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23rd out of 104 books
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Mind Your Own Beeswax (Queen Bee Mystery #2)
by
Hannah Reed (Goodreads Author)
Things are going well for beekeeper Story Fischer, whose hands are full with a successful local market, her Queen Bee Honey business, and a new boyfriend. But when she finds the dead body of local woman with a checkered past right near her hive, she's in a sticky situation indeed.
Paperback, 292 pages
Published
May 3rd 2011
by Berkley
(first published March 23rd 2011)
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Story Fischer owns the only grocery store in Moraine, Wisconsin and supplies it with products from her Queen Bee Honey Business from her own hives. When one of the hives decides to find a new home and Story, her sister Holly (who speaks in text-speak) and P. P. Patti ("Pity Party" Patti Dwyre, her next door neighbor) go searching only to find them in the Lost Mile which is rumored to be haunted by Lantern Man. When it became obvious that getting the bees would have to wait until daylight, they r...more
I truly enjoyed this book. We have a dating woman, that owns an organic grocery specializing in her hobby, bees. Story (Melissa) Fischer is a hometown gal, having only left Moraine, WS for a brief while while being married. That history is covered in "Buzz Off" the first in this delicious series.
Story, being new to beekeeping, is dismayed to see one of her honeybee communities 'swarm' to find better housing conditions and she sets off with friends/family to recollect them and bring them back to...more
Story, being new to beekeeping, is dismayed to see one of her honeybee communities 'swarm' to find better housing conditions and she sets off with friends/family to recollect them and bring them back to...more
Story Fischer, her honeybees, her wonderful store, and bullet points are back. Only some of the honey bees are trying to escape, a whole hive empties out and leads Story to "The Lost Mile," the place where the legendary Lantern Man is said to reside. It is a little less than a mile long and had been logged at one time. Now a road has been cut through the middle of it and young saplings of pines and maples are flourishing. Many of the residents of Moraine, Wisconsin believe the story of the Lante...more
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One of my favorite things is "light" mysteries...no blood and gore, just a cute storyline, and if there are recipes at the end of the book, I rejoice. So, I was pretty stoked to discover a new-to-me mystery series called "A Queen Bee Mystery" by Hannah Reed. It has a spunky and determined heroine who is becoming a beekeeper, an adorable small town setting, and some quirky characteristics that I really loved.
*One: There are bullets in here! (No, not those kind of bullets! These kind of bullets.....more
*One: There are bullets in here! (No, not those kind of bullets! These kind of bullets.....more
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Sometimes I am leery of liking a first in a new series too much. I worry the same about those as I do about liking a TV show too much. I just know that show will get cancelled if I fall for the story, characters, etc. (if only that worked on all those 'reality' shows).
I fell hard for the first in the Queen Bee series, BUZZ OFF ( http://iyamvixenbooks.blogspot.com/20...), which got me even more into taking care of the bees on our property as well as eating more honey.
There are recipes in the bac...more
I fell hard for the first in the Queen Bee series, BUZZ OFF ( http://iyamvixenbooks.blogspot.com/20...), which got me even more into taking care of the bees on our property as well as eating more honey.
There are recipes in the bac...more
Still a fun series but I am a little worried about how easily Story is led into trouble, by Patti, by her sister and even by Johnny Jay.
When a former citizen of town comes back after a prison sentence everyone is worried, especially when she turns up dead. Story is convinced that Sheriff Johnny Jay did the deed, since Lauren went to jail for running over and killing his father. Johnny is convinced that Story had something to do with it and Hunter (Story's kinda boyfriend) is stuck in the middle...more
When a former citizen of town comes back after a prison sentence everyone is worried, especially when she turns up dead. Story is convinced that Sheriff Johnny Jay did the deed, since Lauren went to jail for running over and killing his father. Johnny is convinced that Story had something to do with it and Hunter (Story's kinda boyfriend) is stuck in the middle...more
OK yes I'm sure you are looking at the cover and saying "She actually read this book!". Yes I did and actually this is where that saying, don't judge a book by its cover comes in to play. The cover does not give it justice at all. So enough about the cover and more about the content inside.
Mind Your Own Beeswax delivers a simple mystery story, minus the very gory stuff you might find in other mystery books. The characters are nicely written. I would have enjoyed more romance in the story betwee...more
Mind Your Own Beeswax delivers a simple mystery story, minus the very gory stuff you might find in other mystery books. The characters are nicely written. I would have enjoyed more romance in the story betwee...more
While this author has the potential for a very good series, there are two major things that get in the way and make this series unpleasant. The Bullet Points and her sister's intolerable "text talk". Teenagers don't even talk like that and it's supremely annoying. The protagonists mother needs to be shoved in a home and forgotten, but I can live with that angle if it's the only horrible thing.
It's a shame too, because the story and plot are excellent and the main character is very likeable. I d...more
It's a shame too, because the story and plot are excellent and the main character is very likeable. I d...more
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Jul 29, 2011
Sandybear76
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Story Fischer's bees have flown away from one of her hives and she is following the swarm to get them back. A former high school classmate is back in town after serving some years in prison for killing the former police chief, current police chief Johnny Jay's dad. Story is asked to care for a little pup while its owner takes care of personal stuff. Story's cousin Carrie Ann is acting strange and Story tries to figure out why. The mystery is based on events that happened during Story's high scho...more
Jul 13, 2011
Bookadventurer
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Recommends it for:
cozy mystery lovers
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Great summer read: a cozy mystery that incorporated something other than the standard dog/cat/food scenario, although there were a few dogs in the story. Enjoyed the tips on honeybees and the author bringing attention to their endangerment. Pity Party Patti had to be one of my favorite characters, she gave me some laugh out loud moments, which is always welcome.
The only thing that bugged me was the author's repeated use of bullet points and numbering to point out facts: I felt like I needed to g...more
The only thing that bugged me was the author's repeated use of bullet points and numbering to point out facts: I felt like I needed to g...more
Beekeeper Story also runs the small grocery store in her rural Wisconsin home, so she is on hand when news gets out that someone from a widespread local family is missing. As the search for Lauren Kerrigan continues, Story muses over the woman's sad life. Then a body is found in the reputedly-haunted local woods. However, it's not Lauren who lies dead beneath the birch tree. Story is sure that her childhood foe, now police chief, Johnny Jay is responsible, but Story's boyfriend, sheriff's invest...more
In the continuing saga of beekeeper and grocery store owner, our heroine Story Fischer teaches a class in dipping candles. She doesn't recognize one of the last two women that show up late for the class. The next morning she finds out that the stranger was a classmate who has just been let out of prison and she is missing. Then Story is chasing a swarm of her bees when she stumbles across a body of a local woman. Bodies and Bees with a little bit of romance thrown in make a cute mystery and quic...more
Hannah Reed's second book in The Queen Bee Mysteries is as good as the first. There is a lot of memories that are brought out this time and you learn more about "Story's" past.There are characters I keep routing for and those I wish would fall in a hole, but they all make the stories even better. Parts of it have rang personal to me as well so I feel a kinship to Story and her family. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
I loved this book! It had a little bit of mystery, gossip, and enough characters so I never got bored.
I won this book from a goodreads giveaway so I read Mind Your Own Beeswax before Buzz Off, but I wasn't lost at all. Chapter 1 sums up the characters and then the story gets going. It also has some recipes in the back that sound delicious.
Definitely going to read the first one and looking forward to Queen Bee Mystery #3! Excited to find a new series I like.
I won this book from a goodreads giveaway so I read Mind Your Own Beeswax before Buzz Off, but I wasn't lost at all. Chapter 1 sums up the characters and then the story gets going. It also has some recipes in the back that sound delicious.
Definitely going to read the first one and looking forward to Queen Bee Mystery #3! Excited to find a new series I like.
I found this book on a Saturday before it was released, grabbed it right away and finished it today. A great book. Love this series! It keeps you interested till the end. No boring spots and the characters are wild. From the sister, to mom and grams, they're all one of their own. All I can say is keep writing and I hope there's another book in the series.
I received this book for free thru the Goodreads giveaway. I read it and it was ok. The pacing of this novel was better than the first. I still couldn't develop any concern about any of the characters, major or minor. Ms. Reed still used the bullet point feature and the 'net chat' nonsense way too often through out the story. I've read the first 2 in the series and don't plan to read any further.
This was a fairly lively story with a protagonist I really liked. I have not read the first in this series, but it still worked. The mystery was pretty well written, although we don't need to give Story any points for being a brilliant detective. (By the way I love the name) I will be looking for the others in the series.
This was a solid second installment in the Queen Bee cozy series featuring Story Fischer, beekeeper and store owner. The characters developed more, the mystery was good although i did figure out the killer early on. This one redeemed my fading interest in cozies, because the others I've read recently were just..blah.
I started this on the same day that I finished the first one of the series. Again Hannah Reed has written a mystery worth solving and she keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end! There is plenty of suspense, humor and some not so "cozy" events in this story. I am looking forward to "Plan Bee" the next in this fun and exciting mystery series. Love the small town atmosphere and the characters.
Mar 27, 2012
Julia Nixon
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Buzz Off, Plan Bee, and Mind Your Own Beeswax are light, entertaining murder mysteries that make good escape reading.
Book was pretty good, light reading. The plot of a woman who is an ametuer slueth who is dating the law enforcement officer, and he keeps telling her to quit looking into the murder and she keeps ignoring him and putting her life in danger-it gets really old!
Nice cozy mystery---not too hard to figure out the killer, but a nice light read
Okay. I'll admit. I didn't like the first book in this series. I still don't like the mother's relationship with Story but it seems to have eased up a tiny bit. The bullet point thing is still irritating but it was an interesting story and I liked it okay. It just seems like there are so many antagonists for the main character to have to deal with (the mother, the irritating sister, the nasty realtor). Oh well. It was better than the first one and I'll probably check out the next one in the seri...more
fun book, no problem reading it over, especially when her next book comes out.
Just as fun as the first!
stupid
I learned a lot about bees!
Nice read - not great - but kept my interest.
The one thing that bugged me was the use of "email-speak" used by the sister. That got really old!
Thankfully, that seemed to be reduced after a while though it never went away.
The one thing that bugged me was the use of "email-speak" used by the sister. That got really old!
Thankfully, that seemed to be reduced after a while though it never went away.
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Nice read.
Loved this book. I really hope there will be more books coming. I have a friend who raises bees, so I get a lot of honey from him. I love the recipes at the end of the book.
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