Finished QUITE A YEAR FOR PLUMS

 

I am not at all sure how this got into my "to read" pile.  It reads like Garrison Keeler, who I found boring and this the same.  I do like quirky characters but I also like something to happen in the books I read.  I read it all the wait through thinking these characters must do something, but I was disappointed..

I'm now about to start James Rollins' Kingdon of Bones.  I don't quite believe I have read 15 of these Sigma Force books.  Time flies while you are having fun.  I know something will happen in this book!

Finished THE ENCHANTMENT EMPORIUM

 

Imagine a large family of magical persons (witches?).  A young person in this family wants to get out from under the constant advice and directions from her "Aunties" and is given the opportunity by her grandmother.  Will she run into more problems than she can handle by herself?  Loved this book.  I haven't read a book by this author that I don't love.

I then started Killing Custer by Margaret Coel.  This is a Wind River Mystery, #17. with Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden.  A Custer impersonator rides in a parade in Lander, close to the Wind River Reservation and is killed there.  Everyone assumes an Indian killed him, and even Father John and Vicky start to have doubts....  Again, I enjoy these mysteries.  This one also has an exciting ending.

I have now started Quite a Year For Plums, by Bailey White.  In this a group of really quirky people live with love and respect for each other (much of the time).  They recognize the quirks in each other, but do they recognize them in themselves?  At first I thought I was going to be bored silly, but now I'm intrigued wondering what they will do next.

Finished VAMPIRE ACADEMY

 

I really enjoyed this.  I'm sure it is classified as a YA, but this nearly 80 year old  is hooked.  The 'verse is new and unlike any vampire book I've read.  There is teen-age angst, but there is also triumph and tragedy enough to keep me reading.  After the original book, there were several more stories which can serve as background and further adventures.  Don't skip them...they may have been even better than the book.

I have now just barely started The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff.  She doesn't write one series of books forever.  She has lots of three, four, and five book series....several of which I've read and all of those I have enjoyed.  This is the first of a three book series which I am looking forward to.