Today’s TTT is ‘April showers’, which a challenging one. One obvious approach that comes to mind is books in which rain is a major element, either in shaping the plot or in creating an atmosphere. The problem is that I can’t really think of any off-hand, and I don’t want to do weather nonfiction because I’m fairly certain I’ve done that for a list before…so I’m going to have to bow out of this one!

Teaser Tuesday

Richard would become one of the most celebrated kings in British history; he remains the only monarch to be commemorated with a statue outside the Houses of Parliament. This is ironic, for of all the kings who reigned after the Norman Conquest, Richard probably spent the least time – and took the least personal interest – in his English kingdom. MAGNA CARTA, Dan Jones

I’m being rather a brute to you, aren’t I? This isn’t your idea of a proposal. We ought to be in a conservatory, you in a white frock with a rose in your hand, and a violin playing a waltz in the distance. And I should make violent love to you behind a palm tree. You would then feel then you were getting your money’s worth.” REBECCA, Daphne du Maurier

(Some phrases…..change meaning after a century or so…)