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August 14, 2018
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August 12, 2018
Victagen Electric Pencil Sharpener Campaign
I was needing a new pencil sharpener for back to school this year. The boys go though pencils like they are candy. Our old one was just using too many batteries. You can use wooden/colored pencils between 6.5-8 mm for diameter. I had no issues with regular pencils and colored pencils. I like that there is a collection enclosure. It is easy to empty into the trash and keep going.
The rubber feet on the bottom reduce noise and the sharpener is not trying to wiggle across the table. They do suction to a table for sturdiness.
The sharpener is not loud at all which is another nice thing. It does have a auto shut off that takes the blade away from the pencil. There are 3 choices for the tips. You have Blunt, Medium and sharp.
Great for students, artist and more.
I made a video you can watch as well.
You can find the product here.https://www.amazon.com/Victagen-Pencil-Sharpener-Automatic-Ultra-Portable/dp/B071DC7GHS
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Vinyl Stereo Turntable Portable Suitcase with Built in 2 Speakers Campaign #turnable #recordplayer
I haven’t had a record player in a long time. I know some younger people might not know what it is. My kids had a clue but they loved it. I had some 45’s and 78 records still in my music collection and it was a blast to play them. My boys who are 7 and 8 thought it was cool. My 15 year old was asking lots of questions about the records and artist.
I have to stay it is a nice conversation piece. I made a video I will share of the way it works and the sound quality. It is better than great.
What does it have and come with? My case is read but they have white and other colors to choose from. The carrying case is what makes it unique in my opinion.
Belt Drive Briefcase Turntable, electable 33/45/78 RPM speeds settings.
– 3 speed turntables, Dynamic, balanced tone arm with soft damping control.
– Phonographs record players, front-facing built in 2 stereo speakers provide great sound.
– Portable record player, wooden cabinet with PU leather wrapping , the briefcase styled turntable is lightweight, easy to store and transport.
– Classic style record player turntable, with RCA and headphone jack outputs / line in port mounted on the side, easy to operation and support multiple music playback modes.
Loved it and a great product. A great gift for any music lover.
You can find the product here.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071...
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I Plus Certified QI 10W Fast Wireless charger Pad Campaign
I was a little worried about my iPhone X being able to charge on a wireless charger. To my surprise it does charge it very well I might ad. My phone case has a magnet on the back so I can use it in the car. Even with the magnet on it charges with no problems. I have made a video that I will share at the end of the post.
The charger itself is 3.8 x 3.8 x 0.3 inches. The charges are as follows..QI Fast Charge Wireless Charging Pad 10W , 7.5W AND 5W – charges faster than standard 5W. It only weighs 4.8 oz.
When you plug it up the light is green. When you have the phone placed in the right spot it turns blue to let you know it is charging. The light fades in and out and at night it might bother a few people but I ignore it.
I love this new charger and I think you will too. You can find it here.https://www.amazon.com/Plus-Certified-Wireless-charger-Samsung/dp/B07DPK9HDC/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?m=A1ZSY5RW9NR33C&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1530896773&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=white+wireless+charger
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August 9, 2018
To Bead or Not to Bead (Glass Bead Mystery Series) by Janice Peacock, giveaway
To Bead or Not to Bead (Glass Bead Mystery Series)by Janice Peacock
About the Book
To Bead or Not to Bead (Glass Bead Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Vetrai Press (June 29, 2018)
Print Length: 187 pages
Digital ASIN: B07CZ4B5Q7
When a wealthy theater owner is killed by a falling art glass chandelier, glass beadmaker Jax O’Connell’s boyfriend, Detective Zachary Grant, quickly determines it was no accident. Jax and her friend Tessa try to carry on with a charity fashion gala at the theater, but with only a few days before the big event, they have to scramble to keep things from falling apart. The emcee quits, and to make matters worse, Tessa’s daughters are suspects in the murder. As the chaos unfolds, Jax discovers new suspects at every turn, including an edgy glass blower, an agoraphobic socialite, and a hunky former-cop-turned-actor. Can Jax piece together the clues to find the killer and uncover the dark secrets behind the victim’s family or will it be curtains for her?
About the Author
Janice Peacock decided to write her first mystery novel after working in a glass studio full of colorful artists who didn’t always get along. They reminded her of the odd, and often humorous, characters in the murder mystery books she loved to read. Inspired by that experience, she combined her two passions and wrote High Strung: A Glass Bead Mystery
, the first book in a new cozy mystery series featuring glass beadmaker Jax O’Connell.
When Janice Peacock isn’t writing about glass artists who are amateur detectives, she makes glass beads using a torch, designs one-of-a-kind jewelry and makes sculptures using hot glass. An award-winning artist, her work has been exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of several museums. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two cats, and seven chickens. She has a studio full of beads…lots and lots of beads.
Author Links
Webpage – www.janicepeacock.com,
Facebook – www.facebook.com/JanPeac,
GoodReads – www.goodreads.com/JanicePeacock,
Purchase Link
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 8 – Handcrafted Reviews – GUEST POST (RECIPE)
August 8 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
August 9 – Book Babble – REVIEW
August 9 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 10 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
August 11 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW, GUEST POST
August 12 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 13 – Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 13 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT
August 14 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 14 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 15 – The Montana Bookaholic – GUEST POST
August 15 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 16 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 17 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
August 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – SPOTLIGHT
August 18 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
August 18 – Varietats – REVIEW
August 19 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
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August 8, 2018
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder” Premiering this Sunday, Aug. 12th at 9pm/8c!
Movie Info:
Stars: Lori Loughlin and Sarah Strange
Garage sale guru Jennifer Shannon (Loughlin) discovers a dead body in the storage locker she and business partner Dani (Strange) have purchased at auction. When further inspection of the locker’s contents reveals plaster “death masks,” and one of those masks perfectly matches the dead woman’s visage, Jennifer’s “inner sleuth” kicks into overdrive as she works to piece together the clues that will lead to the killer.
Check out more information here Hallmark Movies Mysteries.
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Murder, She Reported by Peg Cochran
Murder, She Reported
by Peg Cochran
About the Book
Murder, She Reported
Cozy Mystery (Historical)
Setting – New York
Alibi (July 31, 2018)
Print Length – 230 Pages
Digital ASIN: B0776JSR44
Manhattan, 1938. Tired of being trapped in the gilded cage of her family’s expectations, Elizabeth Adams has done what no self-respecting socialite would think to do: She’s gotten herself a job. Although Elizabeth’s dream is to one day see her photographs on the front page of the Daily Trumpet, for now she’s working her way up as the newsroom’s gal Friday.
But fetching coffee isn’t exactly her idea of fun. So when veteran reporter Ralph Kaminsky needs a photographer to fill in for a last-minute assignment, Elizabeth jumps at the chance. At the Waldorf Hotel, Elizabeth is tasked with tracking down the season’s “It girl,” Gloria DeWitt, who will be making her society debut. Working her own connections to New York’s upper crust, Elizabeth manages to land an exclusive interview with Gloria.
Then Gloria’s stepmother is shot dead in a Waldorf bathroom, placing Elizabeth at the scene of a headline-worthy scandal: “Murder of a Society Dame.” Now Elizabeth will have to get the scoop on the killer before her good name gets dragged through the gossip columns—or worse. . . .
About the Author
Mystery writing lets Peg indulge her curiosity under the guise of “work” (aka research). As a kid, she read the entire set of children’s encyclopedias her parents gave her and has been known to read the dictionary. She put pen to paper at age seven when she wrote plays and forced her cousins to perform them at Christmas dinner. She switched to mysteries when she discovered the perfect hiding place for a body down the street from her house.
When she’s not writing, she spends her time reading, cooking, spoiling her granddaughter and checking her books’ stats on Amazon.
A former Jersey girl, Peg now resides in Michigan with her husband and Westhighland white terrier, Reg. She is the author of the Sweet Nothings Lingerie series
(written as Meg London), the Gourmet De-Lite series
, the Lucille series
, the Cranberry Cove series, 
and the Farmer’s Daughter ser
ies.
Author Links:
Website – http://www.pegcochran.com/
Newsletter Sign Up – http://www.pegcochran.com/newsletter-signup.html
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pegcochran
Twitter – https://twitter.com/@pegcochran
GoodReads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5352603.Peg_Cochran
BookBub – https://www.bookbub.com/authors/peg-cochran
Purchase Links:
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 30 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
July 30 – The Power of Words – REVIEW
July 31 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – INTERVIEW
July 31 – Queen of All She Reads – REVIEW
August 1 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT
August 1 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
August 2 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
August 2 – Bibliophile Reviews – INTERVIEW
August 3 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW
August 3 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
August 4 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
August 4 – MJB Reviewers – INTERVIEW
August 5 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
August 6 – Texas Book-aholic – REVIEW
August 7 – Mysteries with Character – INTERVIEW
August 7 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 8 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 8 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
August 9 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
August 10 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
August 11 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
August 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
August 12 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
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August 4, 2018
Knot My Sister’s Keeper (A Quilting Mystery) by Mary Marks, spotlight, giveaway
Knot My Sister’s Keeper (A Quilting Mystery)
by Mary Marks
About the Book
Knot My Sister’s Keeper (A Quilting Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Kensington (July 31, 2018)
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1496701848
Digital ASIN: B0776GV62J
In tracing her ancestry, quilter Martha Rose discovers a ritzy half-sister, a stash of family secrets, and a decades-old mystery that only she can unravel . . .
Martha Rose is shocked to find she has a half-sister, especially one so different from her. Giselle Cole is wealthy, widowed, and lives a glamorous life in West Los Angeles. At least her grandmother was a quilter! But Giselle can’t answer Martha’s many questions about their father—he disappeared when she was only a child and the few clues left behind indicate he may have been murdered. So Martha and Giselle team up on an investigation that weaves them through the streets of L.A., their father’s hidden love affairs, and into some mysterious unfinished Cole family business . . .
Giveaway
About the Author
About the Author
Born and raised in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, Mary Marks earned a B.A. in Anthropology from UCLA and an M.A. in Public Administration from the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. In 2004 she enrolled in the UCLA Extension Writers Program. Her first novel, Forget Me Knot, was a finalist in a national writing competition in 2011. She is currently a reviewer of cozy mysteries for The New York Journal of Books at www.nyjournalofbooks.com.
Readers can visit her at www.marymarksmysteries.com and https://www.facebook.com/mmarks2013
Purchase Links
Amazon – B&N Google Play kobo BookBub
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 31 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
July 31 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – SPOTLIGHT
August 1 – Ruff Drafts – GUEST POST
August 2 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
August 2 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
August 3 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
August 3 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 4 – The Power of Words – REVIEW
August 4 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
August 5 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
August 6 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW
August 6 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST
August 7 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 7 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 8 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
August 9 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
August 9 – Mysteries with Character – GUEST POST
August 10 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
August 11 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 12 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
August 13 – Maureen’s Musings – REVIEW
August 13 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
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August 3, 2018
Death on the Menu: A Key West Food Critic Mystery by Lucy Burdette, Spotlight
Death on the Menu: A Key West Food Critic Mystery
by Lucy Burdette
About the Book
Death on the Menu: A Key West Food Critic Mystery
Cozy Mystery
8th in Series
Crooked Lane Books (August 7, 2018)
Hardcover: 295 Pages
ISBN-13: 978-1683317463
Digital ASIN: B078MBKH95
When a killer strikes just before flan time, beloved food critic Hayley Snow is forced to sniff out the killer before someone else bites the dust.
Hayley Snow, fiery food critic for Key Zest magazine, has just landed a ticket to one of the most prestigious events in Key West: a high-brow three-day conference at the Harry Truman Little White House. Even though she’ll be working the event helping her mother’s fledgling catering business, there’s plenty of spicy gossip to go around. But just before her mother’s decadent flan is put to the test, Key West’s most prized possession, Hemingway’s Nobel prize gold medal for The Old Man and the Sea, is discovered stolen from its case.
Unsavory suspicions point to Gabriel, a family friend and one of the new busboys working the event, who mysteriously goes missing moments later. Anxious to clear his name, Gabriel’s family enlists Hayley to help find him, but right as they begin their search, his body is found stabbed to death in the storeroom.
Hayley has no shortage of suspects to interrogate and very little time before the killer adds another victim to the menu in national bestselling author Lucy Burdette’s delectable eighth Key West Food Critic mystery, Death on the Menu.
About the Author
Courtesy Carol Tedesco
Clinical psychologist Lucy Burdette (aka Roberta Isleib) has published 16 mysteries, including the latest in the Key West food critic series, DEATH ON THE MENU (Crooked Lane Books, August 2018.) Her books and stories have been short-listed for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She’s a member of Mystery Writers of America and a past president of Sisters in Crime. She blogs at Jungle Red Writersand shares her love for food with the culinary writers at Mystery Lovers Kitchen She lives in Madison CT and Key West FL. Read more at www.lucyburdette.com.
Author Links:
Facebook: WWW.facebook.com/lucyburdette
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lucyburdette
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lucyburdette
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/robertaisleib
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4781149.Lucy_Burdette
Purchase Links:
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 1 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 1 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 2 – Mystery Lovers Kitchen – RECIPE
August 2 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 2 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 3 – Killer Characters – CHARACTER GUEST POST
August 3 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
August 4 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
August 4 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
August 5 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 6 – Map Your Mystery – INTERVIEW
August 6 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW
August 6 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
August 7 – Jungle Red Writers – GUEST POST
August 7 – Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder – RECIPE, REVIEW
August 7 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – SPOTLIGHT
August 8 – The Conscious Cat – GUEST POST
August 8 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
August 9 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
August 9 – Mystery Lovers Kitchen #2 – RECIPE
August 10 – Wicked Cozy Authors – GUEST POST
August 10 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
August 11 – Book Babble – REVIEW
August 12 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
August 13 – Texas Book-aholic – REVIEW
August 13 – Mallory Heart Reviews – REVIEW
August 14 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
August 14 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 15 – Fabulous Florida Writers – GUEST POST
August 15 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW
August 15 – Varietats – REVIEW
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August 1, 2018
Death Over Easy (A Country Store Mystery) by Maddie Day, blog tour and review
Death Over Easy (A Country Store Mystery)
by Maddie Day
About the Book
Death Over Easy (A Country Store Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Kensington (July 31, 2018)
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1496711236
Digital ASIN: B0776H5T7B
Restaurateur Robbie Jordan is ready for the boost in business a local music festival brings to South Lick, Indiana, but the beloved event strikes a sour note when one of the musicians is murdered . . .
June’s annual Brown County Bluegrass Festival at the Bill Monroe Music Park in neighboring Beanblossom is always a hit for Robbie’s country store and café, Pans ‘N Pancakes. This year, Robbie is even more excited, because she’s launching a new bed and breakfast above her shop. A few festival musicians will be among Robbie’s first guests, along with her father, Roberto, and his wife, Maria. But the celebration is cut short when a performer is found choked to death by a banjo string. Now all the banjo players are featured in a different kind of lineup. To clear their names, Robbie must pair up with an unexpected partner to pick at the clues and find the plucky killer before he can conduct an encore performance . . .
Includes Recipes for You to Try!
My thoughts
The Brown County Bluegrass Festival is about to begin and Robbie’s parents are visiting. She is excited as the renovations on the 2nd floor as a B&B are coming along.
Sitting in the audience waiting on her boyfriend, Abe O’Neill’s band to get ready to play. Things heat up between Abe and Pia but the show goes on. The police, inform Robbie that Pia has been found on the Beanblossom Covered Bridge strangled with a guitar string that night.
There are twists that make Robbie look good for the next victim. What will happen and can she be saved?
I enjoyed Robbie and seeing her parents show up was a nice surprise. A great read. I have not read all the books in the series but I did not feel like I was lacking any information.
Giveaway
About the Author
Maddie Day is a talented amateur chef and holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-nominated author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and three cats in Massachusetts.
As Edith Maxwell, she writes the Local Foods Mysteries (Kensington Publishing) and the Quaker Midwife Mysteries (Midnight Ink).
You can find all Maddie’s/Edith’s identities at www.edithmaxwell.com. She blogs every weekday with the other Wicked Cozy Authors at wickedcozyauthors.com. Look for her as Edith M. Maxwell and Maddie Day on Facebook and @edithmaxwell and @maddiedayauthor on Twitter.
Purchase Links
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
August 1 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
August 1 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT
August 2 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
August 2 – Babs Book Bistro – REVIEW
August 3 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW
August 3 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
August 4 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 5 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 6 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
August 7 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
August 8 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
August 9 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
August 10 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW
August 10 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – SPOTLIGHT
August 11 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
August 12 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 13 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW
August 14 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
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