I’ve spent most of the weekend reading and doing a bit of organizing around the house. I feel so accomplished, I finally finished three books that had been lingering on my nightstand for quite a while. I promise to tell you about those soon but let me just say I’m one book away from completing the Summer Mystery Reading Challenge. Isn’t that great?

Also, part of the organizing means I’ve culled down my shelves a bit, and I now have a stack of books to donate to the annual library book sale. My shelves are still overflowing and according to my Bookpedia file I have 858 books (read and unread). I’m pretty sure I have more than that because I know some books haven’t made into my database.

Now it’s time to select the last book for the Mystery Challenge. Ooh, that’s a challenge in itself. Am I in the mood for a cozy, a historical or how about a police procedural. Hmm, I think I’ll find something among those 858 books. I’ll let you know tomorrow which book I ended up choosing.

I’ve been a Zyrtec zombie today. I was having some allergies and had to take some medicine, something I try to avoid. It works great for my allergies but it makes me tired. It was all I could do to not fall asleep at work which pretty much meant that reading at lunch time was out. So, the next best thing was to spend some time mooching books.

I have quite a few points and have been saving them but it’s hard to get your hands on some of the newer or popular books. So I started looking for older books and found some that I liked. Here’s what I mooched.

• No Angel by Penny Vincenzi. I’ve heard Danielle talk about this book before so it’s been on my radar for a while.
• They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer. I read an article about Heyer’s mysteries in Mystery Scene magazine some time ago and have been looking for some of her mysteries since then but haven’t found any in the bookstores. I’m very curious what this story will be like.
• I Love You Like A Tomato by Marie Giordano. What a title. I couldn’t pass that one up.
• Quieter than Sleep by Joanne Dobson. One of the members in my mystery book group recommended this one.

Now to make some room for the new books. I did notice that the library had their bins out for book donations so I think I need to put a few books aside to donate.