Finally...A New Read

I've been wandering around the house looking for something, other than the paperbacks sitting on my nightstand, to read next. I kept hoping I'd accidently forgotten a gem somewhere in the piles of "stuff" strewn throughout the house. No such luck. Then today Hubby and I were in our favorite Big Box Warehouse when we passed the display table of new books for sale. There, calling my name, was "Sweet Revenge," the new mystery by Diane Mott Davidson. I immediately grabbed a copy (looking for one whose cover was intact and not creased, soiled etc.) and placed it in our shopping cart. So here I am at home and where is the book? It's in the back seat of my car in the garage. I guess I need to get my fanny out of this chair and go get it so I can begin reading it at dinner. Oh goody, goody!!!

Not A Book In Sight

It's been more than a week since I finished my last book and I still haven't found something new to read. I spent the past week housesitting at my sister's house and usually I find the time to read. I did bring along a few paperbacks but, for some reason, I just couldn't seem to get motivated to read them. The paperbacks are still sitting in my suitcase (yes, I still haven't unpacked) and I'm thinking maybe I'll go to the bookstore this week in search of something else to try. Sigh...just what I need...more books sitting by my nightstand.

Done...Finished

Yeah!!! I finished "Justice Denied" yesterday over my morning coffee. I raced through the last few chapters so I could finally put the book to rest. Did I enjoy it? Yes...in my usual "OK that was interesting" kind of way. There seemed to be a myriad of plot lines that finally came together and I had a few problems with remembering which victim and suspect went together but I managed to make sense of it in the end.

So now the book goes into the box I keep by the front door so I can remember to hand it off to my friend who shares my mystery book passion. And I'm now faced with the prospect of finding something new to read. I have a number of paperbacks I've bought in recent weeks (and my friend has given me several as well) but none of them seem to be calling out to me at the moment. That's always been a problem for me...I find interesting sounding books to buy but, when the time comes to start them, suddenly they don't sound so interesting to me. Oh well...I'm sure I'll find something to read.

Plodding Along

Well I'm still reading the same book after nearly a week and I haven't made a heck of a lot of progress. It's not that I'm not enjoying the story. I love J.A. Jance writing style and characters. It's just that I've been feeling punky lately and I can't seem to motivate myself to pick up the book to read. I had a migraine yesterday so maybe that's been my problem...it's probably been building up the past few days and so my brain and eyes haven't wanted to spend any time working. Right now I'm feeling like I'm wearing a hat two sizes too small and my eyes feel like they're holding back a whole lot of pressure so the book still sits on the kitchen table. Maybe tomorrow...