The Sunday Salon

I'm having a good reading week for me. I finished Familiar Lullabye. A Harlequin Intrigue by Caroline Burnes, which also means I completed my Harlequin/Sihoutte reading challenge. I posted my review below. This is a cute romantic suspense series featuring a cat (Familiar) as an amateur sleuth. I know many don't like cats (or any animals) talking in books, but I love it. Besides, the cat can't talk to humans - we just get to hear everything he's thinking and doing. It's fun. There are many books in this series. There are 20 stories, so far, and I've read 15. 5 more to go!

Currently I'm reading Yankee for Life by Bobby Murcer. Bobby recently passed away from brain cancer and this is quite an emotional read for me. I'm a huge Yankee fan and he was one of my favorites when growing up. I have to get it back to the library, so I only have a couple of days to finish.



My next book will be my first Stephenie Meyer book, "The Host" and I'm looking forward to this one.

I'm also listening to an audio book by Luanne Rice "Light of the Moon". I never listen to audio books, but I decided to try one. I have an hour drive everyday, so I thought it might be fun to listen to a book. We'll see if I can concentrate on it though.

Hope you all have a great week!

The Saturday Special

Words Ending in FUL ~ I Say You Answer~

1. Uneventful...you answer? The week

2. Very Useful...you answer? Money

3. It's Beautiful...you answer? The sunny day

4. Tastes Awful...you answer? flat soda

Saturday 9: The Lazy Days of Summer

Saturday 9: The Lazy Days of Summer

1. What is your favorite summer drink?

Iced Tea

2. What is the best summer sport to play?

Mini-golf

3. What’s the best summer sport to watch?

Baseball

4. Do you like the ocean, the pool or the lake?

The pool

5. Some folks drink whiskey in the winter and gin, tequila (margaritas) or rum drinks in the summer. Does you alcohol of choice change?

No, I like vodka and orange juice in any season :)

6. What is your favorite summer song?

No favorites that I can think of.

7. What was your best summer growing up? How old were you and why was it best?

Mmmmm...I can't really think of anything since we never went away or did anything special while I was growing up.

8. Have you ever had a summer romance that you knew would end?

No.

9. How old were you when you first went skinny-dipping? Who were you with?

Haven't done that yet :)

Familiar Lullaby by Caroline Burnes

Harlequin Intrigue #614

Genre: Romantic Suspense

The sleek black cat, Familiar, is back for another mystery. This time he has his beautiful lady cat friend Clotilde by his side. When his humanoids neighbors are left with an abandoned baby on their doorstep, Familiar decides to lend a paw in finding out how any mother can leave their child in the hands of strangers.

Homicide detective Mel Haskin strays away from his usual cases to figure this one out. This case is a particularly personal one to Mel and he isn’t about to allow the mother off the hook. He wants to find her and have her declared an unfit mother. He never expected Lily Markey, a top Washington DC reporter, to be involved. The question was, why a reporter leaving an abandon child on doorsteps?

Lily had her work cut out for her. She couldn’t let Mel find out who the parents of this child was or the child would never be safe. Neither would the baby’s mother. Lily vowed to do all she could to protect both of them.

This story had everything from romance to mystery, it will keep readers turning the pages until the very end. I actually found myself in happy tears at the end. I love re-visiting Familiar and following his adventures.

I read this one as part of my Harlequin/Silhouette reading challenge, plus I’ve read all the previous books in this delightful series.

Friday Fill-Ins #83

1. If I could travel back in time, I'd go to the 1880's somewhere in the west.

2. Give me time off from work or give me lots of money so I don't have to work.

3. I am listening to the air conditioning humming and my husband snoring.

4. Somewhere, someone is thinking how late they will be if they don't get ready for work.

5. I'll always be obsessed with books and TV.

6. My idea of a good time includes music.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to resting after work, tomorrow my plans include grocery shopping and Sunday, I want to spend time with my hubby who has the day off!