The Poet

by Michael Connelly
audioCDs 12 discs collection of Jeff Beaudoin
genre: murder mystery

Things I liked:
similarity to Criminal Minds (tv show) with profiling
his H.S. crush on Riley
literary allusions / Poe stuff

Things I didn't like:
romance between him & the FBI agent - NOT convincing!
PTL for pedophile network
technology is SOOOO outdated
him helping Warren out . . . just no

A Weekend with Mr. Darcy

by Victoria Connelly
Hennepin County Library paperback 343 pages
genre: romance

Enjoyable romance novel about an English professor (Dr. Katherine Roberts) and a shy young woman (Robyn Love) who attend a Jane Austen conference. Each woman connects with a dashing young man (Warwick Lawton, aka Lorna Warwick for Katherine and Dan Harcourt for Robyn).

I saw book two in this series at Kathy Giesen's house and it made me curious. But it's not the best romance I've ever read and I'm not enough of a Jane Austen nut to feel as drawn as these characters are to "Jane" stories. I must admit, though, I'm curious to re-read Persuasion based on what some of the characters in this book said.