“When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.” ― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies
My life has always been filled with books, and a wide variety of books that I can immerse my whole mind into and escape into another time, place or even universe. I honestly cannot imagine a life without books, or even not having the ability to listen to audio books. I often feel sorry for those folks out there that do not like reading, or do not understand why folks like us love to immerse ourselves into another world through our books. Can you imagine a life without books?
A team of archaeologists, investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast, unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff. How long have they been there? What could have happened to them? Forensics expert Ruth Galloway and DCI Nelson are drawn together again to unravel the past. Tests reveal that the bodies have lain, preserved in the sand, for sixty years. The mystery of their deaths stretches back to the Second World War, a time when Great Britain was threatened by invasion. But someone wants the truth of the past to stay buried, and will go to any lengths to keep it that way…even murder. ~ Elly Griffiths
I’m a person that enjoys a wide variety of genres, and trust me, my taste in books is like my taste in music, it’s all over the place. Lately though my taste has been all about mysteries and I am really enjoying the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. I am almost finished with The House at Sea’s End , the third book in the series, and plan to continue with the series. It’s almost like binge reading for me right now, and not sure why.
I do want to read other books while enjoying this mystery series, but haven’t quite decided what else I might want to read. I will say that I really am enjoying Amy Tan’s book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles. This has been a delight to read and I will be sad when I am finished, which will be in a few days or so. Maybe I should try reading non-fiction along with the mystery kick I’m on … something definitely to think about.
What are you reading or listening to?
“I still buy books faster than I can read them. But again, this feels completely normal: how weird it would be to have around you only as many books as you have time to read in the rest of your life.”
― Julian Barnes, A Life with Books
A Life With Wool 
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