Today was a good day for listening to NPR as I heard an interview with Stuart MacBride. As I’m always in search of new mystery/crime writers, I quickly jotted down the information on his books.

I even learned that there’s such a thing as Tartan Noir. I have read Ian Rankin, who is probably the king of Tartan Noir, and I have enjoyed his Inspector Rebus series a lot. So I’ll be on the look out for some of the other writers and see how they compare.

Later in the day I happened to tune in just in time to listen to Selected Shorts and was delighted to hear a Carlos Fuentes story, Chac-Mool, and laughed out loud to David Sedaris read The Living Dead. If you’ve never heard David Sedaris please do something about that quick. He is so funny.

Now I’m off to start Birds of a Feather. I loved Maisie Dobbs so much that I stayed up late to finished it, and today I rushed to the library to get the sequel.

Next Tuesday is the annual nomination night for my Foreign Authors book group and I need some help. I’m trying to put my list together (everyone nominates four books) so if you’ve read a fantastic book by a non-American author please let me know.

We’ve been meeting for 13 years and thanks to this group I’ve discovered David Malouf, Pat Barker, Haruki Murakami, Christa Wolf, and the list goes on. Each year I always think our list looks better than ever and perhaps it’s because of the spirited discussions we have when choosing books. So thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Now on to the three day weekend! I plan on doing some crafty stuff, going to a photography exhibit, seeing a movie and of course spending time with books.

I’ll leave you with a few reviews of some recent enjoyable reads.
Borrowed Light by Joolz Denby
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall

Have a great weekend!