Absence makes the heart founder or my spring break gone too long!

Well here I am, absent for a month, have not done anything special and have not read much either.

I spend a week or so reading the first four books of The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert. In the first book “The Tale of Hill Top Farm” we get to know the human and animal characters of “the land between the lakes” and learn of why and hows of Beatrix’s purchasing a farm there. In other books small and large mysteries are solved by humans and animals both. Second book “The Tale of Holly How”, the third “The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood” and the fourth is “The Tale of Hawthorn House”. I had read the fifth book “The Tale of Briar Bank” before. These stories are enchanting and sweet. You can lose yourself in peacefulness of the village life, cuteness of cats and dogs and badgers and guinea pigs and even fall in love with a fox. As for human characters I liked Beatrix and Mr. Heelis and Captain Milles and his sister, also the little children were endearing. Wish Ms. Albert would hurry and write the last three books of the series too.
Else? “The Courtesan's Wager” by Claudia Dain was lovely. I was laughing really hard at all that verbal banter and those stubborn characters. I really enjoyed it and hope that Ms. Dain would continue with the series.
“Accidental Human” by (Accidental Friends, Book 3) by Dakota Cassidy was fun. I liked Marty’s story the best, Wanda’s was good and Nina’s story (the second book) was so so.
Anyway, here Marty is pregnant, Nina is enjoying the life as Elvira and Wanda is hiding a deep dark secret and a very cute new guy!
“Lulu in Marrakech” by Diane Johnson was boring. Somehow I was expecting more action in a spy thriller. The narrative for this novel was boarder line yawn and snore! The characters were detached and incomplete and the finale was like the author has run out of paper and decided to wrap things up in a hurry. Somehow I was expecting more from Ms. Johnson.
The best of my readings this month was rereading Kim Harrison’s “The Hallows” series and finishing it with the latest book (number 7) “White Witch, Black Curse”. I loved it. In this one, Rachel is getting to a balancing point in her relationship with Ivy, she get to find Kisten’s killer and put her grieving to rest. And yes, she is dealing with demons and everyone knows it and people are unkind to her, but what the heck! She is alive and kicking and powerful. Ooh, there is also a new character (an old brief character coming back to the main series, actually) and all new twists in her love life. I think both Big Al and Trent have hots for Rachel and also this new Rachel Candy! I so love these romantic tensions!
With this good note let’s wrap up and look for new things too read!

P.S.: Still can’t get my mind around my spring schedule. I have a long “To be Read” list and were not been able to put my hands on any of them.