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Marshmallow Hollow Mysteriesby Dakota Cassidy
Jingle all the Slay
Have Yourself a Merry Little Witness
One Corpse Open Slay
Carnage in a Pear TreeI was trying to read all her connected series in overall chronological order but there are so many I gave up on that idea. Now I just pick a series available to me through the library.
Finishing out the week with
Murder at Glenloch Hill by Clara McKenna https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hoopla bonus borrows actually offered some things that interested me this time. I borrowed several including the audio of
Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush.If you have Hoopla you might want to check on what they are offering this week before they are no longer available.
I kicked off the week with
Wedding Bride and Doom by Mary Karnes https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My Aunt Dimity book club ran out of Aunt Dimity books. While we wait for the next one, we're reading the Witch Way Librarian cozy seriesBait and Witch
It was cute. The Library of Congress doesn't work that way. It's not the Congressional Library but a research library and repository! It's huge and has different departments. Setting the impossible premise aside, I liked the mystery. I loved her witch power but not all of the witchy stuff. It made the story a little long and complicated. I loved the library and didn't understand why (view spoiler)
The characters are fun. I really like the organ player. She's hilarious. There were a lot of new people to keep track of but hopefully I'll remember who they are in January when we return for book 2.
Full review to come.
I've made it back to the Braxton Campus Mysteries with
Flower Power Trip by James J. Cudney https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm closing out this week with
A Summit in Shadow by Sarah E. Burr https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Alice wrote: "I finished The Poison Pen 
by Paige Shelton. Very good series Characters and plot keep developing."Love that series and I had to LOL when I recently met someone with the same name and hair color as the main character and also this person comes from the midwestern U.S.!
Death at a Scottish Wedding by Connelly
My review of
The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries by Emily Brightwell is here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm kicking off the week with the delightful
Fondue or Die by Korina Moss. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin. Debut book interst approach to a mystery more like an Agatha Christie than a modern day cozy. Look forward to book 2.
Alice wrote: "I finished How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin. Debut book interst approach to a mystery more like an Agatha Christie t..."Thanks for the info. I tend to ignore over hyped books but now will take a look. There was so much publicity on this, and now the second one, that I didn't even look at it.
Time to kick off my Christmas cozies. I started out with
Shock and Paw by Cate Conte https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
L J wrote: "Alice wrote: "I finished How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin. Debut book interst approach to a mystery more like an Aga..."I enjoyed the two time periods 1965 and present day. I thought it was well written. I will read book 2.
I'm halfway through Twelve Slays of Christmas
and really enjoying it so far. She had me at cinnamon tea, peppermint twist hot chocolate and whoopie pies. Where is this place and can I go visit?! LOL! Portland is way up there but within a couple hours drive.
My review of
Never Mess with Mistletoe by Edie Claire is here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Twelve Slays of Christmas
was sooo good! The town of Mistletoe is delightful and I want to go to Reindeer Games for Christmas! The mystery was so tight I didn't know who did it and even though I had a slight inkling, I still don't see how they could have done everything that happens. I have the second one in my TBR pile and a Vicki Delany Christmas All Year mystery too.
Right now, I'm reading A Midwinter Murder by Verity Bright,
John wrote: "I’m really enjoying NOS4A2 By Joe Hill right now"Is that a cozy, John? This is a thread for our cozy reads, but there's another thread, What are you reading besides a cozy? for our non-cozy books :)
A recently retired friend e-mailed this. I found it posted on the MltShp website (https://mltshp.com/p/1Q25A).
Wonder if one can still get e-book freebies, too,--not that I don't have enough to keep my afterlife reading going for years and years. :o)
I'm ending the week with
Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Karen wrote: "A recently retired friend e-mailed this. I found it posted on the MltShp website (https://mltshp.com/p/1Q25A).
Wonder if one can still get e-book freebies, too,--not that I don't have enough to..."
Sounds like someone I know 😂 Among other things Heaven would be the ability to read and/or listen to my unbelievable tbr stash!
Karen wrote: "A recently retired friend e-mailed this. I found it posted on the MltShp website (https://mltshp.com/p/1Q25A)."
Well shoot, if we can't pass over to the other side until we've cleared our TBRs, I'll be here forever - and I know many of you will be too :)
Barb wrote: "Karen wrote: "A recently retired friend e-mailed this. I found it posted on the MltShp website (https://mltshp.com/p/1Q25A)."
Well shoot, if we can't pass over to the other side until we've clear..."
If I live to be as old as my mother's longest lived female ancestors and read as many books every year as I usually average and don't do any re-reads and don't add any more books... never mind.
'Twas the Knife Before Christmas
This one was not as charming as the first one. There was more mystery and less cozy. I wanted more Reindeer Games! The murderer didn't come out of thin air this time but was still not who I expected it to be.
I snuck in one more Christmas cozy -
I'll Bee Home for Christmas by Cathy Wiley https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Karen wrote: "A recently retired friend e-mailed this. I found it posted on the MltShp website (https://mltshp.com/p/1Q25A).
Wonder if one can still get e-book freebies, too,--not that I don't have enough to..."
😅🤣😂
Prepare for a loong life.
I'm finishing off the year with
Irish Soda Bread Murder, a novella anthology featuring stories from Carlene O'Connor, Peggy Ehrhart, and Liz Ireland. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Meg wrote: "Nice gifts!"Yes, she was listening to what I said about baking, dogs and what a cozy mystery is. Or she asked a bookseller! I wanted to get her a less cutesy cozy but didn't see any at the resale bookstore I went to aside from one very loved Kinsey Milhouse book in the middle of the series for 50 cents. My real life friend loves cozies too so I pass them on to her and she passes them on to her cousin when she's done.
I'm halfway through We Wish You a Murderous Christmas
I'm enjoying it more than the first book. I had three suspects in mind with one primary one but now that suspect is on the radar so I'm not sure who the murderer is! I hope it's not my second top suspect.
The nosy gossipy landlady would send me packing for my parents' house ASAP while I looked for other more suitable places to live.
We Wish You a Murderous Christmas
Wow! That was a good mystery! I didn't see that coming at all. I liked all the Christmas charm and the puppy antics. The love triangle seems to be become less of a triangle which is good. I don't know how I feel about Christmas ALL year but I'll see if I can get another one to read now or wait for later if I can't.
Comment by Christopher:Happy New Years everyone. I am going to read “Murder She Wrote: A Time For Murder.”. Who loved the TV series will love the books.
My brief review of
A Mayfair Christmas Carol by Kassandra Lamb is here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm kicking off the new year with
Gilt Trip by Diane Vallere https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mark wrote: "I'm kicking off the new year with Gilt Trip by Diane Vallere..."
Ha! My last book of 2024, which I finished early in the morning on an insomnia-led 12/31, was Gilt Trip. However, my read was by Laura Childs, part of her Scrapbooking series. :o)
My first book of 2025, read 01/01/2025, was Wedding Cake and Widows | *** My Review ***
I actually had planned for Spellbinding Blend from the Paramour Bay series by Kennedy Layne to be my first read of the year. However, as I was updating a new book spreadsheet (yes, another!), saw this series in the past data I was inputting and wondered if there were new entries to the enjoyable series. There was--only ONE, however, featuring the wedding of Christy and her police detective beau DC (along with a murder, of course).
Now I'm reading the Parmour Bay book.
When I was reading my Gilt Trip, I was reminded of your Gilt Trip. Funny how that worked out, isn't it?
I'm starting out the week with
The Sinister Sitcom Caper by Sally Carpenter https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished up the week with
Welcome Home to Murder by Rosalie Spielman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bait and Witch
and Murder with Peacocks
at the library today