What I'm reading ...

I have started The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.

Bill Bryson is one of a very few authors whose books I buy immediately upon publication. This is an autobiography of his early life and starts out with some good background on life in the US in the early 1950s.

Rum Punch - by Elmore Leonard

This was a Bookclub selection. I have been reading it for over a month! I don't think this is a reflection upon the book itself - just my frame of mind.

It is a crime novel and has very strong characterization. But I'm afraid that I found the story rather hard to follow and I'm not at all sure that I understood the outcome. This is probably because I spent so long reading it. I will listen to the Bookclub programme - maybe that will help ...