So many books, so little time. My new thing is not finishing books.  Back to so little time. I start a book with fresh enthusiasm, but even half way I'll give up and go to my to-be-read pile of books I have waiting because I don't want to waste another minute. Sometimes I am glad when I have stuck by and finished a really good book, like Catch 22. That book grew on me, and I read it twice, once in audio. And I watched the movie. Right now I am reading The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman. I am enjoying it, it came recommended on Library Reads. I need to stick to good recommendations. My sister Ann asked me if I read any great books lately, and I was disappointed that I'd read such mediocre books. I did like Headlong by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. Not all Bill Slider mysteries are great, but this one was especially good. I read all of Catherine Graham's Midsomer Murders and loved them. I read all of Ann Granger's Mitchell and Marby mysteries and hated to see them end. I am reading all of Jacqueline Winspear's Masie Dobbs books and enjoying them as well. Sometimes I'll read a book just for something new, and it's so good it will stay with me. That's what I look for in a good book, staying power, and I won't know right away if the book has staying power. Sometimes it's just the quick easy reading that I like, like an Agatha Christie book. I don't remember the plot, but I enjoyed it while I read it. Here's to good summer reading, and the bookish life of Carolyn Rector. Cheers!