spying moms, sherlock holmes and the KJV

what do these all have in common? nothing, except that i'm reading them...

spying moms:
so i read a book called spymom by val agosta. i was drawn to it because the back cover said something about this woman being a big fan of nancy drew, and when she was diagnosed and then recovered from breast cancer, she decided that she would live the life she wanted. so she wanted to become a private investigator. this book is a true story and i won't reveal too much, but some of it is pretty funny! some of it is also disappointing because val felt that because she had cancer she deserved special treatment. while some may think that also, it's sad because her two p.i. partners, first her sister and then a woman named mollie, either had cancer or other chronic illnesses themselves. val put her illness up front and center, even when mollie complained because mollie also felt ill--val's excuse was that cancer got them information. anyway, it's a small thing but it just got annoying throughout the story. it is an inspirational story, not my normal kind of book--very christian and a little preachy--but entertaining. and just about anything with a nancy drew link will draw me in :)

sherlock holmes:
well, i'm still reading the 2nd volume of the large annotated edition i checked out. we're on month 7 of reading sherlock holmes this year! i'll finish them all by december 31, i will...

kjv:
i'm reading 3 books on the kjv and the kjv itself, partly for an exhibit to go in my space at work at the end of the year and partly for a challenge. the 3 books on the kjv are for the exhibit--i have to research and come up with some ideas for a small exhibit to go in my library by the end of the year for the 400th anniversary of the kjv. the bible itself? well, i've never read the kjv, it was so influential in the evolution of the english language, the founding of america, and english language history in general. it also happens to be the bible that christian scientists use most frequently so this is also relevant to work. but i'm reading it out of sheer interest, pleasure and of course, intellectual pursuit. i was a religion major in college, took many religion classes and read many parts and many versions of the bible, but not the kjv. my time has come.