I   Love   to   Read ! !

I LOVE to read!!!! I have to check out from the library or borrow from a friend which sometimes limits me in church fiction authors. But I still manage to go through a book or two a week.

Here are some of my favorites and what they use a hook to reel me in (they are all murder mysteries). I would recommend you start with the first ones published, as the characters grow, their romantic relationships grow too.

Joanne Fluke - Hannah Swenson owns the "Cookie Jar Coffee Shop" and shares all her favorite or newly developed Cookie/dessert recipes. Each book has at least one recipe every chapter or so. Joanne Fluke's website: murdershebaked.com

JoAnna Carl - Chocolate mysteries - tips/trivia on chocolate This is a fun one. I love the humor, which is my kind, the sarcastic, under the breath muttering kind.

Terri Thayer - stamping, quilting. Limited books, about 3. Waiting for her to write more.

Donna Andrews - (PG-13) Titles such as We'll Always Have Parrots, Swan for the Money, No Nest for the Wicket. Start with her first and work your way up. It is worth it! Some are more funny than others, but she really has some very diverse location/plot set-ups. I mean, Extreme Croquet in a cow pasture?

Lillian Jackson Braun: Definitely start with the oldest published and work forward. There is a story behind the story.

Dorothy Gilman: Mrs, Polifax series. Older lady gets involved with the CIA -- just to have something to do with her life.....

LDS:
Rachel Ann Nunes, Betsy Brannon Green, Michele Paige Holmes, Clair M. Poulson, Lynn Gardner, Traci Hunter Abrahamson, and my new fave: Josi S. Kilpack who has a new series out that is food related and about an older sleuth. She is way fun to read!! However, some of Josi's are much more serious. Read the flap.

I am also hooked on Regency Romance novels but only the older ones. I had a very favorite author and she started modernizing her words and now they are pretty much "R" rated. Too bad. I have learned so much about Napoleonic era, 1800 - 1816, mostly England history and the peerage.

I lately joined an online paperback swap. Check it out: http://www.paperbackswap.com
I don't have that many books to add to it but I like the idea of low cost books, basically the postage. Better than buying brand new.

I want to read some new ones out: Marilyn Bunderson, "The Mark" and Rochelle J Christiansen, "Wrong Number", but my library doesn't carry them yet. I have made requests, but it will take a while.

Well, that is it for now. It has been fun sharing with you.

Happy Reading!!!!
(*j*) Becky