Long time since I checked in.
Been tied up with episodes of "This Old House" and then "These Old People".
Hopefully the season for both shows have ended!
Quick update on what I have read recently. I hope to get back on track and sharing in the New Year.
For our Mystery Book Club we read the following books at the last few months of 2025:
* Sherlock Holmes - books inspired by Sherlock Holmes such as books about Sherlock's sister, housekeeper, etc. We had a lot of fun with this. You can't believe how many spin offs there are.
*Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murders by Jesse Q. Sutanto. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it. Such a fun feel good mystery. It was a favorite for the year by the group. (I believe I wrote about this book earlier when I first read it.)
* The Art Thief; A True Story of Love, Crime and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.
About: "One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser’s strange world—unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them."
True story. Very interesting book and everyone really liked it. After we finished reading it, The art theft in The Louvre happened.
*First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job.
Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn’t like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life I still a future in front of her. The stakes couldn’t be higher—but then, Evie has always liked a challenge."
I plan on catching up with some books that I read on my own also soon.
Until then
