Like in many parts of the country, we have had snow on the ground now for so long I cannot remember what grass looks like. And today, more is on the way. I wish it were going to snow pink for Valentine's Day!
Bundled up in my reading chair, I am headed for warmer climes. First stop, Provence with Peter Mayle and Hotel Pastis. It is the story of a successful but fed up London advertising executive who buys an abandoned L'Ancienne Gendarmerie in a small town in Provence with the idea of turning it into a first-class hotel. Sounds delightfully warm.
To keep me cozy in bed at night, I am tripping to Miami, Florida with Carl Hiaasen's Tourist Season, a comic mystery involving a dead Shriner, a reporter turned private detective, a terrorist group, and a rubber alligator. Only Hiaasen could pull all those elements together in one place.
What are you doing to stay warm?
More a case of staying dry in the UK.
ReplyDeleteSo it is some easy reading with Maureen Lee and her lovely stories, as a complete contrast to Alex by Pierre Lemaitre. Excellent book but oh so gruesome.
I'm staying warm by living in Florida...:) (Ask me during summer how I'm staying cool!)
ReplyDeleteHiaasen is a hoot--and Peter Mayle will make you want to move to France. Enjoy your warmer climes!
Well, Kathy, I knew you would be nice and warm. You will suffer though come summer (haha)...
DeleteI have only read one or two other Hiaasen books. He is amusing. Peter Mayle I really love not only because his books take place in France but because he sprinkles the French language throughout his tales and it keeps my minimal skills a little sharper. And he writes fun characters. Always an entertaining read.
Sorry you've been so snowed in this winter; when it's cold and grey outside I love books that take me some place sunny and warm. (And a good cup of hot chocolate, too.) Hope spring comes soon!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. It really hasn't been as bad here as in a lot of other places. I am grateful for that...and for hot chocolate! Next week it is supposed to be in the 50s, so things are looking up.
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