Quote I read today

“Librarians, like ministers of religion, and poets, and people with serious mental health disorders, can make people nervous. Librarians possess a kind of occult power, an aura. They [can] silence people with just a glance.” Ian Sanson / THE BOOK STOPS HERE

Anne Perry

I have now completed 10 books in my effort to re-read all the Anne Perry "Inspector Monk" books.  The one I finished last night is The Silent Cry.   Hester is nursing a young man, Rhys Duff, who was badly beaten in the slums of London.  Rhys can no longer speak and his father was murdered in that same beating event.  What is going on here?  Why are these gentlemen hanging around the slums and who is responsible for the random beatings and rapes of women in these areas?  Will street justice be meted out, or will Monk find enough information to bring a case to court?  Did Rhys murder his own father?  What is the secret that is keeping Rhys from talking?

On the Lighter Side

I just took some time to read two books that came about as a result of the popularity of their blogs:  How to Take Over teh Wurld  and Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates.  The first book is based on the LOLCAT blog I Can Has Cheezburger (http://icanhascheezburger.com/) and the second is from the blog Cake Wrecks (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/)

How to Take Over teh Wurld is cute, but Cake Wrecks had me laughing so hard I was in tears.  Good choices for a few minutes of relaxation.

The Desert?

I remember back 11 or 12 years ago when I first returned to church.  Everything was so new and exciting.    Each religious event or prayer was such a spiritual high.

Now, I am dry and absent.  I still attend all the services, but I cannot recapture the feeling.  I know that is normal, but it is difficult.

I want that excitement again, that feeling of being close to God.

The Myers-Briggs test

When was the last time you did the Myers-Briggs test?  My results seem to change slightly when I take the test.  Partly I want to answer in ways that show me as an introvert, and yet I can be an extrovert if the situation warrants it.  I just took it again today and I am (today) ISFJ.  What are you? 

See the test and read your results here:  http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

The Twisted Root

I just finished listening to The Twisted Root by Anne Perry.  It is another in the series of Detective William Monk mysteries.  Two women are accused of conspiracy and murder in the deaths of a coachman and the mother of the fiancé of one of the women.   Was the older woman being blackmailed for the theft of medicines from the hospital?  Was the younger one also being blackmailed?  What was the truth about the younger woman's mysterious past?  What happened to her baby and who was the father? 

This book has a wicked and unexpected twist to the tale.

A Departure from My Reading of Murder Mysteries

I just finished reading The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs.  A. J. Jacobs made the decision in his self-admitted obsessive-compulsive way that he would follow all the rules of the Bible for one year.  It is a fascinating and humorous look at our beliefs.  Another fun aspect of the book is the way his long-suffering wife puts up with his antics.  It is interesting to watch an avowed agnostic discover a belief in God and return to his own religious roots.  I read The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by him last year and decided he was worth reading.

I just put his other book The Know It All on hold.  He's worth it!