Mysteries and More

I really like mysteries for some reason. I don't know why, really; I never really read Nancy Drew as a kid (or an adult)--wait, I do remember three non-Nancy Drews ones I did read as a kid...

Anyway, maybe it was when I discovered Agatha Christie. But even then I hadn't gotten to the point I am at now; when I head for the fiction section of the library for some light reading, I look almost exclusively for those little skulls on the side of the books.

While there are some enjoyable ones out there, I've been disturbed lately by how many I've come across recently where the heroine is getting married, but currently living with her fiance (or just living with someone). It's the norm all of a sudden. In fact, one book went so far as to declare that a certain mother character had "issues" because she, and this said in quite the scornful and incredulous tone, obviously expected her daughter to remain a virgin until she got married. ("That household obviously has issues.")

I don't get offended easily (hurt, yes; I'm unfortunately terribly sensitive, but not offended) but that so offended me that I lost all desire to read any more. And these aren't young authors writing this stuff (well, I think the "issues" one was); they're mostly women older than I, who you'd think have been raised with those older or at least 50's values.

I take that back, it's not sudden. It's been creeping in, step by step, and now it's a flood. At least, I hope it's still at flood stage. I hope it hasn't spread out and become an everyday, ordinary, always-been-here normal lake.

A Dry Spell

Wow, I haven't posted in a while. Just don't have anything to say. I could ask why men seem so much more content to let their grey hair show than women (almost every single older couple I know is this way), but after the last few posts, another one like that will likely turn this into a fashion blog. I've had a few things, off and on, but I can't remember them and I haven't been up to snuff lately, anyway, so...

Not that anyone's complaining. ;)