Books for Breakfast

I'm catching up!  If you create a goal in Goodreads, they keep you updated on your progress. They'll tell you how many books you've read towards that goal, and how many books you are behind or ahead of schedule. I've been behind schedule for a few months now, but I'm catching back up :) All in all I read 6 books in June; not bad. My genres varied as expected: mostly mystery, with non-fiction, contemporary, and romance thrown in.  Cotillion by Georgette Heyer was my last read of the month. This was my second novel by her, and while it didn't end up being what I expected, I enjoyed it nonetheless. I was expecting a regency romance characteristic of Heyer. What I got instead was a humorous narrative of 1800's London, with a dash of romance. I'm looking forward to my next read by this author! The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is written in the style of my favorite mysteries: a whodunnit. A review I read of this title claimed that you would never...

This one is a little different from the other books I've read so far. For one thing, Death's Acre by Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson is a non-fiction book. (I've already read one non-fiction, Let Me Be a Woman , but this is an entirely different kind of subject). Death's Acre  is part autobiography, part true-crime, and part scientific journalism. It chronicles the humble beginnings of the Body Farm, a research outdoor "facility" located in Tennessee. Dr. Bill Bass takes the reader through an account of his career, how he came to create the Body Farm, and how it has helped to further not only scientific discoveries, but also criminal investigations. Just as a fun fact, one of my possible career paths before deciding on teaching was to become a forensic anthropologist. I admit, I was influenced more by TV shows like "Bones" than a good and honest interest in the human skeleton. Even though that is not my path anymore, I still possess a fascinati...