One of the books I have on my list to read this summer is The Tiger's Wife by first time novelist Tea Obreht about the Balkan Wars. Have finished The Distant Hours which I really enjoyed. Now reading something quite lite-light- the Hannah Swenson mystery series by Joanna Fluke. No Goldy Shultz but still entertaining. Two other books I have put in the to be read pile are The Warmth of Other Suns and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Now that the last Harry Potter movie has been released I would like to look into the Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. I checked my local library and there are 56 holds for the first book! How is it I haven't heard of this series until now?