Reading and Roaming
SUMMER READING Last One Out by Jane Harper Last One Out is Australian novelist Jane Harper’s sixth book. It’s a mystery, but one with a slow burn. For the fifth anniversary of her son Sam’s disappearance, Ro Crowley returns from Sydney to the small town of Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial event. She and her husband Griff are …
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BOOKS FOR SUMMER For some years now, I’ve been in the habit of drawing up a list of books I hope to read over the summer. Some are long hardbacks or biographies I have put off, others are just fun mysteries or beach reads, and one or two might be titles for my book club. It’s a …
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MUSIC IN THE PARK Each spring, Chamber Music Raleigh holds one of its concerts in a public park. Last Sunday, we spent a most pleasant two hours in Ritter Park in Cary listening to the American Brass Quintet. The weather was warm, not hot, and metal picnic tables under a canopy provided seating, shading us from the sun. …
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RECENT READING: ESCAPE, ARTIST ON THE RUN Saoirse (pronounced Sear-sha) by Charleen Hurtubise Like the title character in Saoirse, her first novel published in the United States, Charleen Hurtubise spent part of her childhood in Michigan and is also an artist. Today, she lives in Dublin but is still attached to Donegal. Saoirse initially appears to be a settled artist, …
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