Cara Black: Murder Below Montparnasse

it's time to visit aimee in paris!

i LOVE cara black and her aimee leduc series.

whenever i read it, it always made me think

about my trip to paris in 2009.

i miss it very much and hope to go

again soon...i need my paris fix.

i started this book last night on my iphone. 

my hubby was hogging my ipad 

but anything for aimee! :)

When Aimée’s long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle the extra workload. At least, that what she tells herself. Repeatedly.

But all bets are off when Yuri Volodya, a mysterious old Russian man, hires Aimée to protect a painting. By the time she gets to his Montparnasse atelier, the precious painting has already been stolen, leaving Aimée smelling a rat. The next day, Yuri is found tortured to death in his kitchen. To top it all off, it looks like Aimée isn’t the only one looking for the painting. Some very dangerous people are threatening her and her coworkers, and witnesses are dropping like flies. Now Aimée has to find the painting, stop her attackers, and figure out what her long-missing mother, who is on Interpol’s most wanted list, has to do with all this—fingers crossed she wasn’t Yuri’s murderer, despite clues pointing in that direction.

Obviously, Rene doesn’t need to worry. 
Aimee has things under control.

Diana Gabaldon: Dragonfly in Amber

just finished DIA yesterday...

needless to say i am experiencing the withdrawal already!

i miss jamie & claire!

the ending...wow!

jamie...don't want to ruin it for anyone who haven't read it.

voyager is next! but need to read

murder below montparnasse next since

i'm paris-sick. :( i miss aimee!

then city of bones is next

so i would be ready to watch the movie 

when it's released next month. cannot wait!

*gulp*

i just read an article in usatoday.com about the treasure hunt at the new york public library and saw something very interesting but at the same time, eww! i'm sure dickens had a reason for doing this but still! i love my cats so much and when they pass, i wouldn't do anything like this, that's for sure.

here's the link to the article:

N.Y. Public Library to host overnight treasure hunt

scroll down about halfway to find out what i'm talking about!

currently reading:

"the wives of henry oades"

i picked this book to read because a portion of this book took place in new zealand. i visited new zealand in 2006 and loved it. it's a gorgeous place! anyway, when i saw this book in a literary newsletter, i was intrigued by it. i did see maori people while i was in nz but they were nice. i guess a lot had changed since the story was based in late 1800's. this book is based on a real-life legal case of a husband having two wives. i have about 100 pages left and it's a good book to read. i cannot imagine losing peter and to have him come back eventually!

plot

When Henry Oades accepts an accountancy post in New Zealand, his wife, Margaret, and their children follow him to exotic Wellington. But while Henry is an adventurer, Margaret is not. Their new home is rougher and more rustic than they expected—and a single night of tragedy shatters the family when the native Maori stage an uprising, kidnapping Margaret and her children.

For months, Henry scours the surrounding wilderness, until all hope is lost and his wife and children are presumed dead. Grief-stricken, he books passage to California. There he marries Nancy Foreland, a young widow with a new baby, and it seems they’ve both found happiness in the midst of their mourning—until Henry’s first wife and children show up, alive and having finally escaped captivity.

postcrossing

www.postcrossing.com

i joined postcrossing in january after a friend of mine mentioned it on facebook. i knew right away that i should do it because i love to collect stamps and also thought it would be a great way to learn about other countries. after signing up, i received 5 addresses and went out to get some postcards. i wrote various info on them then went to the post office and mailed them. i started getting the postcards after people who received mine registered them at postcrossing.com. as of now, i have received 12 postcards and i LOVE it! i look forward to mailing more later this week...i need to go to the post office to get more stamps. i can't wait to get more beautiful postcards!!

here's the first postcard i received:

this cat, minnie belongs to the sender of the postcard.
the sender took this picture and had it printed into postcards.
what a great idea!

sent by allison from burlington in ontario, canada
registered on 2.16.11

more testing...

floridastamptestcropped

floridastampcropped

testing

stamps from sweden...

how does this look??