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An Unexpected Trip to Colorado…

I have been out of town for close to two weeks due to a family medical crisis. Thanks to my husband, your comments have continued to be posted. I am slowly making my way through them, and adding my comments, as well as taking off some of your last names which “got past” my husband.

I had already post-dated the entries that appeared while I was away, but have a few more things that I want to get done soon. I have four authors who I had just added to the site before I left, but have not yet “presented” them to you all, so I will be doing that as soon as I get the April 2011 New Mystery Book Releases page up.

I should be getting everything back to normal soon.

Sister Carol Anne O’Marie / Sister Mary Helen Mystery Series…

I have recently been on another Cozy Mystery quest. Because I get all of these recommendations from Cozy Mystery site readers, I devote a lot of my reading time to trying out some of the authors. I just finished “going through” three new (to me!) authors. 

The bad news is that I didn’t make it to my “50 page rule” for two of the three authors. I can see how these two authors could be considered top-selling authors. I really can! I just can’t see me wanting to spend even 50 pages with their heroine/sleuths. One of the series is a highly respected culinary series, and the other series is a top-selling supposedly funny series that features a young, supposedly funny sleuth. However, the third of the three authors has captured my attention, and this is not a series I thought I would enjoy. But>>> I seem to be doing just that!

Sister Carol Anne O’Marie was brought to my attention quite a while ago. (I wish I could remember when I posted her page on the site.) I get so many recommendations that I simply can’t read all of the authors, but for some reason I decided to take a chance on this most unlikely (for me!) mystery series. I am glad I read the editorial reviews instead of just relying on the customer comments when I clicked on Novena for Murder! I am enjoying this first book in the Sister Mary Helen Mystery Series.

Any book by an unknown (to me!) author that I read past page 50 is promising. So, I will continue to read this first book in the series and see how I feel about it after I hit page 100. If an author can’t capture my Cozy Mystery attention by then, then I simply annotate my rather obvious grading system: “***** YUCK” and either move on to a new author or go back to one off of my “Favorite Authors” list…

Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VII – Sunday, Feb. 6 – Must See TV! (?)

OK, people! I know that this is not a Cozy Mystery topic, but:

If you are an avid fan of the SuperBowls, and an avid lover of puppies, then today, you’re in for a treat! The Animal Planet channel will be broadcasting the seventh Puppy Bowl, and it promises to be good, family fun for all of us.

The action is intense, the rules are fast and easy, and the players are the cutest players to hit the “football field” in years! Let’s face it, any show that has this in their description (from the Animal Planet website):

“Featuring fan favorites like the Water Bowl Cam, tail-gating fans, and the Ice Breakers blimp and its hamster crew, this year’s big game is sure to be a tail-wagger. For the first time ever, viewers can watch the action from the puppy’s point-of-view with the new Puppy Cam.”

And, for all of you cat fans, the half time will be “the popular Bissel Kitten Halftime Show”! (I’m looking forward to finding out what this is!)

This is yet another fun thing I was introduced to on The Bonnie Hunt Show. Hunt showed a segment from one of the Puppy Bowls, and I was instantly hooked! Of course, I only saw a short segment, so I don’t know how this will fare for two hours. (But, the beauty of taping a show is that I am in control of my remote’s fast-forward key.) Either way though, I am looking forward to watching these puppies “play football.”

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