Recently my reading list has been the following:

The PennDutch Inn mysteries by Tamar Myers — all but the last three are fairly good. The next to last one was meh and the last one was definitely not worth the paper on which it was printed. Seriously… she was tying up loose ends and got a little weird.

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly — recommended by my friend Molly and was worth reading. It deals with an 11 year old girl in Texas at the turn of the 20th century and her discovery of science and the encouragement of this by her grandfather while her mother would rather have her pursue the domestic arts.

The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson — I’m not done with it yet but it’s definitely a good read. Amy talks about dealing with her divorce when her daughter was young and how she keeps returning to her hometown of Freeville, New York. She’s definitely not having a pity party (which is good — she’s a nationally syndicated advice columnist) and the title refers to the generations of women in her family who have been there and done that and thrived. Amy is also a frequent panelist on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and that was how I’d heard about her book.