What are you reading?

I take full credit for this bad photo.

My best friend and I have our own, 2 person, book club going on. We share a love of a good story, stories that suck you in and hold you captive, transport you to another time. Oh! How I love to get lost in a great story and let my mind wander away from the never ending pile of laundry and the forever overflowing trash can. 

Stripper, my bf,  reads a little faster than I do. So, when she finishes a book she finds the next one and begins reading. Usually she'll get a few chapters into the story and let me know if she thinks it is worthy of my time. It's like having my own book tester! But for the last few months she has been overseas taking care of her father who has been ill. So, I've been on my own with the book club. In other words I've had to find my own books! Gasp!

I got lucky though! A great book found me!

I never realized how much I love books until my aunt told me I could have a couple boxes of books to sell in my yard sale! My palms started to sweat. I was very excited! I think giving me a box of books to sell in a yard sale is the equivalent to giving a crack head baggies of crack to sell on the street! Chances are......it ain't gonna hit the streets! I confess I kept a few books.....6 or 7...or 8. OK! 9!!

So, as I'm searching through the boxes of books I see one that could be a winner! I know that they say you shouldn't choose a book by it's cover but I can't help it. I'm drawn to the cover art. I am especially drawn to anything with skulls......anything medieval....anything British.....anything with Vampires, werewolves, Fae or Highlanders. I'm not really picky. I just want a good story line mixed with a few good laughs.

Well, when I saw the cover for "Mistress of the Art of Death" by Ariana Franklin. I knew I had to read it. I mean look at the cover. A skull and the word "Medieval"! Hello! So, I snatched it up and began my journey into the twelfth century. And let me tell you the journey kind of freaked me out!

The story is set in the twelfth century like I said, in England. 4 children have been murdered and a specialist has been sent to solve the mystery. Keep in mind, this is back in the day when Women were not educated to be physicians. Any woman who practiced medicine was thought to be a witch. And one woman, educated at the Medical School of Salerno is not going to find out if she is the exception to that rule. So, she hides her idetntity. She makes the journey to Cambridge to help solve the crime with her colleagues. Being an expert in the Forensic field she has all the answers. I don't want to give too much away but, this is a great read! If you like mystery and suspense this is it! There's some humor in there too. I loved the connection between the characters. I am definitely looking forward to reading another one of Ariana Franklins books!

What are you reading right now?