is never done.  Thank goodness!  I'm glad Peter and Bee enjoy reading as much as I do; we are not sure yet if Jasper reads or not.  He's still a bit standoffish about sitting in the living room with us - I guess it will be a while before he finds a spot on the ottoman.

I just finished two great books - a new series by Victoria Abbott.  The Christie Curse is the first in the new Book Collectors' series about a researcher trying to earn grad school tuition named Jordan Kelly.  Set in a small town in New York, Jordan takes a job with the most hated woman in town; her first assignment is to track down a "lost" Agatha Christie play.  The characters are quirky and the story is fast-paced.  Jordan's uncles, who operate somewhat outside the law, are a hoot.  Our heroine returns in The Sayers Swindle, in which she tracks down some missing Dorothy Sayers first editions. 

We can't wait for the next book in the series: The Wolfe Widow!

Since I'm a big Nero Wolfe / Rex Stout fan, I'm excited about this one!

is the first mystery in a great cozy series from Miranda James.  Set in the small, but colorful college town of Athena, Mississippi, Charlie Harris is a fifty-something widower who works as a special collections librarian at Athena College.  His constant companion is an enormous Maine Coon cat named Diesel, who charms everyone he meets.  The cat, I mean - although Charlie is pretty charming, too.  Together they solve crimes assisted by a cast of colorful characters.  It would seem that Athena is Mississippi's answer to Maine's Cabot Cove: people drop like flies and whether they like to admit it or not, the local police can always use Charlie's timely assistance in tracking down the killer.   For continuity, it's a good idea to read the books in order: Murder Past Due, Classified as Murder, File M for Murder, Out of Circulation and The Silence of the Library.  I can't wait for the next installment of the adventures of Charlie and Diesel!  Now let's see which series I want to tackle next...

So many books, so little time!