While I usually make it a point to read books of different genres that didn't really happen this month. It was almost straight fiction. Should I blame it on the road trips or poor planning? Most of these are light fiction reads that I read as we traveled this month. December Reads The Ladies of Ivy Cottage by Julie Klassen: This is the second book in the Tales from Ivy Hill series. Since I read the first book, The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill last month, I had high expectations for this book. The first book in the series was quite the page turner and I definitely stayed up past bedtime to finish it! The story line continues in this second book where the reader learns more about Miss Rachel Ashford. She opens a circulating library to help alleviate her difficult financial circumstances after her father's passing. Along the way Miss Ashford discovers a number of mysteries as she deals with her own complicated fr...