John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I've read this one before, but it never fails to entertain. Berendt's love letter to the city of Savannah showcases the good and the bad about the city, but shines the brightest spotlight on the unique.
Melissa Wiley, Beyond the Heather Hills. This final installment in the Martha series showed her growing maturity and awareness of the world outside her little village. It would be nice if the series went on, but this was a good capper.
Kathryn Kenny, Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Whispering Witch. The upper numbers of this series (this is # 32) tend to feel rather rushed. They don't show the care and the character development of the earlier stories, which is a shame. They're still enjoyable, however, and I look forward to acquiring the (fairly rare) volumes at the end of the series.
Deborah Copaken Kogan, Hell Is Other Parents. This one started off interestingly - it's a series of essays on life and parenting, and began from a perspective that I sympathize with ... but then it devolved into more a series of tales of the author's life, which I found less interesting. Not a bad read, but I wouldn't read it again.
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