It's Just a Fluke!

As I've stated before I really enjoy a mindless mystery/whodunit to distract me for the stress of every day life. Recently I picked up some books at the Brick Street Coffee House. They help out with the Friends of the Library by selling donated paperbacks for 50 cents each and hardcover books for $1.00 and they carry good stuff. Last time I was in there I noticed some books that looked like fun reading by an author I hadn't heard of before. Joanne Fluke writes about a woman who runs a bakery called The Cookie Jar, but in every book she somehow manages to stumble upon a dead body. Then of course, in spite of her cop boyfriends protestings, she must solve the case...and she does. The problem is this...the books are titled "The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder", "The Blueberry Muffin Murder", "The Lemon Meringue Pie Murder", etc etc etc...you get the picture. The books have all the recipes for the baked goods mentioned in the story and I've been tempted to try some, but decided it was better if I didn't. So, what's the problem? I've gained 5 pounds just reading the books! Reading about all those gooey, sweet, high caloried desserts actually put pounds on me! Talk about the power of suggestion! Just thinking about baking them put my body into the it's time to pack on some pounds mode. So, if you decide to read these books, because they are quite humorous, just remember I warned you!