Welcome to Litsy!

Two long train journeys this weekend allowed me to finish this story of Laura, an American 19yr old who travels to London in 1939 to stay with her aunt. Meeting a communist girl she befriends on the ship wakens a curiosity in the Soviets. As she mingles in high society, she finds herself involved in the world of espionage. In an afterword the author refers to Melinda marling, wife of Donald maclean as inspiration. An interesting book, well told.

Any book where someone stays in a remote cabin in the woods is enough for me. Throw in the fact that she is a writer of detective stories, finds a body in her lake (sans head) and Bigfoot theories abound and I am there! Seriously good mystery!

One of the better cozies I‘ve read this year. A mom and daughter escape their messy life to a rural cabin in Washington state. Mom needs to write her next book and daughter needs to heal from the trauma of being abandoned by her Dad. Unfortunately there is murder. And Bigfoot. #ThematicCozies

I love this!

You can see Richard Lasher‘s car & the dirt bike he was able to flee the approaching ash cloud on.

I was alive when St Helen‘s happened but was too young & too far away from WA to remember. I wish the book would have gone right to covering the event & not the years before background & its players.

I do remember the elderly man that refused to heed warnings & condemned 16 cats to eruption death. You also get perished dogs & horses. Humans too. 💧

Just wanted to share my new personalized number plates with people who will appreciate them. I‘m trying to ignore the fact that the holes in the bumper were already crooked 😁

Came home after a 6 night cruise to the beautiful Whitsundays and plonked down in front of the heater with the book I didn‘t get to finish on the cruise 🚢

I‘ve heard mixed reviews for the book. I‘ll give it a try.

A good look at a long marriage but I could never get away from the feeling of great sadness for Ruth. She lost everything about herself, sacrificed everything, every hope, aspiration and dream and was seriously gaslit into being fulfilled and happy.