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             I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but this series really does get better and better.   Every Magical Cats Mystery book I read, I seem to enjoy a little bit more than the one before it.   That is not something I can say about every series, but I certainly can about this one.                 The citizens of Mayville Heights, Minnesota are in a debate over a new development that wants to come to town.   Librarian Kathleen Paulson is against the development, but she respects the opinions of those who are for it.   One of the big concerns Kathleen has is about the feral cats she takes care of.   People have a tendency to abandon their personally owned cats with the feral cats so they can be found by either Kathleen or one of her friends who also cares for them.   If there is a development being built near where the cats live, Kathleen worries that people will start to leave their cats in other places, never to be found.   Her boyfriend, Marcus, has a different c

             It took me two tries to watch The Zookeeper’s Wife .   That’s because the first disc I got was so scratched up I couldn’t watch it.   Thankfully, the second disc was in much better condition, because I would have hated to have missed such a great film.                            Based upon a true story, The Zookeeper’s Wife starts just before the Second World War.   The young Z abin ski family runs the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, with Dr. Jan Z abin ski (Johan Heldenbergh) serving as the zoo director.   While everyone in the family and staff helps care for the animals, it is Antonina (Jessica Chastain), Jan’s wife, who has a special connection with them.   The animals follow Antonina around the zoo, and she is the one who can calm them down when they are in distress.   For Antonina, the animals are part of the family.   Which is why it is even more distressing that nearly all of the animals are either sent to Berlin or killed when the war breaks out.   Losing any of her

Image provided by Crooked Lane Books.              When I saw Amanda Flower was going to have a book about a magic garden, I was very excited.   I have enjoyed so many other series of Ms. Flower's (as you can probably tell if you’ve read my blog for a while), I did not have any doubt I would enjoy this one too.   Unfortunately, when I was able to get Flowers and Foul Play from the library , I had to cram though it in seven days.   I don’t like doing that, but for a book I was waiting so long to read, I was perfectly willing to do it.                   Life has not gone according to plan for Fiona Knox.   She had to close her flower shop because competition opened up nearby.   Then her fiancé left her for their cake decorator.   Finally, her godfather, Ian MacCallister, died, eliminating a support Fiona always expected to have.                 The odd thing about Uncle Ian’s death is that he left everything to Fiona.   His entire Scottish estate goes to her; no on

              I found this Library Lover’s mystery series because I came across one of its books in a Little Free Library .   As usual, the book I found was not the first in the series.   In fact, it was pretty far down the line, making it even more important that I start for the beginning.   Not that I wouldn’t have anyways.                          Lindsey Norris is the new director of the Briar Creek Public library.   Even though she is new to this small, northeast town, pretty much everyone loves what Lindsey is doing with the library.   Everyone except for Ms. Cole, the head of Circulation.   She is a very disapproving woman who constantly brings up the previous library director as though his methods were the only way to do anything.   Fortunately, Lindsey has the support of the library board, so she doesn’t have to worry too much about Ms. Cole’s antics.                 What Lindsey does have to worry about is her friend Beth.   Beth found out that her recent ex-bo