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By education and experience - Accountant with a specialty in taxation. Formerly a CPA (license has lapsed). Masters degree in law of taxation from University of Denver. Now retired. Part time work during baseball season as receptionist & switchboard operator for the Colorado Rockies. This gig feeds my soul in ways I have trouble articulating. One daughter, and four grandchildren. I share the house with two cats; a big goof of a cat called Grinch (named as a joke for his easy going "whatever" disposition); and Lady, a shelter adoptee with a regal bearing and sweet little soprano voice. I would be very bereft if it ever becomes necessary to keep house without a cat.
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Books Update
Time for an update summarizing my reading log.
STOLEN PREY by John Sandford
Sandford is one of my favorites, and usually dishes up an entertaining read, but I finished this one with quite a few unanswered questions. The flow of the action never got around to explaining issues raised fairly early in the police investigation of a gruesome home invasion and murder. The plot centered around an elaborate money laundering scheme involving a Mexican criminal ring. When a trio of bank employees begin to divert the funds, things get ugly. If any of you are a dedicated Sandford reader, my advice is to get a copy from the library or wait for the paperback.
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson
Larson writes excellent non fiction, obviously very well researched, and reading almost like an engrossing novel. In the mid 1930's, Roosevelt and his cabinet were searching for a new ambassador to Germany and their early choices all turned them down. They settled on William Dodd, an academic from Chicago, who saw the appointment as an opportunity to work on his writing career. Instead, he found himself with a front row seat as the Nazis tightened their hold on German society and various violations of human rights became impossible to ignore. Dodd and several other diplomatic staff tried without success to convey the horror they could see approaching.
LAKE COUNTRY by Sean Doolittle
Dootlittle might be one of the better authors you've never heard of. He sets his suspense novels in the middle west and his characters resemble the friends and neighbors you run into every day. A young man with problems of his own decides to take matters into his own hands when he begins to obsess on what he imagines to be a miscarriage of justice. In a bumbled attempt to take matters into his own hands, he kidnaps a young woman. He is, inevitably, pursued by law enforcement, various media outlets, and a frantic friend. All events converge on a small rural cabin.
CANADA by Richard Ford
A boy in his early teens is cut adrift in the world, when his parents rob a bank. His mother hopes to protect him from becoming a ward of the state, and persuades a friend to take him to a small Canadian town. It's hard not to suspect that the boy would have been much better off without his mother's misguided plan. This is the first book by Ford that I have read, and I plan to look up some of the titles in his backlist and read more.
I found this very engrossing. The narrator is the young boy, now grown to adulthood, but the author does an excellent of job of portraying the events from the point of view of his younger self.
I've got a few more titles to write about, I'll try to catch up tomorrow.
STOLEN PREY by John Sandford
Sandford is one of my favorites, and usually dishes up an entertaining read, but I finished this one with quite a few unanswered questions. The flow of the action never got around to explaining issues raised fairly early in the police investigation of a gruesome home invasion and murder. The plot centered around an elaborate money laundering scheme involving a Mexican criminal ring. When a trio of bank employees begin to divert the funds, things get ugly. If any of you are a dedicated Sandford reader, my advice is to get a copy from the library or wait for the paperback.
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson
Larson writes excellent non fiction, obviously very well researched, and reading almost like an engrossing novel. In the mid 1930's, Roosevelt and his cabinet were searching for a new ambassador to Germany and their early choices all turned them down. They settled on William Dodd, an academic from Chicago, who saw the appointment as an opportunity to work on his writing career. Instead, he found himself with a front row seat as the Nazis tightened their hold on German society and various violations of human rights became impossible to ignore. Dodd and several other diplomatic staff tried without success to convey the horror they could see approaching.
LAKE COUNTRY by Sean Doolittle
Dootlittle might be one of the better authors you've never heard of. He sets his suspense novels in the middle west and his characters resemble the friends and neighbors you run into every day. A young man with problems of his own decides to take matters into his own hands when he begins to obsess on what he imagines to be a miscarriage of justice. In a bumbled attempt to take matters into his own hands, he kidnaps a young woman. He is, inevitably, pursued by law enforcement, various media outlets, and a frantic friend. All events converge on a small rural cabin.
CANADA by Richard Ford
A boy in his early teens is cut adrift in the world, when his parents rob a bank. His mother hopes to protect him from becoming a ward of the state, and persuades a friend to take him to a small Canadian town. It's hard not to suspect that the boy would have been much better off without his mother's misguided plan. This is the first book by Ford that I have read, and I plan to look up some of the titles in his backlist and read more.
I found this very engrossing. The narrator is the young boy, now grown to adulthood, but the author does an excellent of job of portraying the events from the point of view of his younger self.
I've got a few more titles to write about, I'll try to catch up tomorrow.
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