Maran Illustrated Windows XP

Ok, I have finally found a book about Windows I can understand. I started at the beginning and am surprised how much I know already -- good, right?

Then I find a new thing, but so far it is mostly cool.

The Santa Fe Trail by Ralph Compton

I don't think I have read him before but it looks like he is pretty prolific.  This is from the Trail Drive Series: Book 10.   I like it.  Fast paced and the girls get to ride herd on some of those beeves.  Too bad they were always in the dust but you know the male author never tells us how much water they brought on the drive to wash the girls faces, etc...

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

This is the first book in the saga.  I have it on my Digital Editions software from the library.  I am about half way through the 800+ pages.  My favourite characters so far are Tyrion, the Imp, Jon Snow the bastard, and Dani, the young princess who was given in marriage to form an alliance with the Dathraki.  The HBO series seems to follow the book closely but I have only seen the first episode.  I guess I prefer reading

I like it, the writing style reminds me of Dan Brown's da vinci code.  Good though.

It looks like the book will disappear from my software before I get much further.  I can't sit and read all the time.  Sometimes I have to do a little Zen Doodling...

The Body in Motion - Its Evolution and Design

I guess I am just a sucker for anything with a design in it.  Theodore Dimon, Jr. really does it here.  A great way to get a handle on how our bodies move and how they should work in a non repetitive strain world.  Really easy to read and understand.  Lots of lovely illustrations of how my body should be.  And maybe a few hints on how I can carry on.

Short too.

He compares our spines to bridges - I'm pretty sure mine isn't like this beauty in South Carolina.

I'm thinking mine is more like this swinging bridge in Souris, Manitoba.

Memory in Death by J.D. Robb

Here is another of Nora Roberts murder mysteries.  I really like her Eve Dallas character.  She and her husband Roarke are a swashbuckling pair or heroes.  The plot moves quickly and efficiently.  This one involved a woman who had been Eve's first foster mother so again we get a bit more of Eve's past explained as well a mystery solved...

Peabody has her own subplot with her ongoing relationship with Murphy who now lives with her.  She is meeting the parents....in Scotland...

Oh, yeah, and it's Christmas time...

Heart of Lies Book 2 Irish Angel Series by Jill Marie Landis

The second book in the Irish Angel Series continuing Laura Foster's search for her sisters.  In this book she finds Megan who was brought up on the the bayou by a Fagan-like character.  Pinkerton Tom Abbott has been looking for over a year for Laura's sister who was torn from her when the

Homecoming

Another book by Jill Marie Landis.  I just got this from the library after enjoying the Irish Angel series.  This one takes place in the same town, Glory, TX that Laura Foster (McCormick) lived.  Well done.  This one is about Eyes-of-the-Sky who discovers her white past and future with Hattie's son Joe Ellenberg.  She was taken by the Comanche as a child and 'freed' by the army when she is an adult.  Quite a culture shock.