Challenge to Read More

So this is April 1st, 2009, I made a challenge to myself to read a book every two weeks..........



The books can be any fiction genre, though I love cozy mysteries I am going to challenge myself to read any fiction genre overy the next year.



I know you say why limit yourself to fiction? Well fiction is my escape from the tedious day to day routines. I know you can relate to that!



My first book is a mystery:



"Smoke Screen" by Marianne Macdonald



Since I love antiquarian books and antiques and cozy mysteries, I chose this and it's one I had purchased sometime ago at a library sale but never got around to reading it.



from book cover about book:



"When her Majesty offers Dido Hoare, London's most intrepid antiquarian bookseller, the opportunity to buy her personal library in Oxford, Dido cannot believe her good fortune. It turns out to be her last bit of good luck for some time.


"Her Majesty" is in fact the aged and rather daunting Clare Templeton Forbes, ex-lover of the famous American modernist poet Orrin Forbes. Dido doesn't understand Clare's rush to sell the books, but she knows her shop could profit nicely from them, so she goes ahead with the deal. It's then that the trouble begins.....









from book cover about the author:



"Marianne Macdonald was born in Canada and lived there until she was twenty, when she went to Oxford to do graduate work. She has lived in England ever since, pursuing an academic career until her retirement to concentrate on writing and acting. "Smoke Screen" is her third mystery featuring the adventures of antiquarian bookseller Dido."