{"id":640,"date":"2010-04-13T22:49:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T02:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2010-04-13T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T02:49:56","slug":"rainy-days-are-reading-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/rainy-days-are-reading-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Days are Reading Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0425232603\/ampedesistud-20\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Holly Blues by Susan Wittig Albert\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0425232603.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Holly Blues by Susan Wittig Albert\" hspace=\"8\" width=\"160\" height=\"250\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Raining off and on all day.\u00a0 Rain always seems to create the perfect day for reading, especially mysteries &#8212; maybe it&#8217;s the grey sky, overcast cloudiness, and feeling of oppression &#8212; or is that just the headache .<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I spent a good part of the day reading <strong>Holly Blues<\/strong> by Susan Wittig Albert.  It&#8217;s a China Bayles mystery and the review will be in the May issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/gumshoereview.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gumshoe Review<\/em><\/a> &#8212; got the book too late to make the April issue.  So far, it&#8217;s exactly what I expected &#8212; lots of interesting characters, lots of surprises, and new interactions between people, and the mystery keeps you reading.  Check out the full review next month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, tea, aspirin, and a good book makes a dreary day go by much better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raining off and on all day.\u00a0 Rain always seems to create the perfect day for reading, especially mysteries &#8212; maybe it&#8217;s the grey sky, overcast cloudiness, and feeling of oppression &#8212; or is that just the headache . Anyway, I spent a good part of the day reading Holly Blues by Susan Wittig Albert. 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