Mette Ivie Harrison, Children's writer, triathlete, marathons, Ironman, training, fitness, workouts, The Princess and the Hound, Mira, Mirror, The Monster In Me, The Princess and the Bear, Young Adult Books, Fantasy, Romance, yoga, recommendations, Austenland, Shannon Hale, Kazu Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler, Robert B. Parker, Stranger in Paradise, Sue Grafton, Alphabet Series, T is for Trespass, Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Cater Street Hangman, Anne Perry, Victorian mysteries, No Graves as Yet, World War I mysteries, WWI mysteries, Thomas and Charlott Pitt

Austenland by Shannon Hale	If you ever wished you lived in a Jane Austen novel, this is the book for you.	Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro	I loved the movie with Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. I loved the book more. About a butler devoted to his master's service, even when the master is seriously flawed. Even when he must give up his only chance at love.
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler	You already know that I assume you've read everything by Jane Austen? And the Bronte sisters. And Emily Dickinson. And Edith Wharton. And Henry James. This is part modern-day interpretation, part commentary. Very much my style.	Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott	This is religion for the lost, uncertain, and downright angry at God. And for anyone that doesn't cover, too.
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton	Kinsey Milhone is tough, but vulnerable. I really like this series. It's gritty, and there have been a number of breathtaking scenes along the way, but in the end, it's the message that it's always the closest people who are the murderers of the victim. Always. Grim, but there is some truth in it.	Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker	I enjoy the Spenser novels, but lately I've been more interested in the Jesse Stone/Sunny Randall crossover. I like Sunny, probably more because of her hangups than despite them, and I like Jesse's dialogue, always a strong point for Robert B. Parker.
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters	I just love the combination of mystery and romance in this story. It surprised and amused me.
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry	This is my favorite mystery series of all time. I love how Anne Perry makes me care about Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, the victims and the murderers all at once, and gives me a picture of Victorian England. I love how Charlotte is still a woman realistic for her own time, that she suffers for her more feminist choices, and that she is also a mother, daughter, and sister.	No Graves As Yet by Anne Perry	I've been sucked into this new series by Anne Perry. She does know mystery and history and can get you to care about someone's dress better than any Regency writer I've ever met. Because it matters. Every detail matters. I didn't know WW I this well, maybe because I didn't want to know the trenches. I love the characters and the hard choices they make, and I also like the sense that this war matters.
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