Touring my TBR Spreadsheet and Shelves - October 2012

This month I’m going to talk a bit about what’s new on my shelves and my To Be Read list.

What’s new on the shelves recently:

	Who I Am by Pete Townshend This one isn’t even for me. The Hubster is a longtime fan of The Who and when this one showed up in multiple newsletters the week it was released, I sent a link to the Rolling Stones review to The Hubster to see if he wanted me to pick up a copy. I knew he would so the asking was pretty much a formality.
	Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel This one has been on the TBR list for a while but I haven’t gotten around to readin it yet. I’ve seen so many good reviews of this and the follow up (Bring Up The Bodies) and now a second Man Booker Prize. It’s time and it needed to be purchased.
	Whose Body by Dorothy Sayers The Lord Peter Wimsey series Is another oldie but goodie that I’ve heard about for ages and never read. Thanks to BethFishReads and Ana at Things Mean a Lot both encouraging me I went ahead and picked up a copy last time I was at Powells

New on the ipod:

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White This is actually my current audiobook. The reason I got this one is because of the publication anniversary post on NPR. It mentioned that E.B White narrated the audio himself and had a hard time getting through Charlotte’s death without breaking down. I love this book and Wilbur is the screensaver on my nook. It’s time to re-experience and seriously what a great book to have read to me?

New on my library shelf:

I’m planning ahead and making my library requests now. Jenn at Jenn’s Bookshelves is planning a Cozy Mystery event sometime in early December so I’ve been gathering a selection of books from some of my favorite cozy series in preparation for this.

	Crossed Bones by Carolyn Haines This is a fun series with a sassy ghost who cracks me up.
	Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen I’ve read some of Bowen’s Molly Murphy series but this is the first book in another series she writes that looks totally fun. From the publisher: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the throne, is flat broke. She's bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed for London. The place where she'll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH—oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name.
	Indigo Dying by Susan Wittig Albert This is a series featuring a herb shop owner in a small town in the hill country of Texas. China Bayles is smart and the series is fun and filled with interesting tidbits about herbs.
	Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton Another series featuring a ghost. Aunt Dimity isn’t quite as funny as Jitty from Carolyn Haines series mentioned above, but she’s smart and kind. She communicates through writing in a journal and one of these days I hope she’s going to tell Lori Shepherd to stop flirting with every man that comes along while her adoring husband is home with the kids. Yes - this is a series where the main character is beginning to annoy me but I’m willing to give it a couple of more books before I decide whether it’s a series I need to break up with or not.