Musing Monday - Dec 18

Musing Monday is hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker.  It is a weekly meme that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:

I’m currently reading…
Up next I think I’ll read…
I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
I can’t wait to get a copy of…
I wish I could read ___, but…
I blogged about ____ this past week…

THIS WEEK'S RANDOM QUESTION:   Have you ever wanted to become a character in a book so you could actually experience the world you’re reading about?

Last week was a busy week--two home inspections, an open house, two doctor appointments, and the regular run of the mill stuff. With any luck real estate will be slowing down after this week...though someone did stop by today's open house to say they want me to list their house. :)

You'll notice I posted my review of Lethal in Old Lace, the sixth book in Duffy Brown's Consignment Shop Mystery series. If you haven't read any of these you really need to. They are fabulous!

Right now, I am reading The Body in the Casket by Katherine Hall Page.

The inimitable Faith Fairchild returns in a chilling New England whodunit, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game Clue.

For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn’t familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party.

Producer/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane—a Broadway legend—is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith’s client makes a startling confession. "I didn’t hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me."

Faith’s only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before—an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old Playbill from Max’s last, and only failed, production—Heaven or Hell. Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call.

Full of delectable recipes, brooding atmosphere, and Faith’s signature biting wit, The Body in the Casket is a delightful thriller that echoes the beloved mysteries of Agatha Christie and classic films such as Murder by Death and Deathtrap.

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Interesting question this week. Have I ever wanted to be a character in a book? Probably not. I like being me. That said, I have wanted to temporarily be transported to the setting of a book. As a lover of historical fiction, I would love to visit early America or America in the mid-late 1800s. Sure would be a cheap way to travel the world too. :) 

That's it from my neck of the woods. Hope you have a great week!