{"id":287,"date":"2008-06-13T09:46:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/287"},"modified":"2008-06-10T09:58:01","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T15:58:01","slug":"287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/287","title":{"rendered":"“Death”-ly fun summer reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Strangers<\/p>\n

Strangers in Death<\/strong>
\nby J.D. Robb
\nMCN Rob
\nMcNaughton Collection<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n

For some fun, \u201clight,\u201d non-mind-expanding summer reading, try a book from what I call the \u201cdeath series\u201d by J.D. Robb, aka Nora Roberts. The series starts with Naked in Death<\/em>, and many, many books later, the latest is Strangers in Death<\/em>. (Mind you, I got this information from Nora\u2019s website, as I long ago gave up trying to remember which book follows which.) The plot line seldom varies: set in the late 2050\u2019s, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her trusty sidekick, Peabody, solve horrible murders with the help of Eve\u2019s fabulously rich and unbelievably handsome hubby, Roarke. A cast of other regulars, such as the eccentric e-detective McNab, and the wild and colorful singer, Mavis, appear in each book. The plots are similar enough that I can\u2019t keep the books straight, but little thought is required to digest the titles, and Eve is a feisty, take-no-prisoners (pardon the pun) dame. And for the romance-minded among you, there are at least two or three steamy love scenes in each book\u2014this is Nora Roberts, after all.<\/p>\n

So stop by the University Library and pick up Born in Death<\/em>, Innocent in Death<\/em>, Creation in Death<\/em>, and\/or Strangers in Death<\/em>, all in the McNaughton Leisure Collection under the call number Rob. You\u2019re guaranteed a good murder mystery, a relaxing time, and you probably won\u2019t learn a blessed thing. Perfect for summer reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb MCN Rob McNaughton Collection, 2nd floor For some fun, \u201clight,\u201d non-mind-expanding summer reading, try a book from what I call the \u201cdeath series\u201d by J.D. Robb, aka Nora Roberts. The series starts with Naked … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[919],"tags":[220,939,940,263,167192],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-reading","tag-fun-stuff","tag-leisure","tag-mysteries","tag-novels","tag-summer-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}