I like series and have my favorites that I save the books for when I am ill and just start reading them again from book one. I never seem to have a brand new book to read when I end up in bed with bronchitis, which happens far too often. Anne Perry's series about Thomas and Charlotte Pitt is my most favorite, although I enjoy all of her writings. Also on my regular list is Elizabeth George, Jacquelyn Winspear, Tony Hillerman, Anne Hillerman (Tony's daughter continues his stories), P.D.James, and... on and on. Recently I have been reading more and sewing not at all, don't know why, but I'll switch back one of these days.
I just finished Anna Quindlen's "Alternate Side" - one of the best reads I have enjoyed lately. I expect to read all of her books that I have not yet read and maybe even re-read some others. She is a very good writer. Also recently was "White Houses" by Amy Bloom (which might be more than I wanted to know about the possible lesbian affairs of Eleanor Roosevelt), but it was a good read. I pulled an old book off my shelves and re-read "Nellie's Story" by Nellie Grant and her daughter, the aviatrix Elspeth Huxley. I loved it all over again and it made me want to go back and re-read all of the Elspeth Huxley books and those of Isak Dinesen. One of these days I probably will.
At the Literary Orange event in April I bought James W. Ziskin's "Heart of Stone" and have just started reading it. I didn't get very far before ordering the other five books in the series of Ellie Stone mysteries. I think it is going to be one of those 'can't put it down' series that I have to impose reading limits in order to get anything else done.
I have found some good book recommendations on blogs and Facebook posts and I hope that others will be interested and read some of my favorites.
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We seem to have similar tastes in mysteries. One of my favorites is Josephine Tey - I wish she had written more.
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