Agnieszka’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2015)

Agnieszka’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

I'll start with 20. Will most likely update later on.

To Boldly Go
Duration: 1/1/23 - 12/31/23
Countries Visited: 2/20
No page minimum, You may count up to 2 books per country for this challenge. When updating, please state the number of books you’ve read AND the countries you read them for

message 57 updated! 2/20 countries visited!

USA:
Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 1/9 - Sinful, Louisiana; Fortune Redding, Ida Belle, Gertie Hebert
365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World by Catherine Ryan Hyde no rating 1/18 - California, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, (Asia)
United Kingdom:
Blue Christmas by Clare Revell 4* 1/11 - St. Morien, Cornwall; Reading, Wokingham & Wadebridge, England; Inverness, Scotland


Africa: 0/58
Americas: 1/55
Asia: 0/51
Europe: 1/53
Antarctica & Oceania: 0/32

Antarctica: Death on a Long Winter's Night by Lisa Williams 1/? - Jaeger Station, Antarctica
Australia: Dragon Waves book 2 in Escape to Dragon Island Complete Collection bv Rinelle Grey 1/? - Dragon Island, Australia (Great Barrier Reef)
Austria: The Marsh Angel by Hagai Dagan ?* 1/? - Vienna; ?, Israel
Bora-Bora (France?) An einem Tag mit dir=The Bungalow by Sarah Jio ?* ?/? - Bora-Bora, French Polynesia, Oceania
Brazil: Brazil, An Adventure: On the threshold of the 19th century by Cornelio Ridel ?* ?/? - Brazil
Canada: W pajęczynie życia=A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery ?* 2/? -
China: Fire of the Raging Dragon by Don Brown ?* ?/? - China
Corsica (today France): Bube, Dame, König (Jack, Queen, King) by Fabian Vogt ?* ?/? - Corsica; London
today's Germany (Holy Roman Empire): The Captive Maiden book 4 in Fairy Tale Romance Collection by Melanie Dickerson ?* 1/? - Hagenheim, the Hartz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (today's Germany)
France: Madame Curie und die Kraft zu träumen (Madame Curie and the Power To Dream) by Susanna Leonard ?* 2/? - Warszawa (Warsaw); Paris
Indonesia: Ein amerikanischer Traum: Die Geschichte meiner Familie=Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama ?* ?/? - USA; Indonesia; Kenya;
📌Israel: Faithful by Amanda Bible Williams. Ann Voskamp, Ginny Owens, Kelly Minter, Kelly Needham, Lisa Harper, Raechel Myers, Ruth Chou Simons, Sally Lloyd-Jones, Sarah MacIntosh, Savannah Locke, Trillia J. Newbell & Amy Grant (Introduction) ?* 1/? - set mostly in today's Israel & neighboring Middle East region
Japan: Das Geheimnis der Eulerschen Formel=The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 5*? 1/? - Hiroshima
Japan: Die Ladenhüterin=Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata ?* 2/? - Tokyo
Melanesia: Miss Bensons Reise=Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce ?* 2/? - New Caledonia, Melanesia, Oceania (southwestern Pacific Ocean); London
New Zealand: Knitted and Knifed by Tracey Drew=Tracey Alvarez ?* 1/?/23 (226) Knitty Kitty Mystery #1 - Cape Discovery, New Zealand
New Zealand or Caribbean: My New Year Fling by Serenity Woods ?* 1/? -
North Korea: Thunder in the Morning Calm by Don Brown ?* ?/? - North Korea, USA
Poland: Deszcz (Rain) by Marcin Ciszewski ?* 1/? - Warszawa (Warsaw)
Poland: Lot 202 (Flight 202) by Remigiusz Mróz ?* 2/? - Opole Kraków (Cracovia), & Okęcie (airport beloning to Warsaw), Poland
Portugal: Lost in Fuseta: Ein Portugal-Krimi (subtitle: A Portugal Mystery) by Gil Ribeiro ?* 2/? - Fuseta, Portugal
Vietnam: The Quiet American by Graham Greene ?* 1/? - Saigon and other locations in Vietnam

? Bieguni=Flights by Olga Tokarczuk ?* 1/? - all over Europe
? W pustyni i w puszczy=In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz ?* 2/? - all over Africa
? The African Queen by C.S. Forester ?* ?/? - Africa
? (Antarctica/Chille/Argentina/Venezuela): Storming the Black Ice by Don Brown ?* ?/? - Antarctica, Chille, ?Argentina, Venezuela, England
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message 75 updated! 11/23 books read!
It's going much better than I expected, so I'm raising my goal to 23.

C: California: The Thirteenth Santa by Joanne Pence 3* 1/3 - San Francisco, California
E: England: Blue Christmas by Clare Revell 4* 1/11 - St. Morien, Cornwall, England (major setting); Reading, Wokingham & Wadebridge, England; Inverness, Scotland (very minor setting)
H: Gingerbread and Deadly Dread book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2.5* 1/15 - Honey Hollow, Vermont
K: Kringle: A Perfect Christmas Gift by Lori Wilde 3* 1/2 - Kringle, Texas
L: Louisiana: Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 1/9 - Sinful, Louisiana
N: Netherfield Park: A Very Austen Christmas by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis & Barbara Cornthwaite 3* 1/11 - Netherfield Park, Rosings Park, Meryton, Thornton Lacey & Mansfield Park, England (two of the novellas are set at Netherfield Park)
O: Ohio: The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club: Book One by Ann Warner 4* 1/7 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Chiago; NYC
S: Silver Lake: Undercover Santa by Wendy Davy 4* 1/4 - Silver Lake, Virginia
U: USA: 365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World by Catherine Ryan Hyde no rating 1/18 - southwestern USA: mostly California, Arizona & Utah, with a few in Oregon & a couple in Asia (India)
V: Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy 3* 1/12 - Virginia Beach & a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains above Silver Lake, Virginia
W: White House/Washington, D.C.: From the Dog Shelter to the White House: The Story of Major Biden by Kalea Martin & Kennedi Rianne 3* 1/4 - Delaware; White House, Washington, D.C.

message 65 updated! 13/30 books read!
is back with new prompts and a new challenge!

✔ 3. A food or drink The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club: Book One by Ann Warner 4* 1/7 - tea (vital to the story line)
✔ 4. Type of crime Bloodbaths and Banana Cake book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 2* 1/19 - bloodbath
✔ 5. Olympic sport The Big Trampoline by Debora Khan & Sarah Manea 5* 1/15 - trampoline (gymnastics) is an olympic sport
✔ 7. Cat family Gingerbread and Deadly Dread book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2.5* 1/15 - Himalayan cat
✔ 9. Type of weather 365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World by Catherine Ryan Hyde no rating 1/18 - the rainbow indicats it's rainy & sunny at the same time
✔ 11. Celebration Blue Christmas by Clare Revell 4* 1/11 - Christmas
✔ 13. A source of light A Perfect Christmas Gift by Lori Wilde 3* 1/2 - street lamps (upper left corner - about the guys shoulder)
✔ 14. Art or craft Grandma's Quilts: Fun with Fractions by Kathleen L. Stone 3* 1/15 - quilting
✔ 17. Something you find at a circus [bookcoveer:S|50001480] Seven-Layer Slayer book 2 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2* 1/16 - bear
✔ 19. An accessory Mr Darcy's Discovery by Katy Green 2* 1/18 - pearl necklace
✔ 21. Shade of purple Red Velvet Vengeance book 3 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 1.5* 1/18
✔ 22. Something you write Christmas Wishes by Joann Baker & Patricia Mason 3* 1/4 - Christmas Wishes (as in a list)
✔ 24. Something you find in a house The Thirteenth Santa by Joanne Pence 3* 1/3 - alarm clock

message 38 updated! 1/24 books read!

✔ International Day of Education, Jan 24: Read a book set at a school or a book where a character is a teacher Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy 3* 1/12 - female MC is a teacher (sign language)

message 50 updated! 7/10 books read!

8. Ghost tour or historical tour? Ghost tour: Red Velvet Vengeance book 3 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 1.5* 1/18 - MC's mother set up ghost tours in her B&B

message 41 updated! 6/6 books read!

📌✔ Long-term projects
(4.00?) Bless Like Jesus: Stop Trying to Convert and Simply Show People They Matter by Joe Caples & Sarah Caples ?* ?/?/24 (156)
(4.43?) Du bist der Gott, der mich sieht: 100 Facetten Gottes entdecken=100 Names Of God Daily Devotional by Christopher D. Hudson ?* ?/?/24 (320)
(4.43?) Faithful by Amanda Bible Williams. Ann Voskamp, Ginny Owens, Kelly Minter, Kelly Needham, Lisa Harper, Raechel Myers, Ruth Chou Simons, Sally Lloyd-Jones, Sarah MacIntosh, Savannah Locke, Trillia J. Newbell & Amy Grant (Introduction) ?* ?/?/? (208) set mostly in today's Israel & neighboring Middle East region; Nashville, Tennessee
(0.00?) Krea.tief beten: Inspirationen für Herzensbegegnungen mit Gott (Pray Deeper Creatively: Inspirations for Meetings of the Heart With God) by Nelli Bangert & Mira Weiss ?* ?/?/24 (256)
Giant Print Reference Bible-KJV-Classic by Anonymous 5* ?/?/? (1,526) (view spoiler)[
📌Reading: Psalms, Leviticus, Ephesians,

✔Read:
Genesis, Exodus, Ruth, Psalms: 1-9, 16-43, 54-73, 75, 84-91, 94-96, 103, 111-113, 119-121, 133, 139-141, 147-150, Song of Solomon, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Jonah, Malachi
Matthew, Romans, Galatians, James, Jude,

📌Waiting to happen:
Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms 10-15, 44-53, 74, 76-83, 92, 93, 97-102, 104-110, 114-118, 122-132, 134-138, 142-146, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah
Mark, Luke, John, Acts, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Revelation (hide spoiler)]


Started Waiting to Happen
(3.67?) Alles, was wir sind=The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott ?* ?/?/? (448) Moscow; D.C.; Olga Iwinskaja, ‘Sally’
(3.91?) The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams ?* ?/?/? (280) Bromance Book Club #1 - Nashville, Tennessee; Gavin Scott
(4.17?) Chef Sugarlips by Tawna Fenske ?* ?/?/? (218) Ponderosa Resort Romantic Comedies #2 - Ponderosa Resort, central Oregon; Amber King, Sean Bracelyn
(4.20?) Double Cross book 2 in The FBI: Houston Collection: Firewall / Double Cross / Deadlock by DiAnn Mills ?* ?/?/? (421) FBI: Houston #2 - Houston; Laurel Evertson, Daniel Hilton
(4.44?) Ducks – Zwei Jahre in den Ölsanden=Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton ?* ?/?/? (448) Nova Scotia; Alberta
(4.05?) Das Geheimnis der Eulerschen Formel=The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 5*? ?/?/? (256) 1992; Hiroshima
(3.71?) Golden Gate=The Golden Gate by Alistair MacLean ?* ?/?/? (312) - San Francisco;
(4.11?) The Good Nearby by Nancy Moser ?* ?/?/? (281) - Gigi ?, Margery Lamborn, Angie Schuster, Talia Soza, Gennifer Mancowitz
(4.21?) Ich, der Roboter=I, Robot by Isaac Asimov ?* ?/?/? (304?) Robot #0.1, Robot, chronological order #0.1, Greater Foundation Universe #1 - ?; Susan Calvin, Mike Donovan
(3.61?) Kopia doskonała (Perfect Replica) by Małgorzata Rogala ?* ?/?/? (352) Celina Stefańska #1 - France: Lyon, ; Warszawa; Celina Stefańska
(4.29?) Lobpreisstrasse=Praise Avenue by Don Gossett ?* ?/?/? (160) several locations in the US; Mauritius;
Organizing from the Heart: Change Your Mindset, Conquer Your Challenges by Stephanie Baker, Beth Beutler & Karina Whisnant ?* ?/?/? (130)
(3.79?) The Ranger by Ace Atkins ?* ?/?/? (346) Quinn Colson #1 - Jericho, (northeastern) Mississippi
(4.32?) Renegades: Born in the USA - Träume ▪ Mythen ▪ Musik - Besonders hochwertige Ausstattung mit exklusiven Fotos aus den Privatarchiven der Autoren=Renegades: Born in the USA by Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen ?* ?/?/? (542)
(3.86?) Sind Sie hochsensibel?: Wie Sie Ihre Empfindsamkeit erkennen, verstehen und nutzen=The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron ?* ?/?/? (290?)
(3.93?) Sister Belles by Annie Jones ?* ?/?/? (373) Belles Will Be Belles #1 - New Bethany, Tennessee; (somewhere in Maine); Naomi Beauchamp, Rose Holcomb, Gayle Shorter Barrett, Mary Lucille 'Lucy' Jewell
(3.99?) The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 5*? ?/?/? (428) Wolverine River, Alaska; Jack, Mabel, Faina
(3.83?) The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry ?* ?/?/? (514) Cotton Malone (chronological) #2, Cotton Malone #1 - France; Denmark;
(4.45?) Vow of Justice by Lynette Eason ?* ?/?/? (323) Blue Justice #4 - Columbia, Charlestown area & Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; Lincoln ‘Linc’ St. John aka Rick, Allison ‘Allie’ Radcliffe aka Nina
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December 2023 (cont.)

Lady Susan book 1 in Lady Susan & The Watsons by Jane Austen 3.5* 12/29/23 (113) England; Susan Vernon
The Watsons book 2 in Lady Susan & The Watsons by Jane Austen 3* 12/30/23 (60) England; Emma Watson
Holiday Homecoming by Sandra Leesmith book 4 in A Heart Full of Christmas: Contemporary Inspirational Holiday Romance Collection 2* 12/30/23 (61) California; Hawaii; Debbie ‘Deb’ Martin (née Brown), David Martin
One Snowy Kiss by Missy Tippens book 5 in A Heart Full of Christmas: Contemporary Inspirational Holiday Romance Collection 3* 12/31/23 (79) High Hope, Georgia; Hardy Greenway, Dori Blanchette, Victor Wallis
((4.29) A Heart Full of Christmas: Contemporary Inspirational Holiday Romance Collection by Debby Giusti, Ruth Logan Herne, Tina Radcliffe, Sandra Leesmith & Missy Tippens 3* 12/31/23 (348))
(4.14) St. Nick by Alan Russell 5* 12/31/23 (281) San Diego; Nicholas ‘(St.) Nick’ Pappas


January 2024
(4.57) Seeking Solace by M.L. Hamilton 3* 1/1/24 (188) A Christmas Mystery #1 - Sacramento; Reno; Everleigh ‘Ev’ Beckett, Isaac Stern
(4.13) The Christmas Camel by Vered Ehsani 3* 1/4/24 (276) Teaville, Kenya?; Mollie Stanton, Dr. Darren ‘Dolittle’ Little (actually Williams)
(3.97) Bob, der Streuner: Die Katze, die mein Leben veränderte=A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets by James Bowen 1* 1/5/24 (256) Bob The Cat #1; London; Australia
Christmas at the Falling-Down Guesthouse book 1 in Christmas Kisses by Lilly Bartlett=Michele Gorman 2* 1/5/24 (130) Wales & London; Lottie Crisp, Mabel Crisp, Danny ?
(4.18) Treasure at Blue Heron Lake book 2 in Mainely Mysteries by Susan Page Davis & Megan Elaine Davis 3* 1/13/24 (157) Mainely Mysteries #2 - Baxter, Maine; Sainte Aurelie, Quebec; Emily Gray, Nate Holman
(4.80) Forever Covert by Kathleen Brooks 5* 1/22/24 (318) Forever Bluegrass #21; Bluegrass - All Series #35; Keeneston; D.C.; Quantico; Rhami; Kale Muez, Delaney Warner (aka Mr. & Miss Wrong Number)
(4.38) West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 4* 1/22/24 (348) NYC; Athenia, New Jersey; Delaware; Maryland; Lee Highway: D.C.; Virginia; Tennessee; Arkansas; Oklahoma; Texas; New Mexico; Arizona; California; Woodrow ‘Woody’ Wilson Nickel, Riley ‘Old Man’ Jones, Augusta ‘Red’ Lowe
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November 2023

(4.12) The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St. Clair 3* 11/6/23 (443)
(4.76) Face-Off by Kathleen Brooks 3* 11/6/23 (286) Shadows Landing: The Townsends #1 - Shadows Landing & Charleston, South Carolina; Stone Townsend, Natalie Novak
(4.31) Her Last Goodbye by Melinda Leigh 3* 11/10/23 (335) Morgan Dane #2 - Scarlet Falls, New York; MD, Lance Kruger
(3.46) Harlequin Holiday Collection: Four Classic Seasonal Novellas by Debra Webb, Merline Lovelace, Marta Perry & Leslie Kelly 3* 11/10/23 (204)
(#1: And A Dead Guy In A Pear Tree by Leslie Kelly 3.5* 11/9 (65) Wheaton, Illinois; Holly Cavanaugh, Zach Weldon
#2: Seduced by the Season by Merline Lovelace 3* 11/9 (32) Dublin, Ireland; Sophie Hawthorne, Clint Walker
#3: Evidence of Desire by Debra Webb 3.5* 11/10 (60) Kenner County Crime Unit #1.5 - Kenner City, Colorado; Olivia Perez, Jacob Webster aka Mr. Unavailable
#4: Season of Wonder by Marta Perry 3* 11/10 (47) Caldwell Island, South Carolina; Allison March, David Caldwell)
(4.41) Bones Don't Lie by Melinda Leigh 4* 11/11/23 (373) Morgan Dane #3 - Scarlet Falls, New York; MD, Lance Kruger
A New Beginning by Ari Rose 2* 11/11/23 (28) Jill Hunter Short Thriller #0.5 - NYC?
(4.25) Murder in the Aisle by Kris Pearson now Kristie Klewes 4* 11/12/23 (262) Merry Summerfield #1 - Drizzle Bay, New Zealand; MS, Paul McCreagh
(3.84) Wo das Glück zu Hause ist=The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan 4* 11/13/23 (448) Happy Ever After = Kirrinfief #1 - Kirrinfief, Scotland & Birmingham, England; Nina Redmond
(4.44) What I've Done by Melinda Leigh 4* 11/14/23 (337) Morgan Dane #4 - Scarlet Falls, New York; MD, Lance Kruger
(4.32) Hold Me Tight - North Pole Anthology 1: Holiday Romances Set in Alaska by Noelle Fox 3* 11/15/23 (420) North Pole, Alaska #1-3 - North Pole, Alaska
(#1: Blame it on Mistletoe 4.5* 11/14 (136) + Allentown, Washington; Coho, B.C., Canada; Jeremiah David ‘JD’ Baxter, Abby Baxter, Frank Machado
#2: If Only In My Dreams 3.5* 11/15 (134) Amelia Beckett, Wes Curtis
#3: What Child Is This? 3* 11/15 (150) + Fairbanks, Alaska; Samantha ‘Sam’ Grayson, Hope Grayson, Eli Thompson)
(3.61) Falling Hard for the Royal Guard: Eine königliche Liebeskomödie=Falling Hard for the Royal Guard by Megan Clawson 4* 11/16/23 (384) London; Margaret ‘Maggie’ ‘Maggs’ Moore; Frederick ‘Freddie’ Guildford
(4.59) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Six by Ann Warner 4* 11/18/23 (322) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club #6 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Josephine 'Jo' Neuman, Lillian 'Lill' Fitzel, (Suranna) Devi McElroy, Darren 'Mac' McElroy, Norman Neuman, Myrtle Grabinowitz, Edna Prisant, Glorious ‘Glory’ Pennycut
(4.31) The Silence by Kendra Elliot 4* 11/18/23 (284) Columbia River #2; Callahan & McLane #6 - Oregon; Washington; Mason Callahan, Ava McLane
(3.90) Wo dich das Leben anlächelt=The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan 4* 11/20/23 (591) Happy Ever After = Kirrinfief #2 - Kirrinfief, Scotland & London, England; Zoe O’Connell, Ramsay Urquart
The Boss Who Stole Christmas by Jana Aston 3* 11/21/23 (78) Reindeer Falls Christmas #1 - Reindeer Falls, Michigan; Nürnberg; Nick Saint-Croix, Holly Winter
(4.42) Secrets Never Die by Melinda Leigh 4* 11/22/23 (326) Morgan Dane #5 - Scarlet Falls, New York; MD, Lance Kruger
(3.93) Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer 4* 11/23/23 (309) A Jane Wunderly Mystery #2 - 1926; Wedgefield Manor, England; JW, Redvers (Dibble)
(4.46) Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh 4* 11/23/23 (321) Morgan Dane #6 - Scarlet Falls, New York; MD, Lance Kruger; Lincoln Sharp Olivia ‘Liv’ Cruz
Her Second Death by Melinda Leigh 3* 11/24/23 (47) Bree Taggert #0.5 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; BT, Dana Romano
(4.00) Her Werewolf Bodyguard (previously By the Light of the Moon) by Jodi Vaughn 3* 11/24/23 (328) Rise of the Arkansas Werewolves/Werewolf Guardian #1 - Shreveport, Louisiana; Little Rock and surrounding area, Arkansas; Damon Trahan, Ava Renfroe née Romanelli
(4.24) The Alpha's Saviour by Reece Barden 2* 11/26/23 (336) Shifters of Grey Ridge #1 - Grey Ridge, no further details; Hayley Walker, Cooper ‘Coop’ Jones
(3.82) Wo Geschichten neu beginnen=500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan 2* 11/28/23 (512) Happy Ever After = Kirrinfief #3 - Kirrinfief, Scotland & London, England; Lissa Westcott, Cormac MacPherson
(4.64) Bullets and Beads by Jana Deleon 5* 11/28/23 (322) Miss Fortune #17
(4.60) Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon 5* 11/30/23 (302) Miss Fortune #15
(3.89) A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail by Jeff Alt 3* 11/30/23 (357) Ohio, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

December 2023
(4.43) Xmas Marks the Spot by (Kris Pearson) now Kristie Klewes 3* 12/1/23 (252) Merry Summerfield #2 - Drizzle Bay, New Zealand; MS, Paul McCreagh
For My Good by Sarah Holman 4* 12/1/23 (32) Dallas; Janet, Roger
(4.05) Böses Spiel=The Final Detail by Harlan Coben 3* 12/3/23 (416) Myron Bolitar #6 - NYC; New Jersey; Massachusetts; Caribbean; MB, Windsor ‘Win’ Horne Lockwood, III, Esperanza Diaz
(4.28) Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 12/5/23 (324) In Death #3
(3.74) Nachtzug nach Lissabon=Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier 3* 12/5/23 (496) Lissabon, Portugal; Bern, Switzerland; Spain; France; Raimund Gregorius, Amadeu de Prado
Love and Mistletoe book 4 in Love in Ballybeg: Books 1-5 by Zara Keane 3.5* 12/5/23 (88) Ballybeg #4 - Ballybeg & Cork City, Ireland; Brian Glenn, Sharon MacCarthy
(3.64) Tanz mit mir, Aurelia (Dance With Me, Aurelia) by Titus Müller 4* 12/6/23 (176) 1647; London; John, Aurelia
Christmas Wishes book 1 in An Enchanted Christmas Collection: Regency Romance by Wendy Vella 3.5* 12/7/23 (106) Hero Appleby, Max - Lord Caruthers
The Earl From Christmas Past book 2 in An Enchanted Christmas Collection: Regency Romance by Wendy Vella 1.5* 12/7/23 (102) Gabriel ‘Gabe’ - Earl of Lockhart, Madeline ‘Maddie’ Spencer
Mistletoe and the Marquess book 3 in An Enchanted Christmas Collection: Regency Romance by Wendy Vella 4.5* 12/8/23 (125) Jemma Partridge, Harry - Marquess of Harrington
((4.12) An Enchanted Christmas Collection: Regency Romance by Wendy Vella 3* 12/8/23 (333))
A Rock & Roll Christmas (now All I Want for Christmas is Johnny Rocker Dead) by Lillian Duncan book 1 in Sleigh Bells and Suspense: Inspiration Christmas Stories 3.5* 12/10/23 (140) Golden (near Big Bear Lake) & L.A.; Zeb Walker aka Johnny Rocker, Maddie Cotton
(4.16) Tödliche Absicht=Without Fail by Lee Child 3* 12/10/23 (480) Jack Reacher Chronological Order #9; Jack Reacher #6 - D.C.; Grace, Wyoming; North Dakota; Denver; Atlantic City; Oregon; JR, Frances Neagley, Mary Ellen ‘M.E.’ Froelich
(4.31) Unwrapped by Cassie Cole 3* 12/11/23 (255) Flagstaff & Grand Canyon, Arizona; Christie (no last name), Riley Hawthorn, Harper (no last name), and Logan Verdugo
(4.64) Sylvia's Secret by Mary Vee book 3 in Sleigh Bells and Suspense: Inspiration Christmas Stories 2* 12/12/23 (165) Detective Carhill Mystery #1 - Boston; NYC; Paris; Branson Carhill
(4.18) Once Upon a Romance by Alex Bailey 3* 12/13/23 (222) A Dream Come True #1 - Orlando, Florida; L.A.; Denver; Sophie O’Connor, Ray Bueno, Ariel ?
(3.97) Danger on the Atlantic by Erica Ruth Neubauer 3* 12/16/23 (284) A Jane Wunderly Mystery #3 - 1926; Atlantic Ocean onboard the RMS Olympic (ports: Southampton, England; Cherbourg, France); JW, Redvers Dibble aka Mr. Wunderly
(4.21) Snowbound by Cassie Cole 3* 12/16/23 (255) Whistler, B.C., Canada; L.A. & Santa Ana; Paige Hastings, Jacques ‘Jack’ Legrand, Seth Conway, Aiden ?
Shadows of Doubt by Susette Williams book 4 in Sleigh Bells and Suspense: Inspiration Christmas Stories 1.5* 12/17/23 (62) Wadleyville, ? (not California); Raffealle Gellermine, Mathew Flannigan
Resting Scrooge Face by Meghan Quinn 5* 12/17/23 (80) Bright Harbor, Maine; Caleb Butler aka Resting Scrooge Face, Nola Bisley aka Ho-Ho-No
(3.83) Intrigue in Istanbul by Erica Ruth Neubauer 3* 12/19/23 (292) A Jane Wunderly Mystery #4 - November 1926; Boston; Istanbul; Orient Express to Hungary; JW, Redvers Dibble
(4.07) Seine dunkelste Stunde=Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben 3* 12/20/23 (384) Myron Bolitar #7 - NYC; New Jersey; Connecticut; Pennsylvania
Angels Among Us by V.B. Tenery book 5 in Sleigh Bells and Suspense: Inspiration Christmas Stories 4.5* 12/21/23 (69) Matt Foley/Sara Bradford #3.5 - Twin Falls, Allen & Plano, Texas; Switzerland; Cole Allen, Mattie Marlow
(4.03) Unter Fremden (Among Strangers) by Jutta Profijt 6* 12/27/23 (337) Düsseldorf metropolitan area; Madiha
(4.28) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen & Nancy Moser (introduction & notes) 5* 12/28/23 (362)
A Miracle for Christmas by Debby Giusti book 1 in A Heart Full of Christmas: Contemporary Inspirational Holiday Romance Collection 2* 12/28/23 (61) NYC; Brigid O’Grady, Tony Calabrese
DNF Der Massai, der in Schweden noch eine Rechnung offen hatte=Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson 12/29/23 (after ~139 pages)
Home to His Heart by Ruth Logan Herne book 2 in A Heart Full of Christmas: Contemporary Inspirational Holiday Romance Collection 4* 12/29/23 (86) Ashton & Philadelphia; Teresa ‘Tess’ Cosgrove, Jake Karralis
Under The Mistletoe by Tina Radcliffe book 3 in A Heart Full of Christmas: Contemporary Inspirational Holiday Romance Collection 3* 12/29/23 (61)
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September 2023

(4.35) Schiffe versenken (Battleships/lit: Sinking Ships) by Moritz Matthies 5* 9/1/23 (279) Ray & Ruf #8 - Berlin & woods in Brandenburg (near Berlin); onboard the Golden Silverstar; a port in Tunisia; Ray, Rufus, Phil
Polen hören (Hearing Poland) by Barbara Barberon-Zimmermann 4* 9/1/23 (audiobook only 1’ 21”)
(4.38) Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh 4* 9/2/23 (348) Scarlet Falls #3 - Scarlet Falls, New York; jungle near Tabatinga, Brazil; McClellan ‘Mac’ Barrett, Stella Dane
(3.93) Ein amerikanischer Traum: die Geschichte meiner Familie=Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 4* 9/3/23 (448) Chicago; NYC; Hawaii; (Kansas; Texas; Seattle; California;) Kenya; Indonesia
(3.87) Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring by Carolyn Jourdan 3* 9/4/23 (170) Smoky Mountains, Tennessee; Harlan, Kentucky; Georgia; D.C.; Japan; Japanese islands in the Pacific (WWII)
(3.84) Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World by Clara Parkes 2* 9/4/23 (164) Tucson, Arizona; Taos, New Mexico; NYC & Rhinebeck, New York; L.A.; West Friendship, Maryland; Loveland & Denver, Colorado; Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Columbus & Cleveland, Ohio; Minnetonka, Minnesota; Holderness, New Hampshire; Iceland; Paris; Edinburgh, Scotland
(3.97) The Witch and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov 0* 9/6/23 (178) Russia
(4.07) Das geheime Leben der Bäume: Was sie fühlen, wie sie kommunizieren - die Entdeckung einer verborgenen Welt=The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben 4* 9/7/23 (224) The Mysteries of Nature #1
DNF Eine kurze Geschichte des menschlichen Körpers=The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson 1* 9/7/23 (after 86 pages)
(4.36) A Day In August by Reis Armstrong 2* 9/10/23 (348) New Orleans; Houston; Louis Deveraux, Monroe Le Blanc
(4.49) Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 3* 9/10/23 (306) South Africa
(4.36) Frozen in Ice by Cynthia Eden 5* 9/11/23 (306) Ice Breaker Cold Case #1 - Miami; Vermont; Delilah 'Lila' Darrow, Archer Radcliffe
DNF The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt=The Maid by Nita Prose 9/11/23 (after 72 pages)
DNF Mathe Magic: Spannendes und Kurioses aus der Welt der Zahlen. Mit zahlreichen Aufgaben zum Denken, Rechnen und Knobeln by Jürgen Brater 9/11/23 (after 19 pages)
(3.96) Three Swedish Mountain Men by Lily Gold 4.5* 9/12/23 (332) Lapland, Sweden; Brighton, England; Daisy ‘Tink/erbell’ Whittaker (actually Jennifer ‘Jenny’ Adams), Elias ‘Eli’ Sandahl, Björn ‘Cole’ or ‘Nalle/Teddy’ ?, Riven ‘Riv’ Nilsson
(4.11) The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes 4* 9/14/23 (260) Haunting Danielle #1 - Frederickport & Astoria; Oregon; Danielle ‘Dani’ Boatman
(4.15) Broken Souls by Andi Rhodes 3* 9/15/23 (242) Broken Rebel Brotherhood #1 - Spiceland & Indianapolis, Indiana; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Kandahar; Sadie Harper (McCord), Micah Mallory
(4.05) Cookies, Corpses and the Deadly Haunt by Rachael Stapleton 1* 9/18/23 (287) Haunted House Flippers Inc. #1; Bohemian Lake #2 - Bohemian Lake, New York; Juniper ‘Junie’ Palmer, Jack Young
(4.57) Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 9/20/23 (859) Miss Fortune #1-3 - Sinful, Louisiana; Fortune Redding aka Sandy-Sue Morrow, Gertie Hebert, Ida Belle
((4.23) #1: Louisiana Longshot 9/17 (282) + New Orleans + D.C.
(4.41) #2: Lethal Bayou Beauty 9/19 (276) + New Orleans & Mudbug, Louisiana
(4.43) #3: Swamp Sniper 9/20 (300))
(4.36) Falling for the Ice Queen by Cynthia Eden 5* 9/22/23 (315) Ice Breaker Cold Case #2 - Houston; Memphis Camden, Eliza ‘Lizzy’ ‘Princess’ Robinson
(4.22) Ice Cold Saint by Cynthia Eden 3.5* 9/24/23 (244) Ice Breaker Cold Case #3 - Savannah, Georgia; Sebastian ‘Saint’ Black, Alice Shephard
(4.42) Alana Candler, Marked for Murder by Joanie Bruce 4* 9/25/23 (322) Landeville, Ross & Bishop, Tennessee; Alana Candler, Jaydn Holbrook, Brad Candler
(3.70) Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse by Sherri Bryan 3* 9/26/23 (165) Charlotte Denver #1 - St. Eves, England; Charlotte Denver, Nathan Costello
(4.36) Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 9/28/23 (387) In Deatn #29 - White Plains; Sundown, Alabama; (Chicago)
Elizabeth Bennet's Wedding: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Olivia Kane 2* 9/28/23 (149) Rosings Park, Pemberley, Longbourn & London; Elisabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy
Sandcastle Stakeout by Adeline Flynn 1* 9/30/23 (126) Whelk Island Cozy Mystery #1 - Whelk Island, Georgia; Bailey
DNF The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff 9/30/23 (after 138 pages)

October 2023
(3.82) The Librarian's Vampire Assistant book 1 in The Librarian's Vampire Assistant Box Set: Books 1-3 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff 3.5* 10/1/23 (200) The Librarian's Vampire Assistant #1 - Phoenix, Arizona; Michael Vanderhorst, Miriam Murphy
DNF Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 10/2/23 (after 72 pages)
DNF Aus Mangel an Beweisen=Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow 10/2/23 (after 50 pages)
(3.88) Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 3* 10/5/23 (369) UK; France; St. Kitts and Nevis; Texas; Louisiana; (minor: D.C.; Florida; Georgia; Alabama; Kansas City; Zimbabwe; Switzerland; Puerto Rico; Argentina; Japan;) Billie Webster, Helen Randolph, Natalie ‘Nat’ Schuyler, Mary Alice Tuttle
DNF Ein verheißenes Land=A Promised Land by Barack Obama 10/7/23 (after ~458 pages)
(4.11) The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot 4* 10/7/23 (328) Columbia River #1; Callahan & McLane #5 - Oregon; Emily Mills, Zander Wells
Quiet Girl: Geschichten einer Introvertierten=Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung 5* 10/10/23 (184) Birmingham, UK; Debbie
(4.20) Crossfire SEALs by Gennita Low 3* 10/12/23 (664) Crossfire #1-2
((3.78) Protector book 1 in Crossfire SEALs by Gennita Low 3* 10/11/23 (354) Crossfire #1 - somewhere in China?; (minor locations: Manila; Hong Kong; Afghanistan; Rome; D.C; Monterey, California; New Orleans;) Zola ‘Jazz’ Zeringue, Vivienne ‘Vivi’/‘Viv’ Verreau
(4.13) The Hunter book 2 in Crossfire SEALs by Gennita Low 3* 10/12/23 (310) Crossfire #2 - Velesta, Macedonia; (very minor setting: Albania;) Steven ‘Hawk’ McMillan, Amber ‘Ambrosia’ Hutchens)
(4.20) Du darfst nicht alles glauben, was du denkst: Meine Depression (You Mustn’t Believe Everything You Think: My Depression) by Kurt Krömer 3* 10/13/23 (208) Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, München
(3.69) A Michaelmas Wager: A Sweet Regency Romance by Emily E.K. Murdoch 3* 10/13/23 (152) Seasons of Love #1 - London; Rufus Lovell, Juliana Honeyfield
(4.47) Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb 5* 10/15/23 (385) In Death #53 - very minor locations or those in the past: Hudson (River) Valley, New York; Stillwater & Moses, Oklahoma; Dayton, Ohio; Morgantown, West Virginia; Savannah, Georgia; Seattle;
(3.85) The Three Investigators and The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy by Robert Arthur 1* 10/16/23 (150) Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators #3; Die drei Fragezeichen (Original) #2 - California; Bob Andrews, Jupiter Jones, Peter Crenshaw
(4.47) Becoming: Meine Geschichte=Becoming by Michelle Obama 2* 10/16/23 (544) Chicago; D.C.; (minor: Princeton, New Jersey; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Hawaii; Paris; UK; Africa;
Der Enkeltrick (The Grandparent Scam) by Dörte Müller 5* 10/17/23 (33) Germany; Elke Meier
(4.41) Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 10/18/23 (369) In Death #54 - Louisiana; (minor: Arcadia & Nashville, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Hilton Head, South Carolina)
(3.84) Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer 4* 10/20/23 (310) A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1 - 1926; Mena Village & Cairo, Egypt; Jane Wunderly
(3.78) Glaub nicht alles, was du denkst: Wie du deine Denkfehler entlarvst und endlich die richtigen Entscheidungen triffst (Don’t Believe Everything You Think: How You Expose Your Fallacies And Finally Make Good Decisions) by Alexandra Reinwarth 3* 10/20/23 (258)
(3.96) Ich habe gar keine Enkel: Die Online-Omi räumt auf (I Have No Grandchildren At All: The Online-Granny Cleans Up) by Renate Bergmann & Torsten Rohde 4* 10/21/23 (208) Die Online-Omi #10 - Spandau; Renate Bergmann
(4.07) Say You're Sorry by Melinda Leigh 3* 10/22/23 (337) Morgan Dane #1 - Scarlet Falls, New York; Morgan Dane, Lance Kruger
DNF The Unlikely Missionary: From Pew-Warmer to Poverty-Fighter by Dan King 10/23/23 (after 53 pages)
(4.04) In letzter Sekunde=Echo Burning by Lee Child 3* 10/26/23 (512) Jack Reacher Chronological Order #8; Jack Reacher #5 - Echo, Pecos & Lubbock, Texas; Jack Reacher
(4.72) Swamp Spirits by Jana Deleon 5* 10/26/23 (291) Miss Fortune #23
(4.06) Concrete Evidence by Rachel Grant book 5 in Dangerous Connections: 6 Romantic Suspense Series Starters + Bonus HEA Chapters! 3.5* 10/28/23 (323 primary ed.) Evidence #1 - 7-8/2011; 11/1952; 8/2010; Bethesda & Fort Belmont/Menanichoch, Maryland; D.C.; (San Diego; Pennsylvania; Oaxaca;) Erica Kesling, Lee Scott
(4.25) Cold Blooded by Bernard Lee DeLeo 3.5* 10/29/23 (313) Nick McCarty: Cold Blooded Assassin #1 - various locations in following states: Florida; Nevada; Nevada; California; Colorado; Arizona; Missouri; Kansas; D.C.; Bahamas (offshore); Nick McCarthy, Rachel Hunter, Jean Hunter, Deke (the dog)
(4.42) The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni 2* 10/31/23 (449) Burlingame & San Mateo, California; Lourdes; Costa Rica; Samuel ‘Sam’ 'Sam Hell' ‘Hell’ 'Devil Boy' Hill, Ernie Cantwell, Michaela ‘Mickie’ Kennedy
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July 2023
(4.17) Pursued by Lillian Duncan 4* 7/1/23 (214) Country Living #1 - Fredericksburg & Cleveland, Ohio; Paw Paw, West Virginia; Pennsylvania; Indiana; Maryland; Reggie Meyers, Dylan Monroe
(4.20) Turbulent Intentions by Melody Anne 3* 7/2/23 (273) Billionaire Aviators #1 - several locations in Washington; Portland, Oregon; in flight all over the US; somewhere in the Pacific; Cooper 'Coop' Armstrong, Stormy Halifax
(4.44) Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 7/4/23 (354) In Death #43 - NYC; Eve Dallas, Roarke
(3.90) Hope For Mr. Darcy by Jeanna Ellsworth 3* 7/7/23 (294) Hope Trilogy #1 - England; Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet
(3.92) Murder al Dente by Jennifer L. Hart 3* 7/8/23 (237) Southern Pasta Shop #1 - Beaverton, North Carolina; Atlanta; Andy Buckland, Malcolm Jones
(4.24) Lock 'N' Load by Tee O'Fallon 3* 7/9/23 (372) Federal K-9 #1 - Langley & Alexandria, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Ridgeway, West Virginia; Matthew 'Matt' Connors, Trista 'Tris' Gold
(4.13) Doktor Maxwells chaotischer Zeitkompass=A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor 2* 7/10/23 (480) Die Chroniken von St. Mary’s = The Chronicles of St Mary's #2 - England & Scotland; Mauritius; Nineveh (modern Iraq); Madeleine ‘Max’ Maxwell, Leon Farrell
Big Girls Don't Cry by Mimi Barbour 2* 7/11/23 (116) London & Edinburgh; Remi Calder, Eadan Fleming
DNF The Prayer Seeker by Anne Brooke 0* 7/12/23 (after 75 pages) various locations in England; Michael Woodrhorpe
(4.10) Stubborn as a Mule by (Juliette Poe=)Sawyer Bennett 3* 7/13/23 (254) Sex and Sweet Tea #2 - Whynot, North Carolina; Las Vegas; New York; Lowe Mancinkus, Melinda ‘Mely’ Rothschild
Quilt Block Houses: Appealing Yet Absurd by Sharon Barnes 1* 7/16/23 (42)
Bible ABC's: Inspirational Verses and Poems for Children by Kathleen L. Stone 3* 7/16/23 (60)
(4.55) Offline: Warum antwortest du nicht, Gott?=God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer by Pete Greig 5* 7/17/23 (240) UK; California; Missouri; Barcelona; Pete & Samie Greig
(4.01) Zero-Degree Murder by M.L. Rowland 4* 7/18/23 (275) Search and Rescue Mystery #1 - Timber Creek, California; Grace ‘Gracie’ Kinkaid, Rob Christian, Ralph ‘Ralphie’ Hunter
A Bone to Pick by Melinda Leigh 4* 7/19/23 (116) Widow’s Island #2 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Tessa Black, Logan Wilde
DNF Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 0* 7/20/23 (after 105 pages)
DNF Jack's Blind Date Debacle by Tamara Ferguson 0* 7/20/23 (after 73 pages)
Whisper of Bones by Melinda Leigh 3* 7/20/23 (111) Widow’s Island #3 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Tessa Black, Logan Wilde
The Log Cabin Quilt Story: A Fanciful Version of the Origin of the Log Cabin Quilt by Karen Saari 3* 7/20/23 (84) somewhere in central or western US; Boston (recollections); Abby & George
Bred in the Bone by Kendra Elliot 3* 7/21/23 (97) Widow’s Island #4 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Cate Wilder, Henry Powers, Tessa Black
Below the Bones by Kendra Elliot 3* 7/22/23 (105) Widow’s Island #5 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Cate Wilder, Henry Powers
A Broken Bone by Melinda Leigh 3* 7/22/23 (104) Widow’s Island #6 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Tessa Black, Logan Wilde
Burned by Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh 4* 7/23/23 (126) Rogue Vows #2, Solitude, Oregon #8 - Solitude, Oregon; Seth Harding, Carly Taylor
Buried Bones by Melinda Leigh 4* 7/23/23 (104) Widow’s Island #7 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Tessa Black, Logan Wilde
(4.02) Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody 5* 7/24/23 (177) Tennessee; Oklahoma; Florida; Texas
DNF Eine Frage der Chemie=Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 7/24/23 (after 55 pages)
(4.63) God on Mayhem Street by Kristin A. Oakley 3* 7/25/23 (294) Leo Townsend #2 - Chicago, Illinois; Endeavor & Madison, Wisconsin; Leonardo ‘Leo’ Townsend
The Lost Bones by Kendra Elliot 3* 7/25/23 (116) Widow’s Island #8 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Cate Wilder, Henry Powers
Bone Deep by Kendra Elliot 4* 7/26/23 (118) Widow’s Island #9 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Cate Wilder, Henry Powers
The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh 3* 7/26/23 (113) Widow’s Island #10 - Widow’s Island, Washington; Tessa Black, Logan Wilde
(3.84) Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland 3* 7/28/23 (259) Search and Rescue Mystery #2 - Timber Creek & L.A., California; Grace ‘Gracie’ Kinkaid
(4.08) Along Came Love by Carrie Turansky 4* 7/29/23 (230) Vermont Blessings #1 - Tipton, Vermont; Esfahan, Iran (recollections); Lauren Woodman, Wesley ‘Wes’ Evans

August 2023
Twisted Truth by Melinda Leigh 4* 8/1/23 (128) Rogue Justice #1, Solitude, Oregon #9 - Solitude, Oregon; Seth Harding, Carly Taylor
Truth Be Told by Kendra Elliot 4* 8/1/23 (110) Rogue Justice #2, Solitude, Oregon #10 - Solitude, Oregon; (Stephanie) 'Stevie' & Zeke Duncan
(4.02) Bluegrass State of Mind by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/3/23 (278) Bluegrass #1, Bluegrass - All Series #1 - Keeneston, Kentucky; NYC; Hershey, Pennsylvania; Maryland; McKenna ‘Kenna’ Mason, William ‘Will’ Ashton
(4.33) Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/3/23 (201) Bluegrass #2, Bluegrass - All Series #2 - Keeneston, Kentucky; NYC; Danielle ‘Dani’ De Luca, Mohtadi ‘Mo’ Ali Rahman
(4.38) Dead Heat by Kathleen Brooks 4* 8/4/23 (217) Bluegrass #2, Bluegrass - All Series #2 - Keeneston, Kentucky; NYC; Paige Davis, Cole Parker
Quilt Me into Memory by Sherrie Theriault 1* 8/4/23 (28)
Trapped With My Teacher by Penny Wylder 4* 8/5/23 (72) Buena Vista area & Colorado Springs, Colorado; Corina Driver, Tony Lakewood
(4.01) The Heart of Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan 3* 8/6/23 (298) The McLendon Family Saga #1 - Grassland, Montana; Boston, Massachusetts; Claira Robbins (actually Gabriella ‘Gabby’ Morganti), Matthew ‘Matt’, Mason & Greyson ‘Grey’ McLendon
(4.41) Lethal Bayou Beauty book 2 in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 8/7/23 (276) Miss Fortune #2 - Sinful & New Orleans, Louisiana; Fortune Redding aka Sandy-Sue Morrow, Ida Belle, Gertie Hebert
(4.77) Forever Connected by Kathleen Brooks 4* 8/9/23 (277) Forever Bluegrass #20; Bluegrass - All series #35 - Keeneston, Kentucky; Daphne, Alabama; Barrow, Alaska; Cincinnati, Ohio; (a small town across the river from Louisville in) Indiana; Poppy Meadows, Lucas Sharpe, Zinnia Meadows, Talon Bainbridge
(4.43) Swamp Sniper book 3 in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 8/10/23 (300) Miss Fortune #3
The Appleton Case by Diana Xarissa 3* 8/12/23 (108) Markham Sisters #1 - Doveby Dale, Devonshire; Joan & Janet Markham
A Forever Kind of Love: A Pride & Prejudice Novella by Christie Capps=J. Dawn King 4* 8/12/23 (106) Pemberley & London; Fitzwilliam & Elisabeth Darcy, Alexander ‘Alex’ F. Darcy, Penelope Greenwood
(4.39) Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne 5* 8/12/23 (312) Underwater Investigation Unit #4 - Fort Laudadale area, Florida; Asheville, North Carolina; Sloan McPherson
(3.61) Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry 3* 8/15/23 (185) The Three Sisters Inn #1 - Pennsylvania; Andrea Hampton, Calvin ‘Cal’ Burke
(4.20) A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil 4.5* 8/15/23 (287) NYC & home upstate NY; London & Glastonbury; Annie Beyers
(4.24) One Among Men by Connie Almony 3* 8/17/23 (343) The Maryland State University #1 - (no details though author’s bio indicates Baltimore,) Maryland; Samantha ‘Sam’ Hart, Chris Johnson (view spoiler)[Christopher ‘Chris’ Hyde (hide spoiler)]
(?) Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 8/20/23 (401) In Death #1 - NYC; Fort Royal, Virginia; East Washington (D.C.); Eve Dallas, Roarke
(4.12) Gunpowder Chowder by Lyndsey Cole 4* 8/20/23 (328) Hooked & Cooked #1 - Hooks Harbor, Maine; Hannah Holiday
(4.27) Glory in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 8/22/23 (322) In Death #2 - NYC; Rome; Mexico (Pacific coast); Eve Dallas, Roarke
(4.33) Sealed with a Kiss by Cassie Cole 3* 8/24/23 (346) Santo Coronado, New Mexico; (Fairbanks &) Goldcamp, Alaska; (Portland; Reno; Honolulu;) Kanawa island, Indonesia or Japan; (Kiev &) Pripyat/Chernobyl, Ukraine; Yuan Dynasty Memorial (northern China on the border to Mongolia); (Yakutsk, Russia; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia;) (Bonus chapter: Yucatán); Dakota Bettiker, Roman Cedeno, Luke LeMahieu, Wade ? (no last name mentioned)
(4.07) The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne 4* 8/25/23 (381) The Naturalist #1 - Montana mountains; Theo Cray
(4.31) Hour of Need by Melinda Leigh 4* 8/26/23 (338) Scarlet Falls #1 - Scarlet Falls, New York; Afghanistan; Grant Barrett, Ellie Ross, Lindsay Hamilton
(4.36) Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh 4* 8/28/23 (336) Scarlet Falls #2 - Scarlet Falls, New York; Las Vegas; Hannah Barrett, Brody McNamara, Jewel
(3.91) Da ist was im Busch (There's something cooking (fig.)) by Moritz Matthies 4* 8/30/23 (312) Ray & Rufus #7 - Brandenburg (woods outside Berlin); Ray, Rufus
(4.22) The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman 3* 8/30/23 (460) The Ill-Mannered Ladies #1 - London and several other locations in England; Lady Augusta ‘Gus’ Colebrook (view spoiler)[aka Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Allen (hide spoiler)], Lady Julia Colebrook (view spoiler)[aka fake Lady Deele (hide spoiler)], Lord Evan Belford (view spoiler)[aka Jonathan Hargate, Mr. Lennox, Mr. Allen (hide spoiler)]
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June 2023
(4.87) Fortune Teller by Jana Deleon 5* 6/1/23 (278) Miss Fortune #25
Mein Herz in der Prärie (orig.: Prairie Schoolmarm) by JoAnn A. Grote 3* 6/1/23 (96) Himmelsmelodie (=Melody of Heaven) #1 - 1871 & 1873; Chippewa County, Minnesota; Marin Nilsson, Malte Siversson
(4.37) Stich ins Herz=Origin in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 6/5/23 (512) Eve Dallas = In Death #21; NYC; Brookhollow, New Hampshire; Eve Dallas, Roarke
Der wahre Reichtum (The True Wealth) by Samuel Börner 4* 6/6/23 (64) Switzerland & Germany
(4.11) Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle 4* 6/6/23 (448) Search and Rescue #3 - Simpson ('near' Denver), Colorado; Chicago; George Holloway, Elenor ‘Ellie’ Price
9/11: Ein Tag, der die Welt veränderte=September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever by Baptiste Bouthier & Héloïse Chochois 3* 6/7/23 (144) NYC (2001 & 2021); D.C.; (very minor: Florida; Louisiana; Nebraska;) Paris; (very minor: Afghanistan; Iraq)
(4.04) Under the Redwood Tree by Elizabeth Goddard 3* 6/8/23 (158) Redwood Coast #1 - Redbrook, California; (very minor: Greenwood, Indiana; Zhari province, Afghanistan); Romeo Merete, Camille Westover
(4.14) In Safe Hands by Katie Ruggle 5* 6/10/23 (418) Search and Rescue #4 - Simpson ('near' Denver), Colorado; Chris Jennings, Daisy Little
(4.25) Granny Goes Rogue by Harper Lin 3* 6/10/23 (176) Secret Agent Granny #8 - Cheerville, New England (most likely Massachussetts); Barbary Gold
After the End by Katie Ruggle 4* 6/11/23 (141) Search and Rescue #4.5 - Simpson ('near' Denver), Colorado;
DNF Jesus, Me, & Afternoon Tea: A Devotional and 'Afternoon Tea' Cookbook and Fun Facts About Your Favorite Teas by D.L. Stalnaker 6/11/23 (after 73 pages/9 days)
Love and Blarney book 2 in Love in Ballybeg: Books 1-5 by Zara Keane 3* 6/12/23 (75) Ballybeg #2 - Ballybeg, Ireland; Ruairí MacCarthy, Jayme King
(3.92) Love and Leprechauns book 3 in Love in Ballybeg: Books 1-5 by Zara Keane 2.5* 6/15/23 (302) Ballybeg #3 - Ballybeg, Ireland; Olivia Gant, Jonas O'Mahony
(4.28) Cyclone by Janie Crouch book 1 in Recipe for Danger: A Collection of Military Romantic Suspense Books 3.5* 6/16/23 (275) Linear Tactical #1 - Oak Creek, Wyoming; Zac ‘Cyclone’ Mackay, Anne Griffin
Deadly Isle by Dani Pettrey book 2 in The Cost of Betrayal: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas 2.5* 6/17/23 (109) Talbot Island, Maryland; Tennyson ‘Ten(i)’ Kent, Callen Frost
(4.21) Betrayed by Dee Henderson book 1 in The Cost of Betrayal: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas 4* 6/18/23 (154) Berry Island, Louisiana; Chicago & Wayforth, Illinois; Ann & Paul Falcon, Janelle Roberts, Gregory ‘Greg’ Tate
The Vanishing Game by William Boyd 1* 6/18/23 (77) London, Schottland; Alec Dunbar
Drugged on Deck book 1 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3.5* 6/19/23 (104) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #1 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida; onboard the Caribbean Honey; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter
A Springtide Meeting by Emily E.K. Murdoch 4* 6/20/23 (64) Seasons of Love #0.5 - Weymouth; Cordelia Honeyfield, Dr Timothy Walsingham
Dead in the Water book 2 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 2.5* 6/21/23 (108) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #2 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter
Stolen at Sea book 3 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3.5* 6/22/23 (103) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #3 - onboard the Caribbean Honey (excursion to the Bahamas mentioned); Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Thomas (‘Tom’) Lloyd sr.
(3.63) The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores by Diana Marcum 3* 6/23/23 (261) California; The Azores (officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores); Diana Marcum
Excursions to Die For book 4 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3.5* 6/23/23 (102) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #4 - onboard the Caribbean Honey; Key West & Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Daniel Sanchez
Violence On Vacation book 5 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3* 6/24/23 (103) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #5 - onboard the Caribbean Honey; Fort Lauderdale & Key West, Florida; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Monica Harper
Island Investigation book 6 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 4* 6/25/23 (97) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #6 - Sandy Cay & Nassau, the Bahamas; onboard the Caribbean Honey; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Dae-un (also Da-eun within the series) no last name so far
Body at the Banquet book 7 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 2.5* 6/26/23 (111) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #7 - D.C.; Fort Lauderdale; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Thomas Lloyd sr., Cynthia & Harold Harper
(4.15) Persuasion: with original illustrations by C.E. Brock by Jane Austen & Charles Edmund Brock (illustrations) 5* 6/26/23 (210) Book Candy Classics #2 - England: Kellynch Hall, Uppercross, Bath, Lyme; Anne Elliot, Captain Frederick Wentworth
(3.30) Der Tod kommt nach Pemberley=Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 3* 6/26/23 (355) Pemberley & London, England; Elizabeth & Fitzwilliam Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam (Viscount Hartlep), George Wickham
Chaos at the Casino book 8 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3* 6/27/23 (108) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #8 - onboard the Caribbean Honey; Fort Lauderdale & Key West (harbor); Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Thomas ‘Junior’ ‘Tommy’ Lloyd jr.
Hot Bids and Cold Bodies book 9 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 4.5* 6/27/23 (105) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #9 - onboard the Caribbean Honey with stops in the Bahamas and Key West; Fort Lauderdale; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Thomas Lloyd sr. & jr.
Murder at the Museum book 10 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3* 6/28/23 (100) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #10 - Key West & Fort Lauderdale, Florida; onboard the Caribbean Honey; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Amelia Lloyd
A Deadly Reunion book 11 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3* 6/29/23 (105) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #11 - a small town near the Texas border in Mexico (no further details); a small town near the Mexican border in Texas (no further details); Fort Lauderdale; onboard the Caribbean Honey; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Esperanza Sanchez, Maria Sanchez
The Final Piece book 12 in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 2.5* 6/29/23 (109) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery #12 - private island in the Bahamas; onboard the Caribbean Honey; Fort Lauderdale & Key West, Florida; D.C.; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter, Esperanza Sanchez, Maria Sanchez, Thomas Lloyd sr. & jr., Amelia Lloyd, Monica Harper, Cynthia & Harold Harper, Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Whitley
((4.62) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3* 6/29/23 (1,255) Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery 1-#12 - Fort Lauderdale & Key West, Florida; D.C.; Texas; the Bahamas; onboard the Caribbean Honey; Mexico; Hope Harper, Felix Fitter +)
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April 2023
Snout by Tim Stevens 3* 4/1/23 (33) London; Roy Nichols
Tracks of Her Tears by Melinda Leigh 3* 4/1/23 (107) Rogue Winter #1; Solitude, Oregon #5 - Solitude, Oregon; Seth Harding, Carly Taylor
Yes, Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by J. Dawn King 2* 4/1/23 (140) Pemberley; Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy
Mia in the Maldives by Ruby Nadine 3* 4/3/23 (57) Vacation Destination #1 - a resort in the Maldives; Seattle?; Mia, Razan
Chelsea's Costa Rica Escape by Ruby Nadine 2* 4/4/23 (66) Vacation Destination #2 - Costa Rica; Oak Harbor, somewhere in the US but not California; Chelsea, Archer Bass
Some Like It Shot by Zara Keane 3* 4/5/23 (374) Movie Club Mysteries #6 - Dolphin Island & Smuggler's Cove, Whisper Island, Ireland; Maggie Doyle, Lanny Logan, Liam Reynolds
DNF The Twelfth Imam by Joel C. Rosenberg 4/5/23 (after 200 pages) The Twelfth Imam #1 - 1963-2009; Bagdad, Sadr City & Samarra, Iraq; Tehran & Hamadan, Iran; Gouin Reservoir, Quebec, Canada; Negev Desert, Israel; Syracuse, New York; Arlington & Langley, Virginia; Philadelphia (Airport and air); Spring Lake, New Jersey; Montgomery, Alabama; David Shirazi, Eva Fischer, Marceille 'Macy' Harper,
Third Son's a Charm by Shana Galen 4* 4/7/23 (418) The Survivors #1 - London; (flashbacks, dreams, recollections: France, Lissabon, Russia, …); Ewan Mostyn, Lady Lorraine 'Lorrie' Caldwell
Darby O'Kill by Zara Keane book 5 in Passport to Murder: A Collection of Travel Cozy Mystery Shorts 3* 4/7/23 (40) Movie Club Mysteries #6.5 - several locations in western Ireland; Maggie Doyle, Lanny Logan, Liam Reynolds
My Valentine Seduction by Serenity Woods 3* 4/8/23 (222) Love Comes Later #3 - Auckland, New Zealand; (Theodora) Teddi 'Bear' Parker, Ethan 'Eb' or 'Ebenezer' Harris
Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir by Aspen Matis 3* 4/10/23 (317) NYC; various locations in Colorado, California, Oregon, Massachusetts, Georgia, Washington; Connecticut; Puerto Rico; Canada; Aspen Matis (née Deborah Parker?), Justin Matis
Code of Valor by Lynette Eason 4* 4/10/23 (325) Blue Justice #3 - Lake Henley, Columbia, Lake Wateree & Lake Murray, South Carolina; Lake Porter in Carrington, North Carolina; Brady St. John, Emily Chastain
DNF You Can't Iron a Wrinkled Birthday Suit by Sharon Phennah 4/12/23 (after 48 pages)
Bullets and Beads by Jana Deleon 5* 4/14/23 (322) Miss Fortune #17
Petticoat Ranch by Mary Connealy 2* 4/15/23 (291) Lassoed in Texas #1 - 1867; Mosqueros, Texas; Sophie Edwards McClellan, Clayton ‘Clay’ McClellan
DNF Deszcz (Rain) by Marcin Ciszewski 4/19/23 (after 146 pages)
Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon 4* 4/20/23 (332) Miss Fortune #18
Brotaufstrich Rezepte: Das Kochbuch für leckere und selbstgemachte Aufstriche (Spread Recipes: The Cookery Book For Yummy And Homemade Spreads) by Everest Rezepte 1* 4/24/23 (214)
Ein cleverer Mörder (A Clever Murderer) by Michael Linnemann 2* 4/24/23 (102) Theater #1 - Berlin
Abgeblockt=One False Move by Harlan Coben 3* 4/25/23 (384) Myron Bolitar #5 - NYC; various locations in New Jersey
Northern Escape by Tonya Burrows 3* 4/25/23 (268) Northern Rescue #1 - Alaska (Anchorage, wilderness ‘near’ Solitaire); L.A.; Brielle ‘Bree’ Ives, Ellis ‘El’ Hunter
Letters from the Heart by Kay Bea 3* 4/26/23 (176) 1811-1814; England; Elizabeth Bennet Collins, Fitzwilliam Darcy
Escaping Shadows by Kathleen Brooks 3* 4/28/23 (287) Shadows Landing #10; Shadows Landing, South Carolina; Martha’s Vineyard; Lexington; Kentucky; Kordell ‘Kord’ King, Georgina ‘Georgie’ or ‘G’ Greyson
(4.24) Saved by the SEALs by Cassie Cole 4* 4/29/23 (322) Spain: Barcelona, Marollca & Madrid; Stockholm; Rom; (Marrakech); Karen Helmandollar, Seth 'Cairo' Price, Hunter Kershaw, Logan Carpenter

May 2023
The New Princess by Carly Roberts=Serenity Woods 3* 5/1/23 (57) The Prince’s Harem #1 - Samarkand, Usbekistan; Alesha, Prince Tashfin ibn Ali
(4.41) Black Coral by Andrew Mayne 4* 5/1/23 (321) Underwater Investigation Unit #2 - Fort Lauderdale & its surrounding area, Florida; Sloan McPherson, George Solar, Scott Hughes, (Richard McPherson)
(4.43) Not the Ones Dead by Dana Stabenow 3* 5/3/23 (323) Kate Shugak #23 - The Park & Anchorage, Alaska
(4.33) God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew, John Sherrill & Elizabeth Sherrill 5* 5/3/23 (257) the Netherlands; Russia; Ukraine; China; Hungary; West Berlin; East Germany; Yugoslavia; England, Wales & Scotland; Warsaw; Czechoslovakia; Bulgaria; Rumania; Cuba; Hong Kong; Taiwan; Albania; The Dutch East Indies (today’s Indonesia); Austria; California; NYC; Brother Andrew (actually Andrew van der Bijl)
DNF Turtle Cove by Marc Landau (after 36 pages)
Dead in Her Tracks by Kendra Elliot 3* 5/4/23 (104) Rogue Winter #2; Solitude, Oregon #6 - Solitude, Oregon; (Stephanie) 'Stevie' Taylor, Zeke Duncan
(4.06) The Perfect Dress by Carolyn Brown 3* 5/6/23 (300) Celeste, Greenville & Dallas, Texas; Mitzi Taylor, Graham Harrison
(4.16) Collapsible: A novel of friendship, broken bones, coffee, shenanigans, and the occasional murder by Ruth Buchanan 3* 5/7/23 (152) Collapsible #1 - somewhere in Southern Florida; Rachel Cooper
(4.37) Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley 3* 5/9/23 (378) Memphis Cold Case #2 - Memphis; Kelsey Allen, Brad Hollister
The Avoidable Orphan: Can saving one small elephant help mend and unite a grieving family? by T.M. Clark 5* 5/10/23 (87) Child of Africa #0.5 - Zimbabwe; Rodger de Jonge
Death and Her Devotion by Kendra Elliot 4* 5/11/23 (106) Rogue Vows #1; Solitude, Oregon #7 - Solitude, Oregon; (Stephanie) 'Stevie' Taylor, Zeke Duncan
(4.30) Aboard Providence book 1 in The Uncharted Beginnings Box Set #1-3 by Keely Brooke Keith 3.5* 5/12/23 (246) Uncharted Beginnings #1 - November 1860 - September 1861; aboard Providence; Good Springs settlement, uncharted island in the southern hemisphere; Accomack County, Virginia; Philadelphia; Salisbury, Maryland; Marian Foster, Jonah Ashton
Vegane Brotaufstriche: 22 x dick aufgetragen (Vegan Spreads: 22 x Piled On) by Sabine Schlimm 2* 5/12/23 (78) GU Just Cooking
(3.98) Kiss Me If You Dare by Nicole Young 3.5* 5/13/23 (369) Patricia Amble #3 - Del Gloria, California; Port Silvan & Manistique, Michigan; Churchill Falls, Labrador/Newfoundland, Canada; Patricia 'Tish' Amble now Alisha Marie Braddock
Whoa! I Married a Mountain Man! by Megan Wade 3* 5/15/23 (68) Wedded Curves #1 - Oakwood Falls, USA?; Jolene ? Warren, Gavin ‘Bear’ Warren
(4.26) Sea Storm by Andrew Mayne 4* 5/16/23 (300) Underwater Investigation Unit #2 - Fort Lauderdale & its surrounding area, Florida; Catalina Island & LA, California; Sloan McPherson, Scott Hughes, (Scott ‘Run’ Jaccobs?, George Solar)
(4.46) Felines and Fatalities book 3 in Country Cottage Mysteries Books 4-6: Cozy Mysteries by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom 3* 5/20/23 (211) Country Cottage Mysteries #6; Murder in the Mix #21.5 - Cider Cove, Maine; Elizabeth 'Bizzy' Baker, Jasper Wilder, (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter (Fish, Sherlock Bones, Pancake & Waffles)
(3.92) In Her Sights by Katie Ruggle 4* 5/21/23 (386) Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters #1 - Langston (near Denver), Colorado; Molly Pax, John Carmondy
(4.31) Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 5/26/23 (417) In Death #38 - 12/2060; NYC; Eve Dallas, Roarke
(4.50) GSG 9 – Terror im Visier: Mythos und Realität einer Spezialeinheit (GSG9 - Terror in Sight: Myth and Reality of a Special Operations Unit) by Michael Götschenberg 4* 5/27/23 (320) various locations in Germany; Somalia; United Arab Emirates (UAE); Yemen; Iraq; Afghanistan; Ivory Coast (&Ghana); Kongo; Egypt
(4.02) Gardenias and a Grave Mistake by Ruby Loren 3* 5/29/23 (220) Diana Flowers Floriculture Mysteries #1 - hamlet of Little Larchley, Merryfield village & Kingston Hill, Sussex, England
(4.14) München 72 - Der Tag, an dem die Spiele stillstanden (Munich '72: The Day The Games stopped) by Petra Mattfeldt 5* 5/29/23 (320) 1972; München (Munich) & Chiemsee; Tel Aviv; Tripolis, Libya; Angelika Nowak, Roman Gagarin, Manfred Hoffmann, Robert Goldmann, Djamal Rahman
Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot 3* 5/29/23 (107) Widow’s Island #1 - Widow’s Island & Ruby’s Island, Washington; Cate Wilde, Dr. Henry Powers
Perfect Peace: in Imperfect Times by Dan Walsh 6* 5/31/23 (111) - Florida
(4.24) Avalanche by Gayla K. Hiss 4* 5/31/23 (310) Peril in the Park #1 - Eagle Valley/North Cascades National Park, Washington; Jenny Snowfeather, Chase Matthews
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February 2023 (cont.)

Cold Feet, Warm Heart by Kathy Clark 2* 2/21/23 (196) Antarctica; Abigail 'Abby' Harris, Prescott 'Bert' Roberts
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 2/22/23 (435) In Death #28 - NYC; Eve Dallas, Roarke
Snickerdoodle Secrets book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 19-21 by Addison Moore 1.5* 2/23/23 (203) Murder in the Mix #20 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
DNF Christmas Fudge Fatality by Addison Moore 0* 2/23/23 (after ~45 pages)
A Very Austen Valentine by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite, Susan Kaye & Mandy H. Cook 3* 2/24/23 (479) Austen Anthology #2 - 1814. winter 1811/1812. 1827-1843, 1806-1808; Pemberley, London, Rosings Park, Longbourn, Bath, Rowsley (Essex), Meryton, Eaton; Elizabeth Bennet/Darcy, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Walter Elliot, Catherine de Bourgh, Charlotte Darcy, Henry Brandon, Anne Elliot, Frederick Wentworth
Double Princes by Ellie Hunt 2* 2/25/23 (27) Bisexual Threesome Pleasures - NYC; Damien, Alessandro 'Sandro', Cora
Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon 5* 2/25/23 (313) Miss Fortune #24
Pleasure Intense by Ju Ephraime 4* 2/26/23 (89) D.C.; NYC; Morina Morgan, Pete Altman
True Fiction by Lee Goldberg 4* 2/27/23 (254) Ian Ludlow Thrillers #1 - Seattle; Honolulu; Oregon; Bethesda; Langley; D.C.; Ian Ludlow, Margo French
The Case of the Tabloid Tattler by Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick 4* 2/27/23 (76) The Kitten Files #1 - no location information; Mia, Keith
Claimed By The Mountain Man by Frankie Love 3* 2/28/23 (134) (By) The Mountain Man #1 - remote cabin in the Denali NP & Anchorage, Alaska; Portland, Oregaon; Everly Matters Sutton, Silas Sutton
DNF Forbidden Bosses of Vegas: When Two Imperfect Men Make the Perfect Man by J L Grace 2/28/23 (after 34 pages)

March 2023
The Warm Up: Older Woman Younger Man Erotica by Tori Westwood 1* 3/1/23 (27) - no location information; Cathy Monroe; Coach Hanlon
Applied Electromagnetism by Susannah Nix 2* 3/2/23 (256) Chemistry Lessons #4 - (all over) Texas; L.A.; Adam Cortinas; Olivia Woerner
Cowboys & Kisses by Vanessa Vale 3* 3/2/23 (160) Lenox Ranch Cowboys #1 - Montana Teritory; Rose Lenox (Goodman), Chance Goodman
Granny on Board by Harper Lin 4* 3/3/23 (168) Secret Agent Granny #7 - on board of a cruise ship in the Caribbean; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Cheerville, New England (most likely Massachussetts); Barbara Gold, Octavian
Ranger Protection book 1 in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Lynn Shannon 3* 3/3/23 (218) Texas Ranger Heroes #1 - Sweetgrass, Texas; Tara Sims, Grady West
Head in the Sand ... and other unpopular positions by Linda M. Au 1* 3/3/23 (230) Sewickley, Pennsylvania; Florida; Las Vegas; Maryland
Gone to Her Grave by Melinda Leigh 4* 3/6/23 (111) Rogue River #2; Solitude, Oregon (#2) - Solitude, Oregon; Carly Taylor, Seth Harding
Strawberry Shortcake Sins book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 19-21 by Addison Moore 2* 3/6/23 (196) Murder in the Mix #21 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne 5* 3/7/23 (328) Underwater Investigation Unit #1 - Fort Lauderdale & its surrounding area, Miamai port & Naples, Florida; somewhere off the Florida coast; Sloan McPherson, George Solar, (Richard McPherson, Karl McPherson) The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne - Buddy Read in March 2023
Confessions of a Transformed Heart - an Interactive eBook with Discussion Questions by Nancy D. Sheppard 3* 3/7/23 (218) Liberia; Ivory Coast; Whitewater, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago; Orlando, Florida
Hurricane Force by Jana Deleon 5* 3/10/23 (256) Miss Fortune #7
A Spy's Devotion by Melanie Dickerson 3.5* 3/10/23 (322) Regency Spies of London #1 - London; Nicholas Langdon, Julia Grey
Murder in Black and White by Loretta Jackson & Vickie Britton 3* 3/13/23 (192) High Country Mystery #1 - Coal County, Wyoming: Jeff McQuede
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Four by Ann Warner 4* 3/14/23 (237) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club #4 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis; Josephine 'Jo' Neuman, Norman Neuman, Lillian 'Lill' Fitzel, Madeline 'Maddie' Scott, Devi McElroy, Darren 'Mac' McElroy, Edna Prisant, Myrtle Grabinowitz,
A Very Austen Romance by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite, Chautona Havig & Mandy H. Cook 3* 3/16/23 (567) Austen Anthology #3 - Lonond; a secluded island in Devon moors, Rosings Park; Netherfield Park, Longbourn; Donwell Abbey; Delaford; Katherine 'KItty' or 'Kitten' Bennet, Sir Julian Lucas, Lord Jonathan Beckett, Lord Robert Beamont, Elizabeth Bennet (Darcy), Fitzwilliam Darcy, John Knightley, Isabella Woodhouse, George Knightley, Margaret Dashwood, Conrad Thayer, Fanny Bingley, Robert ‘Dunby’ Abercromby
Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! by Lillian Duncan 2* 3/16/23 (109)
Risking Hearts by Iona Findley 3* 3/16/23 (185) Hero's Heart #2 - Seattle; Denver area; Jake Bower, Hope Faraday
Boots and Backpacks: Pride & Prejudice on the Appalachian Trail, Roughly by K.C. Kahler 4* 3/19/23 (363) Ridgewood & High Point State Park, New Jersey; Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey-Pennsylvania state line (Millbrook Village & Rattlesnake Swamp Trail, New Jersey; Delaware Water Gap village, Wind Gap, Pennsylvania); Hamburg, Jonestown, Swatara Rail Trail, Duncannon, Boiling Springs, Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Caledonia State Park & Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania; Pen Mar County Park, South Mountain, Annapolis Rocks, Greenbrier State Park & Weverton Cliffs Maryland; Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Charlottesville & Shenandoah National Park, Virginia; Baxter Peak of Mount Katahdin, Maine; Manhattan; William Andrew Darcy IV (view spoiler)[aka Andy Smithjohnes aka Edward ‘Ed’ Lebowsky (hide spoiler)], Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Bennet (view spoiler)[aka Alice Lebowsky (hide spoiler)]
Her Grave Secrets by Kendra Elliot 4* 3/19/23 (105) Rogue River #3; Solitude, Oregon (#3) - Solitude, Oregon; (Stephanie) 'Stevie' Taylor, Zeke Duncan
Walking on Her Grave by Melinda Leigh 4* 3/20/23 (100) Rogue River #4; Solitude, Oregon (#4) - Solitude, Oregon; Carly Taylor, Seth Harding
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Five by Ann Warner 5* 3/21/23 (332) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club #5 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus & Indianapolis, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Madeline 'Maddie' Scott (view spoiler)[born Abigail ‘Abby’ Miriam Waxman (hide spoiler)], Josephine 'Jo' Neuman, Norman Neuman, Lillian 'Lill' Fitzel, Oliver Gwynn, Devi McElroy, Darren 'Mac' McElroy, Myrtle Grabinowitz
Ranger Redemption book 2 in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Lynn Shannon 3.5* 3/22/23 (353) Texas Ranger Heroes #2 - Cardin & Huntsville, Texas; Megan Hunt, Luke Tatum
Death on a Long Winter's Night by Lisa Williams 3* 3/23/23 (192) July 1995; Jaeger Station, Antarctica; Caroline Gamble, Will Crossland, Janice Magnet
Kill Me If You Can by Nicole Young 4* 3/24/23 (384) Patricia Amble #2 - Silvan Peninsula (around Port Silvan - near Manistique), Michigan; Patricia ‘Tish’ Amble
Bend the Rules book 3 in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 by Susan Amanda Kelly 4.5* 3/26/23 (231) Lethal in Love #2 - NYC; (Marvin) ‘Crash’ Coolidge, Mary Holmes
The Launch by Terry Toler 3* 3/27/23 (165) Jamie Austen Thriller #0.5 - Miami, Cape Canaveral, en route between those two, Florida; Jamie Austen, Adam Lang
Ranger Courage book 3 in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Lynn Shannon 2.5* 3/27/23 (330) Texas Ranger Heroes #3 - Harrison, Texas; Avery Madison, Weston Donovan
On the Town book 4 in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 by Susan Amanda Kelly 4* 3/30/23 (221) Lethal in Love #3 - NYC; (Marvin) ‘Crash’ Coolidge, Mary Holmes
Code of Ethics by Lynette Eason book 3 in The Cost of Betrayal: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas 4* 3/31/23 (116) Blue Justice #2.5 - North Carolina mountains; Columbia, South Carolina; Isaac Martinez, Ruthie St. John
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January 2023

Christmas at Pemberley: Pride and Prejudice Novelette by Ola Wegner 2* 1/1/23 (43) Pemberley; Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet
A Perfect Christmas Gift by Lori Wilde 3* 1/2/22 (154) Kringle, Texas #1 - Kringle, Texas; Evan Conner, Chloe Anderson
The Thirteenth Santa by Joanne Pence 3* 1/3/23 (96) Inspector Rebecca Mayfield Mystery #0.5 - San Francisco; Rebecca Mayfield, Richie Amalfi
Undercover Santa by Wendy Davy 4* 1/4/23 (100) Christmas Holiday Extravaganza - Silver Lake, Virginia; Kaylea Breslin, Jace Talan
From the Dog Shelter to the White House: The Story of Major Biden by Kalea Martin & Kennedi Rianne 3* 1/4/23 (40) Delaware; D.C.; Major Biden
Christmas Wishes by Joann Baker & Patricia Mason 3* 1/4/23 (22) no place indication; Susi Peterson, Mark (no last name), Carl Anderson
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club: Book One by Ann Warner 4* 1/7/23 (390) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club #1 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Chiago; NYC; Josephine Bartlett, Lillian 'Lill' Fitzel, Myrtle Grabinowitz, Edna Prisant, (Suranna) Devi Subramanian, Darren 'Mac' McElroy
Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 1/9/23 (250) Miss Fortune #1 - Sinful, Louisiana; Fortune Redding, Ida Belle, Gertie Hebert
Blue Christmas by Clare Revell 4* 1/11/23 (262) St. Morien, Cornwall; Reading, Wokingham & Wadebridge, England; Inverness, Scotland; Aidan Urquhart, Jenica Zimmerman
A Very Austen Christmas by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis & Barbara Cornthwaite 3* 1/11/23 (238) Austen Anthology #1 - Rosings Park, Netherfield Park, Meryton, Thornton Lacey & Mansfield Park; Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Emma Woodhouse, Edmund Bertram, Fanny Price
Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy 3* 1/12/23 (104) Christmas Holiday Extravaganza #? - Virginia Beach & a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains above Silver Lake, Virginia; Mandi Foster, Rylan Copeland
Wentworth's Christmas Wish: A Persuasion Christmas Alteration by Susan Kaye 2* 1/13/23 (114) Sommerset: Lyme, Kellynch, Uppercross & Bath; Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot
The Big Trampoline by Debora Khan & Sarah Manea 5* 1/15/23 (32) Little Mice, Big Adventures #1
Grandma's Quilts: Fun with Fractions by Kathleen L. Stone 3* 1/15/23 (36)
Gingerbread and Deadly Dread book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2.5* 1/15/23 (182) Murder in the Mix #4 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Seven-Layer Slayer book 2 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2* 1/16/23 (163) Murder in the Mix #5 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Red Velvet Vengeance book 3 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 1.5* 1/18/23 (168) Murder in the Mix #6 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Mr Darcy's Discovery by Katy Green 2* 1/18/23 (91) London; Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Charles Bingles, Jane Bennet
365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World by Catherine Ryan Hyde no rating 1/18/23 (378) California, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Asia
DNF When Stars Will Shine: Helping Our Heroes One Page At A Time by Emma Mitchell, Rob Ashman, Gordon Bickerstaff, Mark Brownless, Lucy Cameron, Paul T Campbell, John Carson, Kris Egleton, Stewart Giles, Malcolm Hollingdrake, (Louise Jensen, Alex Kane, H.R. Kemp, Billy McLaughlin, Paul Moore, Owen Mullen, Anna Osborne, Val Portelli, Carmen Radtke, Lexi Rees, K.A. Richardson, Jane Risdon, Graham Smith,) Robert Scragg & Megan Steer 1/18/23 (after 162 pages)
Bloodbaths and Banana Cake book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 by Addison Moore 2* 1/19/23 (179) Murder in the Mix #7 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club Book Two by Ann Warner 4* 1/20/23 (314) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club #2 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Josephine 'Jo' Bartlett, Lillian 'Lill' Fitzel, (Suranna) Devi Subramanian, Darren 'Mac' McElroy, Philippa Scott Williamson
New York Cheesecake Chaos book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 by Addison Moore 3* 1/23/23 (189) Murder in the Mix #8 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Lethal Lemon Bars book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 by Addison Moore 3.5* 1/24/23 (224) Murder in the Mix #9 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Macaron Massacre book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 3.5* 1/25/23 (196) Murder in the Mix #10 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Wedding Cake Carnage book 2 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 3* 1/26/23 (191) Murder in the Mix #11 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
A Very Austen Noel by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite & Mandy H. Cook 4* 1/26/23 (504) Austen Anthology #4 - London, Longbourn in Hertfordshire, Hartfield & Donwell Abbey in Surrey; Pemberley; Mary Bennet, Alessandro 'Ale', 'Alex' Landini, Henry Woodhouse, Mrs. Jane 'Janie' Bennet, Elizabeth & Fitzwilliam Darcy, John Knightley, Emma & George Knightley, Kitty Bennet, John Caldicot, Charlotte Collins, Pears Kelly
Donut Disaster book 3 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 3* 1/28/23 (209) Murder in the Mix #12 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; Carlotta 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Eight Cats of Christmas by Erin Stevenson 3* 1/28/23 (139) Boston; Mia Donovan, Bryce Murphy
Ohne Wenn und Aber (No Ifs, Ands, Or Buts) by Birgit Gruber 3* 1/29/23 (286) Kati Blum ermittelt (ermittelt = Investigates) #1 - Bayreuth, Bavaria, (roadtrip between), Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany; Katie Blum, Lars Winkelmann
Helen Keller: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History 2* 1/31/23 (49) Tuscumbia & Fern Quarry, Alabama; Cap Code & Boston, Massachusetts; Bridgeport, Connecticut; NYC & Niagara Falls, New York; Chicago; Hulton, Pennsylvania; D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; L.A.; (Eventually, Helen Keller would speak in every single state of the nation.); Catskills, Jamaica; Latin America; Canada; UK; Ireland; France; Yugoslavia; Iceland; Scandinavia; South Africa; Japan; Korea; Manchuria; India; Middle East; Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan Macy

February 2023
My New Year Fling by Serenity Woods 2* 2/1/23 (217) Love Comes Later #2 - New Zealand: Matauri Bay, Waipapa/Kerikeri & Auckland; Rich (actually Rihari or Richard) Wright, Jess (actually Jessica) Phillips
Toxic Apple Turnovers book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 by Addison Moore 2.5* 2/3/23 (189) Murder in the Mix #13 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
On Her Father's Grave by Kendra Elliot 3* 2/4/23 (116) Rogue River #1; Solitude, Oregon #1 - Solitude, Oregon; (Stephanie) 'Stevie' Taylor, Zeke Duncan
Killer Cupcakes book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 by Addison Moore 3* 2/6/23 (192) Murder in the Mix #14 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Pumpkin Pie Parting book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 by Addison Moore 3.5* 2/6/23 (207) Murder in the Mix #15 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Three by Ann Warner 4* 2/8/23 (306) The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club #3 - Cincinnati, Ohio; Kobe, Japan; Josephine 'Jo' Bartlett, Norman Neumann, Lillian 'Lill' Fitzel, Devi McElroy, Darren 'Mac' McElroy, Philippa 'Phil' Williamson, Myrtle Grabinowitz, Edna Prisant, Charlotte 'Lottie' Watson
Yule Log Eulogy book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 by Addison Moore 2.5* 2/9/23 (222) Murder in the Mix #16 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
On the Run book 1 in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 by Susan Amanda Kelly 3.5* 2/10/23 (131) Lethal in Love #1 - NYC; Minerva 'Minnie' Collidge, Michael 'Big Mike' Williams
Pancake Panic book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 by Addison Moore 2* 2/11/23 (196) Murder in the Mix #17 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; NYC; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
Cooked Goose book 2 in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 by Susan Amanda Kelly 4.5* 2/11/23 (39) Lethal in Love #1.5 - NYC; L.A.; Minerva 'Minnie' Collidge, Michael 'Big Mike' Williams
Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks 4* 2/12/23 (298) Forever Bluegrass #19; Bluegrass - All Series #33; Keeneston & Lexington, Kentucky;Katy, Texas; Landon Davis, Kate Ellington
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 5* 2/14/23 (161) Louisville, Kentucky;
Sugar Cookie Slaughter book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 by Addison Moore 1.5* 2/16/23 (203) Murder in the Mix #18 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
The Diamond Formula by Alina Simone 2* 2/16/23 (54) Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era #1 - 1905; Paris; London; South Africa; Henri Lemoine, Sir Julius Wernher
The Wedding Quilt Bride by Colleen Coble 3* 2/17/23 (96) spring 1889; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Oregon; Faith Cole, Daniel Nelson
Devil's Food Cake Doom book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 19-21 by Addison Moore 2.5* 2/19/23 (199) Murder in the Mix #19 - Honey Hollow, Vermont; (Carlotta) 'Lottie' Lemon, Noah Fox, (Essex) Everett Baxter
River of Danger by Alexa Verde 4* 2/19/23 (116) Secrets of Rios Azules #0.5 - Rios Azules, Texas; River Montenegro, Jacob Forrester
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October 2022

232. The Librarian's Vampire Assistant in The Librarian's Vampire Assistant Box Set: Books 1-3 (200)
DNF Remarkably Bright Creatures (after 72 pages)
DNF Aus Mangel an Beweisen=Presumed Innocent (after 50 pages)
233. Killers of a Certain Age (369)
DNF Ein verheißenes Land=A Promised Land (after ~458 pages)
234. The Last Sister (328)
235. Quiet Girl: Geschichten einer Introvertierten=Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story (184)
236.-237. Crossfire SEALs (664)
238. Du darfst nicht alles glauben, was du denkst: Meine Depression (You Mustn’t Believe Everything You Think: My Depression) (208)
239. A Michaelmas Wager: A Sweet Regency Romance (152)
240. Forgotten In Death (385)
241. The Three Investigators and The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy (150)
242. Becoming: Meine Geschichte=Becoming (544)
243. Der Enkeltrick (The Grandparent Scam) (33)
244. Abandoned in Death (369)
245. Murder at the Mena House (310)
246. Glaub nicht alles, was du denkst: Wie du deine Denkfehler entlarvst und endlich die richtigen Entscheidungen triffst (Don’t Believe Everything You Think: How You Expose Your Fallacies And Finally Make Good Decisions) (258)
247. Ich habe gar keine Enkel: Die Online-Omi räumt auf (I Have No Grandchildren At All: The Online-Granny Cleans Up) (208)
248. Say You're Sorry (337)
DNF The Unlikely Missionary: From Pew-Warmer to Poverty-Fighter (after 53 pages)
249. In letzter Sekunde=Echo Burning (512)
250. Swamp Spirits (291)
251. Concrete Evidence in Dangerous Connections: 6 Romantic Suspense Series Starters + Bonus HEA Chapters! (323 - primary ed.)
252. Cold Blooded (313)
253. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (449)

November 2022
254. The Secret Lives of Colour (443)
255. Face-Off (286)
256. Her Last Goodbye (335)
257.-260. Harlequin Holiday Collection: Four Classic Seasonal Novellas (204)
261. Bones Don't Lie (373)
262. A New Beginning (28)
263. Murder in the Aisle (262)
264. Wo das Glück zu Hause ist=The Bookshop on the Corner (448)
265. What I've Done (337)
266.-268. Hold Me Tight - North Pole Anthology 1: Holiday Romances Set in Alaska (420)
269. Falling Hard for the Royal Guard: Eine königliche Liebeskomödie=Falling Hard for the Royal Guard (384)
270. The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Six (322)
271. The Silence (284)
272. Wo dich das Leben anlächelt=The Bookshop on the Shore (591)
273. The Boss Who Stole Christmas (78)
274. Secrets Never Die (326)
275. Murder at Wedgefield Manor (309)
276. Save Your Breath (321)
277. Her Second Death (47)
278. Her Werewolf Bodyguard (328)

279. The Alpha's Saviour (336)
280.
December 2022
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July 2023

154. Pursued (214)
155. Turbulent Intentions (273)
156. Apprentice in Death (354)
157. Hope For Mr. Darcy (294)
158. Murder al Dente (237)
159. Lock 'N' Load (372)
160. Doktor Maxwells chaotischer Zeitkompass=A Symphony of Echoes (480)
161. Big Girls Don't Cry (116)
DNF The Prayer Seeker (after 75 pages)
161. Stubborn as a Mule (254)
162. Quilt Block Houses: Appealing Yet Absurd (42)
163. Bible ABC's: Inspirational Verses and Poems for Children (60)
164. Offline: Warum antwortest du nicht, Gott?=God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer (240)
165. Zero-Degree Murder (275)
166. A Bone to Pick (116)
DNF Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (after 105 pages)
DNF Jack's Blind Date Debacle (after 73 pages)
167. Whisper of Bones (111)
168. The Log Cabin Quilt Story: A Fanciful Version of the Origin of the Log Cabin Quilt (84)
169. Bred in the Bone (97)
170. Below the Bones (105)
171. A Broken Bone (104)
172. Burned by Her Devotion (126)
173. Buried Bones (104)
174. Confessions of a Prayer Slacker (177)
DNF Eine Frage der Chemie=Lessons in Chemistry (after 55 pages)
175. God on Mayhem Street (294)
176. The Lost Bones (116)
177. Bone Deep (118)
178. The Wrong Bones (113)
179. Murder Off the Beaten Path (259)
180. Along Came Love (230)

August 2023
181. Twisted Truth (128)
182. Truth Be Told (110)
183. Bluegrass State of Mind (278)
184. Risky Shot (201)
185. Dead Heat (217)
186. Quilt Me into Memory (28)
187. Trapped With My Teacher (72)
188. The Heart of Falcon Ridge (298)
189. Lethal Bayou Beauty in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 (276)
190. Forever Connected (277)
191. Swamp Sniper in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 (300)
192. The Appleton Case (108)
193. A Forever Kind of Love: A Pride & Prejudice Novella (106)
194. Sea Castle (312)
195. Hide in Plain Sight (185)
196. A Day Like This (287)
197. One Among Men (343)
198. Naked in Death (401)
199. Gunpowder Chowder (328)
200. Glory in Death (322)
201. Sealed with a Kiss (346)
202. The Naturalist (381)
203. Hour of Need (338)
204. Minutes to Kill (336)
205. Da ist was im Busch (There's something cooking (fig.)) (312)
206. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (460)

September 2023
207. Schiffe versenken (Battleships/lit: Sinking Ships) (279)
208. Polen hören (Hearing Poland) (??? - audiobook only 1’ 21”)
209. Seconds to Live (348)
210. Ein amerikanischer Traum: die Geschichte meiner Familie=Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (448)
211. Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring (170)
212. Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World (164)
213. The Witch and Other Stories (178)
214. Das geheime Leben der Bäume: Was sie fühlen, wie sie kommunizieren - die Entdeckung einer verborgenen Welt=The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (224)
DNF Eine kurze Geschichte des menschlichen Körpers=The Body: A Guide for Occupants (after 86 pages)
215. A Day In August (348)
216. Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (306)
217. Frozen in Ice (306)
DNF The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt=The Maid (after 72 pages)
DNF Mathe Magic: Spannendes und Kurioses aus der Welt der Zahlen. Mit zahlreichen Aufgaben zum Denken, Rechnen und Knobeln (after 19 pages)
218. Three Swedish Mountain Men (332)
219. The Ghost of Marlow House (260)
220. Broken Souls (242)
221. Cookies, Corpses and the Deadly Haunt (287)
222.-224. Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 (859)
225. Falling for the Ice Queen (315)
226. Ice Cold Saint (244)
227. Alana Candler, Marked for Murder (322)
228. Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse (165)
229. Kindred in Death (387)
230. Elizabeth Bennet's Wedding: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (149)
231. Sandcastle Stakeout (126)
DNF The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11 (after 138 pages)
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April 2023

77. Snout (33)
78. Tracks of Her Tears (107)
79. Yes, Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Novella (140)
80. Mia in the Maldives (57)
81. Chelsea's Costa Rica Escape (66)
82. Some Like It Shot (374)
DNF The Twelfth Imam (after 200 pages)
83. Third Son's a Charm (418)
84. Darby O'Kill in Passport to Murder: A Collection of Travel Cozy Mystery Shorts (40)
85. My Valentine Seduction (222)
86. Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir (317)
87. Code of Valor (325)
DNF You Can't Iron a Wrinkled Birthday Suit (after 48 pages)
88. Bullets and Beads (322)
89. Petticoat Ranch (291)
DNF Deszcz (Rain) (after 146 pages)
90. Gators and Garters (332)
91. Brotaufstrich Rezepte: Das Kochbuch für leckere und selbstgemachte Aufstriche (Spread Recipes: The Cookery Book For Yummy And Homemade Spreads) (214)
92. Ein cleverer Mörder (A Clever Murderer) (102)
93. Abgeblockt=One False Move (384)
94. Northern Escape (268)
95. Letters from the Heart (176)
96. Escaping Shadows (287)
97. Saved by the SEALs (322)

May 2023
98. The New Princess (57)
99. Black Coral (321)
100, Not the Ones Dead (323)
101, God's Smuggler (257)
DNF Turtle Cove (after 36 pages)
102, Dead in Her Tracks (104)
103, The Perfect Dress (300)
104, Collapsible: A novel of friendship, broken bones, coffee, shenanigans, and the occasional murder (152)
105, Justice Buried (378)
106, The Avoidable Orphan: Can saving one small elephant help mend and unite a grieving family? (87)
107, Death and Her Devotion (106)
108, Aboard Providence in The Uncharted Beginnings Box Set #1-3 (246)
109, Vegane Brotaufstriche: 22 x dick aufgetragen (Vegan Spreads: 22 x Piled On) (78)
110, Kiss Me If You Dare (369)
111, Whoa! I Married a Mountain Man! (68)
112, Sea Storm (300)
113, Felines and Fatalities in Country Cottage Mysteries Books 4-6: Cozy Mysteries (211)
114, In Her Sights (386)
115, Concealed in Death (417)
116, GSG 9 – Terror im Visier: Mythos und Realität einer Spezialeinheit (GSG9 - Terror in Sight: Myth and Reality of a Special Operations Unit) (320)
117, Gardenias and a Grave Mistake (220)
118, München 72 - Der Tag, an dem die Spiele stillstanden (Munich '72: The Day The Games stopped) (320)
119, Close to the Bone (107)
120, Perfect Peace: in Imperfect Times (111)
121, Avalanche (310)

June 2023
122. Fortune Teller (278)
123. Mein Herz in der Prärie (orig.: Prairie Schoolmarm) (96)
124. Stich ins Herz=Origin in Death (512)
125. Der wahre Reichtum (The True Wealth) (64)
126. Gone Too Deep (448)
127. 9/11: Ein Tag, der die Welt veränderte=September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever (144)
128. Under the Redwood Tree (158)
129. In Safe Hands (418)
130. Granny Goes Rogue (176)
131. After the End (141)
DNF Jesus, Me, & Afternoon Tea: A Devotional and 'Afternoon Tea' Cookbook and Fun Facts About Your Favorite Teas (after 73 pages)
132. Love and Blarney in Love in Ballybeg: Books 1-5 (75)
133. Love and Leprechauns in Love in Ballybeg: Books 1-5 (302)
134. Cyclone in Recipe for Danger: A Collection of Military Romantic Suspense Books (275)
135. Deadly Isle in The Cost of Betrayal: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas (109)
136. Betrayed in The Cost of Betrayal: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas (154)
137. The Vanishing Game (77)
138. Drugged on Deck in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (104)
139. A Springtide Meeting (64)
140. Dead in the Water in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (108)
141. Stolen at Sea in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (103)
142. The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores (261)
143. Excursions to Die For in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (102)
144. Violence On Vacation in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (103)
145. Island Investigation in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (97)
146. Body at the Banquet in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (111)
147. Persuasion: with original illustrations by C.E. Brock (210)
148. Der Tod kommt nach Pemberley=Death Comes to Pemberley (355)
149. Chaos at the Casino in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (108)
150. Hot Bids and Cold Bodies in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (105)
151. Murder at the Museum in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (100)
152. A Deadly Reunion in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (105)
153. The Final Piece in Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 (109)
(138-141.;143-146.;149-153. Caribbean Cruise Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 3* 6/29/23 (1,255))
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January 2023

1. Christmas at Pemberley: Pride and Prejudice Novelette (43)
2. A Perfect Christmas Gift (154)
3. The Thirteenth Santa (96)
4. Undercover Santa (100)
5. From the Dog Shelter to the White House: The Story of Major Biden (40)
6. Christmas Wishes (22)
7. The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club: Book One (390)
8. Louisiana Longshot (250)
9. Blue Christmas (262)
10. A Very Austen Christmas (238)
11. Christmas Hideaway (104)
12. Wentworth's Christmas Wish: A Persuasion Christmas Alteration (114)
13. The Big Trampoline (32)
14. Grandma's Quilts: Fun with Fractions (36)
15. Gingerbread and Deadly Dread in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set (182)
16. Seven-Layer Slayer in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set (163)
17. Red Velvet Vengeance in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set (168)
18. Mr Darcy's Discovery (91)
19. 365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World (378)
DNF When Stars Will Shine: Helping Our Heroes One Page At A Time (after 162 pages)
20. Bloodbaths and Banana Cake in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 (179)
21. The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club Book Two (314)
22. New York Cheesecake Chaos in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 (189)
23. Lethal Lemon Bars in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 (224)
24. Macaron Massacre in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set (196)
25. Wedding Cake Carnage in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set (191)
26. A Very Austen Noel (504)
27. Donut Disaster in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set (209)
28. Eight Cats of Christmas (139)
29. Ohne Wenn und Aber (No Ifs, Ands, Or Buts) (286)
30. Helen Keller: A Life From Beginning to End (49)

February 2023
31. My New Year Fling (217)
32. Toxic Apple Turnovers in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 (189)
33. On Her Father's Grave (116)
34. Killer Cupcakes in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 (192)
35. Pumpkin Pie Parting in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 (207)
36. The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Three (306)
37. Yule Log Eulogy in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 (222)
38. On the Run in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 (131)
39. Pancake Panic in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 (196)
40. Cooked Goose in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 (39)
41. Forever Paired (298)
42. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life (161)
43. Sugar Cookie Slaughter in Murder in the Mix Books 16-18 (203)
44. The Diamond Formula (54)
45. The Wedding Quilt Bride (96)
46. Devil's Food Cake Doom in Murder in the Mix Books 19-21 (199)
47. River of Danger (116)

March 2023
48. The Warm Up: Older Woman Younger Man Erotica (27)
49. Applied Electromagnetism (256)
50. Cowboys & Kisses (160)
51. Granny on Board (168)
52. Ranger Protection in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 (218)
53. Head in the Sand ... and other unpopular positions (230)
54. Gone to Her Grave (111)
55. Strawberry Shortcake Sins in Murder in the Mix Books 19-21 (196)
56. The Girl Beneath the Sea (328)
57. Confessions of a Transformed Heart - an Interactive eBook with Discussion Questions (218)
58. Hurricane Force (256)
59. A Spy's Devotion (322)
60. Murder in Black and White (192)
61. The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Four (237)
62. A Very Austen Romance (567)
63. Meditation is NOT a Dirty Word! (109)
64. Risking Hearts (185)
65. Boots and Backpacks: Pride & Prejudice on the Appalachian Trail, Roughly (363)
66. Her Grave Secrets (105)
67. Walking on Her Grave (100)
68. The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Five (332)
69. Ranger Redemption in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 (353)
70. Death on a Long Winter's Night (192)
71. Kill Me If You Can (384)
72. Bend the Rules in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 (231)
73. The Launch (165)
74. Ranger Courage in Texas Ranger Heroes Romantic Suspense Boxed Set: Books 1-3 (330)
75. On the Town in The Lethal in Love Series: Books 1-3 (221)
76. Code of Ethics in The Cost of Betrayal: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas (116)
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(2021 &) 2022 challenges
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2018 and earlier challenges
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