WWW Wednesday #AmReading

                                                        

Today I’m participating in WWW Wednesdays, at Taking on a World of Words.  Here’s how it works:

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next, and/or what are you eagerly awaiting?

WWW Wednesday, 31-July-2024 | Taking On a World of Words

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I am currently reading WE BURNED OUR BOATS by Karen Jones Gowen. When young folks pick up and move cross-country, the change for them is usually easily accomplished because adventure is in their bones and discovery is their main objective. But when folks who have spent years working to raise a family and have reached that time in life when relaxing in the back yard with a cold drink and a good book is enticing, it seems that a move, not just cross-country, but totally out of the country, sounds less appealing. Not for Karen and husband Bruce Gowen, though, who packed up a few belongings and flew to Guatemala City, then rode to the highland region where their daughter and son-in-law were opening a hotel in Panajachel. Karen and Bruce were there to help them.

Because I have no plans to travel to Central America, I am enjoying all the adventures Karen Jones Gowen vividly describes, giving me the opportunity to experience travel from the comfort of my lanai, with a cold drink at my side.

We Burned Our Boats by
Karen Jones Gowen

*****

Recently I read John Sandford's DARK ANGEL, a spinoff from his Prey/Lucas Davenport series and featuring 25-year-old daughter and protagonist, Letty Davenport, who is an investigator for the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security. Of course, with all her training and fitness, she doesn't just sit around doing paperwork and her Sig 938 is a constant companion with which she is apparently capable of shooting off specific parts of fruit flies. While Lucas was once my favorite of Sandford's characters, and Letty is quite entertaining, my top favorite is Virgil Flowers. Favorite or runners-up, Sandford novels always get 5-star reviews from me.

Dark Angel by
John Sandford

Another book I recently read is LARCENY & LAST CHANCES: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense (A Superior Shores Anthology Book 4 from Judy Penz Sheluk.) Many of the short stories, written by 22 different authors, are top-notch and worth the price of the book; some are entertaining with an unusual or unexpected climax, which is always a bonus for a mystery reader.

Larceny & Last Chances
Edited by Judy Penz Sheluk

*****

Next upcoming on my reading list is Randy Wayne White's BLACK WIDOW, #15 in his Doc Ford action series set in Florida. Mr. White's novels hooked me years ago after a relaxing vacation (to escape Wisconsin's cold winter) on Captiva and Sanibel Island. One day while swimming, a dolphin appeared nearby along with a friend and hooked me on the laidback lifestyle of southern living. Reading Doc Ford novels keeps that adventurous feeling alive. And though I did eventually leave the snowy climate behind, heading much farther south where the weather is always aloha-plenty warm, Doc Ford is still one of my favorite novel characters.

Black Widow by
Randy Wayne White

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