5 Star Reads
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Summer Vacation – Armchair Travel: A Book List June 2025

It’s so hot here in St. Louis and while I’m happy to be on summer break from the school year, our big trip happened in the Spring so we are home during these hot summer days. There’s a lot to love at home and sometimes I still want to escape. That’s where the joy of… Continue reading
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Virtual Book Tour & Book Review: Funerals and Familiars (A Cozy Midlife Witch Mystery) Willowmere Mysteries by Carmen Radtke

Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Funerals and Familiars (A Cozy Midlife Witch Mystery) Willowmere Mysteries by Carmen Radtke! Today we are featuring a review of the first book in this cozy mystery series that is perfect for fans of cozy mysteries, magical mayhem, and heroines who believe it’s… Continue reading
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Five Star Reads: Monthly Favorites (May 2025)

Here are the titles I gave five stars in May 2025. A list of the 26 titles I read this month is at the end of this post. Tell me – what have you read that you enjoyed? Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin I’m a big fan of Uzma’s writing and I was so excited… Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW: A Perk of Trouble (Killer Coffee, Book 17) by Tonya Kappes

What do you get when you mix a feisty lawyer-turned-coffeehouse owner, a writers retreat gone wrong, and a murder that mirrors a book cover? You get A Perk of Trouble that’s out TODAY (and free on Kindle Unlimited). Featuring: ✔️A ferret named Espresso ✔️A lodge full of authors and egos ✔️Clues scattered like cookie crumbs… Continue reading
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Time Travel Thursday: What Was I Reading Last Year At This Time (May 2025 Edition)

Time Travel Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog where readers take a look back at what they were reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) Last year, towards the middle of May 2024, I had just finished Old Girls Behaving Badly (Old Girls,… Continue reading
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Five Star Reads: April 2025

Here are four books I read and loved in April 2025. It was a great reading month…and I’m now in a reading slump…being a bookworm is weird 🤷🏼♀️ In April 2025, I read 29 books, 14 of those as audiobooks. A list of all the title I read is posted at the bottom. The Love… Continue reading
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⭐Five Star Audiobooks: January, February, March 2025⭐

I love audiobooks and listen to so many books each month. I love being able to get in book time when I’m at the grocery store or folding laundry. Here are seven I gave FIVE STARS in January, February, and March of 2025. Under the Cocoon Moon by Kathleen Bailey Dominoes, Danzón, and Death by… Continue reading
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March 2025: 5 Star Reads

I feel lucky to have read so many great books this month! This month I read 28 books, 11 from my shelves and 12 as audio books. Here are the ones I loved. The complete list of books I read in March 2025 is listed at the end of this post. Love at First Book… Continue reading
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Way Back Cozy Wednesday: March 2025 Edition

On the third Wednesday of each month, I’ll feature a cozy mystery I read long ago. Backlist titles make my heart sing, and hopefully you’ll find some new to you reads for your cozy TBR. This month we’re going back to the year 2012! Mr. Churchill’s Secretary (Maggie Hope #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal384 pages,… Continue reading
About Me
Welcome! I started my career as a children’s librarian, later becoming a public library director and now I’m a stay at home mom. While my career might have changed, my love of reading has been a constant since I was in 4th grade, and I read over 200 books a year. I love talking about books and connecting readers of all ages with just the right book. Thanks for reading!
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