"I love reading books about books, bookstores, and people that love books."
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I am just finishing up American Home Life, 1880-1930 A Social History of Spaces and Services. This book was interesting in that it is a history of how our living space has changed due to changes in society (like moving the bathroom into the house).
I am just starting The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, a memoir and a history of the author's life in books. What can be better than reading a book about books and bookstores. OMG!!! ]]>
Just finishing up American Home Life, 1880-1930 A Social History of Spaces and Services. This was an interesting book but it is a history so it isn't a "fast read". It tells about how our housing has changed over the years 1880-1930 as society changed and as we got many new inventions. it discussed the decline of "the parlor", how children in the house changed over the years; I especially liked when it covered the changes due to getting public utilities (including water and sewage--ie when the bathroom moved inside the house).
Now I am reading The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. This is a memoir of a booklover and a history of his life in books. I love books about books. ]]>
I'm going to try to resurrect this thread. I just went through my authors that I have read to answer another question. While going through my "old favorite" authors I realized that no one talks about Katherine Hall Page's Faith Fairchild series. I haven't read any of these for a while, the last one I read was #15 in the series, The Body in the Snowdrift A Faith Fairchild Mystery. Looks like I have three to catch up on. I notice that she has one out for Christmas this year called The Body in the Sleigh. ]]>
Melissa wrote: "I just finished Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris.
I enjoyed this book, I did not expect the "ending".
I really have enjoyed all of Monica Ferris's books that I have read."
I like Betsy Devonshire a lot, too. I am a couple behind--I've only read through Knitting Bones, book 11 in the series. I need to stop reading "new to me" series and catch up with some of my "old favorites", like Monica Ferris. Thanks for reminding me of a series that I really like. ]]>
I think that Parnell Hall's Puzzle Lady mysteries with Cora Felton as protagonist are a hoot. I also like the Stanley Hastings mysteries by Hall and they are sort of funny but not like "The Puzzle Lady".
Mary Daheim's Bed & Breakfast Mysteries with Judith Flynn and cousin Rennie are light and somewhat funny.
It has been a long time since I have read
Selma Eichler's Desiree Shapiro series. Desiree is an overweight PI and if you like overweight digs all the time you can try these. (As a "queen size woman" it got kind of old--although I read 13 of them.)
Of course almost everyone knows Janet Evanovich and the Stephanie Plum series.
Joan Hess's Arly Hanks series is on the funny side.
Many find Tamar Myers series with Magdalena Yoder a Pennsylvania Dutch Amish Innkeeper series humorous. I have only read one and didn't really like the series but I may go back and try it again sometime. Although not funny, I much prefer Myers' Den of Antiquity series with protagonist Abigail Timberlake.
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Denise
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