The Month in Review - November

The weather is colder (well maybe cooler is better for us in Virginia) and I am snuggling in to read.  There is nothing on television with the exception of the Dancing With the Stars Finals and an occasional football game.  We have spent our evenings heads in books.

My month was highly productive both in quantity and quality.  There were no "losers" and several "winners."  Without question my two favorites were by Truman Capote.  He has a gift for words and his memories are heart tugging.  I feel as if I know the people in his stories because they fit so perfectly with the people in To Kill a Mockingbird.  He is Dill, you know.

I would recommend any one of the titles below and I think December will be just as satisfying.

The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille  ****

Outlander by Diana Gabalon ***

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie ****

Armageddon File by Stephen Coonts ****

Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens *****

Red Bones by Ann Cleeves ****

Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell ****

Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler ***

Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler ***

Iceberg by Clive Cussler ***

Memory Man by David Baldacci ****

The Last Mile by David Baldacci ****

The Fix by David Baldacci ****

The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote *****

A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry  ****

A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry ****

A Christmas Escape by Anne Perry ****

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote *****

Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child ****

Hardcore Twenty Four by Janet Evanovich ****

Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves ****

A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry ***