July

July was a busy month.  I got new responsibilities at work that required me to travel to Cincinnati and I was in the midst of dealing with renting out an apartment for one of my mom's rental properties.

I had read Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan, but forget to note it in this blog.  The book is hilarious.  My husband even found it hilarious, even if Gaffigan though not his style of humor.

With five (FIVE) children, Gaffigan has many great stories about becoming a parent & trying to raise a family in NYC.  His diagram outlining sleeping arrangements for his family in a 2 bedroom apartment are funny as well as awe-inspiring.

I may have read another book in July, but for the life if me, do not recall which one.






Mission Hill by Pamela Wechsler, 2016
Found this post in draft mode & finally getting around to adding beginning of September...

After reading about the refuge camp Dadaab, I needed something lighter.  Mission Hill was the perfect transition. A la the Spencer for Hire series, Mission Hill is a Boston crime book with the against-the-grain-loner-hero being Abby Endicott, chief of the District Attorney's homicide unit in Bah-ston.

Filled with Boston landmarks,interesting twists and a seemingly predicable ending, Mission Hill surprises.

Abby is a Boston Brahmin with access to the most exclusive private club include Beacon Hill, including her family's trust fund.  Among her colleagues in the DA and Boston Police department, Abby struggles to keep her designer clothes, original art work and first edition books inconspicuous.

Her rebellion to her blue blood, Harvard Law school roots include working in the very non-glamorous DA's office and dating Ty Clark, a musician boyfriend previously arrested for possession of marijuana.

A flawed character haunted by the murderers that she has prosecuted, Abby struggles to make smart decisions in her personal life from her family to her relationships.  As a DA, her cop "partner" is Kevin Farnsworth as they investigate the murder of fellow DA Tim Mooney.

Wechsler is writer for the endless number of Law & Order shows and her book reads like an episode - short chapters, fast pace and twists.