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Diane Mott Davidson Is the author.. and Goldy is the main charactor......she has a series of books..if anyone wants to read her books i think it's better to start with the first one.. I don't know how anyone else feels but i will NEVER, NEVER read a series out of order..My best friend will buys books that say " 2nd the series "..It drives me nuts..lol Barbara

Sara..... I read as much as you do.. Years ago i started to write the books i read on index cards and i but them in a file box..then i made an Author box...that was 30 years ago...and now i have a lot of boxes...about 10 years ago i decorated the file boxes with little pictures of books that are in the back of magazines from Double Day Book Club...my kids ask me what they should do with them when i die..I said " don't worry, i'm taking them with me "...lol.....Barbara

Barbara, I laughed when I read about your lists because many years ago I started the same type of file, but over the years I let it go. After reading your post, I wonder how many file boxes I would now have if I had written all the books down.

Might as well take it with you, especially if you haven't caught up with all the books you want to read - right? Makes sense to me.

Take care and thanks for your comments.

Danna, Thanks for providing the information. I think someone mentioned this series under another thread. I'm thinking about gathering all the culinary authors under one article, but still haven't quite figured out how I should write it.

Culinary related mysteries seems to be the most popular of all the various themes, especially those books that contain recipes.

Take care!

I don't have index cards -- I keep lists in notebooks, by author *sigh* Between my roomie and myself we have a TON of books and constantly buy the same book twice (this holds true for patterns also -- we're avid needleworkers). I'm still inventorying the books, we're on a book buying hiatus until I finish up. I'm also inventorying our movies .... same problem, we buy the same ones more than once LOL.

Sounds like a notebook for each - books, movies, projects - sounds like a great idea. That might help prevent duplicates (which I have also done). Thanks for sharing!

The best thing about the notebooks is that I can take them with me to the store or library. I even mark which I've read or watched and either want to buy or "don't bother" LOL. The portability of the notebooks is great. I'll be computerizing the lists after I finish compilling them so I can sort by author, genre, title, etc.

Edie,

There are so many culinary mystery authors now that I had to divide my Culinary Theme into five sections! Good luck writing an article with all of them in it!

Danna

Danna,

Maybe it will be a five part article.

Take care!

Really enjoying new "favorites" Paco and Molly, who were created by Rosemary and Larry Mild.

Here is a link to the review of their latest, Boston Scream Pie . They also wrote Locks and Cream Cheese and Hot Grudge Sunday, the 1st and 2nd books in this wonderful and humorous series.

The funniest aspect of these stories are the "Mollyprops" - you've got to read them to fully enjoy this unique character.