I am probably not the only person who does this--even though I am reading a book and thoroughly (or maybe not always thoroughly) enjoying it, I still have in the back of my mind what I might want to read next. I finished the Hannah Wolfe mystery, by the way--a definite thumbs up on that one. Now I am trying to decide between The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly or Mark of the Lion by Suzanne Arruda. I had planned on starting the Cleverly book next--it is the first in a series of mysteries set in 1920s India--the whole decline of the Raj sort of thing. However, the last time I was at the bookstore I picked up an entirely new mystery--the Arruda book. This is the first Jade Del Cameron novel. Jade, an American, was an ambulance driver in WWI and becomes becomes involved in a murder while in Africa. I seem to be attracted to mysteries set in the 20s lately. I have a few other titles sitting there that I hope to start soon. A friend gave me Sweetness & Light by Hattie Ellis for Christmas. I usually try to have one nonfiction book on my bedside table. At the momen I am reading C'est La Vie by Suzy Gershman. It has this lovely cover and I pulled it off the shelf for that reason alone. It is another "american/british/foreigner/whoever trying to make it in the city of lights" type of story. This one is a bit if-y to be honest. But it is less than 300 pages, and I haven't gotten that far--so I need to give it more of a chance. I'll let you know how that one turns out. I hope to get to the Ellis book soon. I love social history sorts of books, and this one is about the honeybee. What can I say, I am interested in all sorts of things! I know I have several classics going at the moment--probably too many. But once I finish a couple of them I think I might tackle the Sigrid Undset book, Kristin Lavransdattar. This edition has all three books (with over 1000 pages). I am really curious about this one--has anyone read it? Undset won the Nobel for this in 1928. Of course this means The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton will get bounced a bit down on the pile. Sorry Edith, I promise to get to it soon. I seem to be reading lots of classics about women lately, don't I? The next Modern Library selection will be The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy, though. The men will get to tell their side of it soon enough. That one should be interesting...