Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I wish that this book had been available when I was just beginning my adult life and career.

Good conversation that gets the brain cells working each morning is a hallmark of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC.  Mika Brzezinski is the informed, well-spoken co-host with Joe Scarborough.  I was newly impressed with her as an author.

Interviews with powerful women interwoven with personal experiences, good research, and an appealing writing style make this book a winner.

I heard on her show that her next book is almost finished.  And she has a previous book "All Things At Once." I will read both.



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Naked Heat by Richard Castle

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I'm not a sociopath.  So why did I keep smiling throughout the carnage in this story?  It must have been Jameson Rook, novelist/sidekick of Detective Niki Heat.  This mystery was the most fun to read of any mystery on my shelf.

Highly recommended.



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The Black Box by Michael Connelly

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Harry Bosch investigates a cold case in his 18th. adventure written by Michael Connelly. Solving the 20 year old murder of a journalist killed during the Watts riots, his clues are all over the place and his focus is on finding the "black box," that clue that will bring them all together and tell him what really happened.

I could not put this book down. :)



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Halloween for Babies

The smallest grandchildren are preparing for their first Halloween. This was a weekend of previews before "Sandy" the largest hurricane in our lifetimes comes and goes, hopefully in time for kids to celebrate Halloween on Wednesday.  Schools are already closed for tomorrow and Tuesday!

This year the babies debut as "The Dark Knight" and "A Piece of Sushi." 

Is that the Bat Signal that I see!

What are these things on the ground?

Yes, I will be happy to save you.

Sushi me and soy sauce make three!