En route to baby

Baby Dorian James arrived into these interesting times on Sunday just after pumpkin hour. Pre-hospital visit I armed myself with the essentials: baby clothes, blanky, onesies, binkies, and box of diapers. Then off to the local grocery store to purchase Mums for the new mum.

Sitting on a small park bench in front of the Albertson's in Van Nuys on Sherman Way and Van Nuys Blvds. I spot Brooke reading a mystery by Stuart Woods' Palindrome. It's about a battered woman whose steroid-pumped husband goes on a rampage to hunt her down, killing her lawyer and anyone else who gets in the way. Brooke has read alot of Woods' books. "Once I encounter an author I love I tend to read everything they've ever written." Woods' track record? 11 books since this 1991 edition of Palindrome and Brooke's sure that he's probably written more since then.



Growing up Brooke read alot of Nancy Drew - her love for mystery books started early! It's the intrigue of figuring out how the storylines unfold that she finds interesting. I don't think I've ever really gotten into mystery books so if I were ever to start Brooke suggests anything by Marcia Muller.

What is your favourite mystery book?

And now...some pictures from my hospital visit. More on Facebook soon!