Save this one for a lazy day because it is one you simply
can't put down. It is set in the south in the present day.
It deals with murder and an amphetamine culture that literally curls your hair and makes you wonder how many speed
freaks the author actually knew. One of whom is a fire and
brimstone preacher who gets mixed up with a snake handler
and his religion.

The novel is about two children who set out to kill the
man who killed the l2 year old girl's brother. I haven't
finished it yet. It is not a gloomy novel and some of the
things the meth dealers do and their addiction and family
life would be funny if they weren't so inherently sad.

The name of the book is The Little Friend by Donna Tartt.
Yesterday was a horribly busy day for me as I had a
club meeting in the morning where we had an additional
new member who has joined our group. She is delightful
and has just moved here from Holland. I also had to gas
up the car and go to the commissary and pick up the girls.
When it cools off just a little, I go out and drag the hose
around trying to keep my plants alive. I didn't get much
reading time at all. The news said yesterday that we were
the hottest state in the United States. It was l06 yesterday.

I am trying not to let the Holly bush get out of hand but
I cannot reach the topmost ball of it. I guess I will have
to get out the big ladder for that.