I spent three solid days last week listening to discussions on kidlit, adding titles to fall shopping carts, and commenting on author panel chats at the annual (virtual) Texas Library Association Conference...so each night, I went home and read a grown-up book!
I bought a copy of The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister upon recommendation of a longtime friend of mine who just happens to be a voracious reader and writer. She knows my reading tastes, and thoughtfully recommends the best books to me, just when I seem to need them.
The Arctic Fury has so many interesting elements: well-researched period piece, mystery, adventure, feminism at just that point in history when the term was coined. The subject itself is intriguing: an all-woman expedition to the Arctic circle to rescue (or find the bodies of) a team of men who disappeared during their own expedition. The effort is requested and funded by Lady Franklin, the wife of the men's leader...but the details are suspiciously shrouded in mystery. This is not to be a publicized event, and Virginia, the team leader recruited by Lady Franklin, must play by her benefactor's rules, whether she likes them or not.
The story is told in flashbacks as Virginia stands trial for the killing of one of the expedition members, so we are given information in tasty tidbits, getting to know the cast of characters as they assemble, prepare for, and make way on their journey.
It's Monday, and I'm only halfway through The Arctic Fury, reading a few short chapters each night. What are you reading these days?
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