The Moroccan Girl--#12 finished

A kind of spy book.  A British author is recruited to help out the British government on a trip to Morocco.  The author was going to a book festival where he was speaking on a panel.  He writes about spies and all that kind of stuff, his father worked in that before too but was pushed out at one point.  The author, Kit, agrees to help out.  He does a meeting at a restaurant and was then supposed to look for a lady & give her something if he finds her.  It ends up he does find her but at same time the CIA & Russians are also looking for her and Kit realizes that his British contact may not in fact be from the British Agency but instead helping someone else--probably Russians.  A good story with a lot of twists and turns that keeps the reader guessing.  The actual writer has a few other books so will probably see about tracking some down.

There are no copies on PBS but the pages while not stained are a little stiff--not sure why but for that reason will not post on PBS and instead see about putting in a free library or something like that.

You Never Know--#11 finished

This is Tom Selleck's memoir an interesting read about his life and some of the shows he was on.  Magnum PI is the most talked about but at end touches on Blue Bloods--I didn't either of these shows.  Growing up I think CBS was seen as more old person shows--not sure why but just what I remember so never watched Magnum.  Kind of wish maybe I did but not going to track this down either.  Not really sure why I had grabbed this book to read, it was on my shelf and I knew of Tom Selleck, I think I had seen a couple of his movies but was still interesting about how he got into TV & movies and just his life in general.   Good interesting, quick kind of read.

There are 30 WL for this book on PBS but still have a bunch of credits so not posting anything at this point.

A Blaze of Glory--#10 finished

This is the 2nd series by author--he did a 3 book series on the eastern part of the Civil War, this is another 3 book series but on the western part.  This first book is on the Battle of Shiloh.  Back in college days on a trip to Nashville with a couple buddies, we veered off & went to the Civil War site of Shiloh.  This was about 30 years ago and I still remember parts of that, reading this book reminded me.  Lots of trees with also open fields between.  The bloody pond, the peach trees and the Tennessee River where Grant was with no way out unless on boats.  The river was just a kind of reminder that if the Confederates had succeeded in pushing the Union back to the river, the whole outcome of the Civil War changes--Grant's western army would be in pieces and Grant probably replaced & would never see taking over the whole army.  This is a very good telling of the story--obviously fictional in many ways but truthful in outcomes.  Good read about a very important time in our US history.

This is a keeper book for me, just need to make time to get to the next 2 books in series.

When Skateboards Will Be Free--#9 finished

This is a memoir by Said Sayrafiezadeh, he has a Jewish American mom and an Iranian father but both were socialists if not communists.  His dad left him at around 4 I think and so did his older brother & sister--they went to stay with the dad.  Said was left with his mother and they lived in poverty in the 1970s.  Eventually they moved to Pittsburgh and while in junior high the Iran hostage crisis happened.  His dad was then in Iran and his mother was supporting Iran in their overthrow of the Shah and the imperialist powers--US included.  He voiced this opinion at school and basically lost his friends.  The book is written between talking about growing up and what he was doing at time he was writing book.  Sounds like still a lot of socialist ideas are supported but also doesn't sound all that political either.  His life was/is a struggle but sounds like has gotten better, by end of book is dating and planning future with his girlfriend.  Just can see in pages where the ideas pushed on him made his life very difficult.

There are no copies on PBS but this copy isn't stained by is does have yellow spots on majority of pages.  I got it from PBS but worry about posting & someone not accepting it.  Not sure if will post or not yet.

D is for Deadbeat--#8 finished

This was next on my re-reading of the Kinsey Milhone mysteries.  Things always come together at end which is nice.  Enough bad guys to kind of make you wonder about the kind of low life people in your neighborhood but hopefully not as much crime going on as happening for Kinsey.  A drunk driver that killed 5 people is just out of jail and hires Kinsey to deliver a cashier check to a 15 year old boy--the boy that lost his family in the accident.  The guy is soon found dead and there starts the investigation.  Good quick read.

This series is on my keeper shelf so this book will go back there.  Will pull next one when I am looking for another quick read.

Midnight Black--#7 finished

This is the next in the Gray Man series.  It is a really good series and is staying timely as well with the action being in Russia and Ukraine.  The Gray Man, Court, is trying to get into Russia with a crazy attempt to rescue the woman he loves.  He comes to find out she has not been executed but is instead located in a prison in Russia, the same woman's prison where the wife of a dissident is also located.  The dissident that ran for president of Russian against the Putin in the story is in prison 10-15 miles away.  With help from US, a band of ex-Russian fighters and Ukrainians a plan is formed to invade Russia on this rescue.  Court inside Russia with some fighters there, all work together to free hostages and make it back out.  Lots of good details and fighting.  Story will continue too, interesting to see where could be going next.

There are 18 WL for this book on PBS so it will go onto my shelf to post at some point.  Still have too many credits so not posting anything right now.  Did get a request for a book on shelf so mailing that one off in next day or so.

Exile on Main St--#6 finished

The rest of the title: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones.  The Rolling Stones just left England for tax reasons, I guess people that own their songs, etc haven't been paying taxes & now the band owes them--maybe not too sure about that.  Keith Richards has rented a mansion in south France and rest of band gets places nearby.  Not as much in the book about the making of this album, sounds like some songs came from earlier sessions but didn't make the earlier records.  A lot of talk about the people and going ons at the mansion--the drug use, crazy happenings, crazy hours, etc.  Just a different time with the end of the '60s and many many people around them all becoming addicts too.  I thought I would enjoy this book more since I really like this album but was just okay.  Still a good dive into what was happening back then.

There are no copies in PBS system but this will go as a keeper with some other Rolling Stones books I have.