LOVE the Mitford series! One of my all time favorites.
Been reading a lot by Karen Kingsbury - just pick up what I haven't read when I go to the library.
I get all my books from the library. They also have a lot of audio books - we get them when we travel and my husband gets them for his work commute.
Just read one about a detective with a dog named Chet - the series is told from the dog's perspective. Spencer Quinn is the author - the first in the series is "Dog on It", but I don't remember what the latest one was called.
Forgot what you read - my mother and her friend get books at the half-price book store - there's a section of paperbacks really cheap. They now have THE LIST - where they write down what they've read. I'm not to that point yet, but sure am disappointed when I get in to a book a few pages and realize I've read it. :(