Fairy Day

June 24th was National Fairy Day! In honor of Fairy Day, Julie Kagawa has a contest on her blog: http://juliekagawa.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-faery-day.html

One of the entries is your favorite fairy quote, so here is mine:
"I am that happy wanderer of the night"
Puck said that in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Match Me If You Can

Chicago Stars #6: Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, read by Anna Fields, Unabridged, 9 CDs

I've had this in my "to listen" box for a long time. I can't believe I had not pulled it out and listened to it before now. I love these books. They are the only "romance" novels I really, really like.

The Murder of King Tut

The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson, read by Martin Dugard, unabridged on 5 CDs

I've hit a small string of very good books lately. In the more recent past, it has been read 100 pages and then forget it, there is nothing there for me, but the last couple of weeks I have read some interesting stuff!

Patterson combines fiction with fact in this interesting theory on who murdered the young Pharoh. The story takes place in Egypt during Tut's lifetime, Egypt during the life of Howard Carter, and present day in Patterson's office. The chapters switch back and forth between times, but each story is very easy to follow. I'm not sure I agree with Patterson's theory on who killed Tut, but I enjoyed the listen.

Goddess of Fried Okra

Goddess of Fried Okra by Jean Brashear

A little different from my usual read. Pea (short for Sweetpea, real name Eudora) is on the run, searching for the reincarnated soul of her dead sister. Along the way, she picks up a young, pregnant teenage girl, a cat, and a con man named Val. When her car breaks down in Jewel, she has to stop running and decide what is really important and who she has become.

Read on my Kindle.

Serpent's Tale

Mistress of Death #2: Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin read by Kate Reading, unabridged 10CDs

Another awesome book in this series. I can't wait to get more of these to listen to. Kate Reading is one of my favorite readers and her reading the book made it that much better. This book again was set in the time of the reign of Henry II. This time, his mistress, Rozamund, has been murdered and Adelia, the Mistress of Death, is called in to solve the crime.

Mistress in the Art of Death

Mistress of Death #1: Mistress in the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin read by Rosalyn Landor, unabridged 11CDs

I have to say I was very intrigued by the subject matter of this excellent audio. A serial killer of children during the time of Henry II of England. A doctor skilled in the art of reading a dead body to find clues of how the person died is called from the School of Medicine in Salerno as a favor to Henry II. But a Master of Death was asked for and it was a Mistress of Death they received. The book lived up to the interest it sparked in me when reading the synopsis, so much so that I am now listening to the second book in the series, The Serpent's Tale.

Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

Millennium Trilogy #1: Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (read by Simon Vance)
Unabridged audio 13 CDs

I have add myself to the list of people who love this series. Three different stories, interwinded and all equally facinating. I thought I had it all figured out, and I did have part of it right, but not all. A serial killer, a missing heiress, and a libel case, all take center stage. I look forward to listening to the next book in the trilogy.