May 25 is Tap Dance Day. Could I find a book on this subject? I could! And what a book! At 612 pages (!) What the Eye Hears: a History of Tap Dancing, by Brian Seibert is a long read, but it's been good, starting with the early days and following the rise and fall of tap popularity through the decades. Tap is a dance for all ages, that is, from the very young to the very old, as it is not as hard on muscles and ligaments as other dance forms are. Not that it can't be hard on the body, just that it's something that a dancer can do for a long time. There were radio shows of tap (honest!). There's even a one legged tap dancer! He had both a metal end (for the noise) and a rubber end on his peg leg (to prevent falls). See how many names you recognize! 

And, for fun today, mysteries. :-) Here's the start of a series where, if I'd started at the beginning, I might not have gone any further! I started in the middle of the Agatha Raisin series and enjoyed them so when I found Introducing Agatha Raisin, by M.C. Beaton, which included the first two books in the series, I picked it up. Well! In the first book The Quiche of Death, the main character was just so prickly I think I would have stopped reading. Fortunately, I didn't and really have enjoyed the series! The second book, The Vicious Vet, is also included here.

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