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SheriC

Portable Magic

Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.

Currently reading

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Ursula K. Le Guin
Whisper Network
Chandler Baker
Progress: 54 %
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Progress: 28 %
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Carolyn Keene
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
Gary Raisor, Richard Chizmar, Al Sarrantonio, Avram Davidson
Progress: 70/512 pages
Leading Change
John P. Kotter
Peanuts Classics
Charles M. Schulz
Progress: 66 %
The Bungalow Mystery
Carolyn Keene
Progress: 192/192 pages
The Bungalow Mystery #3
Carolyn Keene
Progress: 192/192 pages
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Russell H. Tandy, Mildred Benson, Carolyn Keene

Lavender Morning update: I've read 68 out of 476 pages.

Lavender Morning (Edilean, #1) - Jude Deveraux

The town of Edilean sounds precious. Maybe a little too precious - I hope Joce finds a few warts besides the usual small-town-neighbors-all-in-your-business. Some of the characters and plot points are a little too heavy-handed, but the dialogue is snappy and fun and I'm liking the MC's mix of confidence and self-doubt.

 

Not plausible:

Why would an intelligent and financially independent woman of 30 bring family that she's not even on cordial terms with to the reading of an unrelated friend's will? Riding in the backseat of her father's car? Wouldn't the famous model stepsisters have better things to do? Wouldn't women who are avaricious by nature and have been internationally famous models be able to distinguish coal from precious stones, something even their father the maintenance man can do? Or does highly sexualized = monumentally stupid?

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