Tonight was my Murder on Mondays book group and we discussed Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen (link takes you to my review). I think most of the group found the book enjoyable more so for the character development and period detail rather than the mystery itself. I like historical novels so I will probably read another in the series.

We also chose books for the upcoming months and we will be reading the following books: A Thousand Bones by P.J. Parrish, A Corpse in the Koryo by James church and Dope by Sara Gran.

I’ve got another book group tomorrow night and aside from looking forward to the discussion we also find out which books we’ll be reading next year. Can’t wait.

We had such a great weekend filled with a lot of laughter and happiness. To celebrate our anniversary we went out for a yummy seafood lunch and then we spent the afternoon at the Continental Gin Open Studios event. We saw all kinds of art and dreamt about one day having our own studio (not just a part of the living room). My husband can do his calligraphy over on his side and I can do my bookbinding on mine. I think that would be perfect.

I also went to the Craft Guild’s Art Show Sale and wanted one of everything. Speaking of the Craft Guild, I’m very excited because this week I start a bookbinding course. Yay. More on that later.

Oh and I did make it out the Bookworm Bash book sale and sadly my Bookgirl credibility is going to be shot. I bought two books. I just didn’t find many books that I couldn’t live without. I did get The Apothecary Rose by Candace M. Robb and The Northbury Papers by Joanne Dobson.

Perhaps I didn’t buy more because I realize my stacks of unread books are overwhelming. I need to do a bit of book culling soon. In the meantime, even though I had said no new challenges until the new year, I am contemplating the From The Stacks Challenge. It would definitely help with those stacks. I’m going to think about it some more but I’ll keep you posted.