I went to the library and picked up several books without knowing anything about them or the author. One of them is Hot on the Trail by Jane Isenberg. It's not a bad book-just not very engaging. It should have been a quick, fun easy read but, instead I find myself picking it up and then finding other things to do rather than read-definitely NOT my usual MO. I usually have dozens of other things to do but find myself reading instead. Then I started another one that I would like to have had last for days because the plot, characters, writing, everything is so good it's sad to finish. This one is High Stakes by, who else?, but Dick Francis.

A long time ago I discovered the Mitford series by Jan Karon. It's a very low-key, calm, pleasant, friendly series with Father Tim Kavanaugh who lives in Mitford, North Carolina and is filled with wonderful, quirky characters. The most recent has just come out, Home to Holly Springs, and it takes Father Tim back to his hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi. It turns out that he has a dificult childhood and had vowed never to return and for 38 years he kept that promise. Then a letter arrives with just the two words-Come home. A thoroughly delightful series.

During the last visit to the library I picked up 2 other G.M. Fords along with Red Tide. They are No Man's Land and Blown Away. These both are Frank Corso books who I have just met. After No Man's Land I had decided that I was only so-so on this protagonist and I read Blown Away just because I had it. That was going to be the last one, however, there is a cliff-hanger on the very last page so now I'm going to have to find the next one just to get it resolved. That one was published in 2006 so I'm hoping it's already out-I'll just have to do a little research to find out the title.