However, he gave the wife MS which I thought was an extraneous bit of complication. I'll look for this author again.

Another Michael Connelly-Chasing the Dime. Left Harry Bosch and Terry Connelly, although the main character did have a sister who was killed by a serial killer dubbed the Doll Maker who was caught by Harry. So there was still that tie-in. I thought there were a few gaps in this book, especially at the end where the main character is the main (innocent, obviously) suspect and the detective is determined to get enough proof to arrest him. The author completly skipped the section where the detective was being convinced to put a wire on the suspect and allow him to sting the actual culprit.

I've been away a long time. The holiday season seems to have been busier than usual. So while I continued to read-because how do people make it through a day without reading?-I have not kept up here.

It was my turn to host the bookclub. Several months ago my daughter had recommended "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin (I'm hoping the spelling is correct, I no longer have it in front of me to check). I held off on reading it so I could read it fresh for bookclub. Mostly because I wanted to shake up the group a little. I didn't honestly expect anyone to read it from cover to cover and I certainly didn't expect anyone to like it. I certainly didn't expect it to engender much conversation. But I'm finding out that I like this group. It's true that only a few read it completely but they were all very engaged with the book and the ideas and were all more than capable of offering ideas, opinions, feelings. The discussion(s) that came out of it wide-ranging and lasted until almost midnight, which is remarkable considering that most of them are moms with small kids.

I'm looking forward to next club night-The Giver by Lois Lowry.

To keep this short I'm just listing some of the other books I've read:
The other two Lowry books which are companions although not sequels to The Giver-Gathering Blue and Messenger.
Another Michael Connelly-A Darkness More Than Night-A Terry Caleb book although it brings in Harry Bosch.
And City of Bones-Oh no! Bosch turns in his badge!