November 11th's Book Beginnings and Friday 56

First of all, I want to wish all the Veterans and Happy Veterans Day.  Thank you for your service to our country.

And so, for a holiday edition of Book Beginnings and Friday 56, I present Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman.

                                                             


It would have been cool if this book involved vets in some way, but I didn't think about that in time to plan my reading.  Instead, this is the final book in one of my favorite series, and I just reread it.  My review will be up soon right here if you are interesting in learning more about it.
But for now, here's how the book begins:

Mrs. Pollifax was feeling bored and rather left out of life.

That's not an unusual way for a book in this series to begin.  But it also brings a smile to my face since I know that is about to change.  It's usually about the time that Carstairs from the CIA calls and offers this part time spy a job.  And this book is no different.  (And yes, I did steal my user name from this series.)

And where a job for the CIA goes, trouble always follows.  For example, on page 56, we find this:

Suddenly, Mrs. Pollifax said, "Farrell, no...!"
It was too late.

And that's the tease for this week.  Have a great weekend, and if you have a long weekend, have a great long weekend.