I just finished a book by Dave Eggers titled What Is the What? It's the story of a boy in South Sudan who spends 15 years as a "Lost Boy" in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, and then ends up in Atlanta with hardships that are almost as challenging. It really gave me a feeling for the refugee problem in Africa.

Somebody suggested I read some of Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma mysteries set in ancient Ireland. The one the library had available was Smoke in the Wind - which is set in Wales, not Ireland. I'm almost done, and it's hard to pull myself away from the book to do anything else. The plot is very well-constructed, a very satisfying mystery. I hate mysteries where the mystery isn't credible - this one is very credible.

-Joe-