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Way Back Cozy Wednesday: May 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 2014. Town in a Strawberry Swirl (A Candy Holliday Mystery #5) by Continue reading
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Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg (A Domestic Diva Mystery) by Krista Davis

Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg (A Domestic Diva Mystery) by Krista Davis! Today we are featuring a review of the 18th entry into this delightful cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and Continue reading
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2025 Reading Challenge Check In (May 2025)

I’ve updated my 2025 Reading Challenge page to include stats from my April 2025 reading. I’m including a post on the main page as well! Updated 05/15/25 My Personal Reading Challenges: Read 25 Nonfiction Titles 5/25 read Read 25 Books from My Shelves 17/25 read Read 24 Titles from 2024 19/24 read Bookish Community Challenges: 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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Netgalley Catch Up: Time to Check In (May 2025)

Here is my monthly Netgalley Check In as part of my promise to check in at the end (OR AROUND THE END) of every month and see how many Netgalley titles I’ve read. My feedback ratio is currently 82%. Here are the Netgalley titles that I reviewed in April 2025. A Circle of Uncommon Witches 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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Way Back Cozy Wednesday: April 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 2013. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (The Darling Dahlias Book Continue reading
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Spring Is Here: Books & Spring, A Book List

Here are three books I’ve read that make me think of Spring and three Spring hopefuls from my TBR stack. What are you loving this Spring? Three Books I’ve Read: The Gardener’s Plot by Deborah J. Benoit “A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one Continue reading
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2025 Reading Challenge Check In

I’ve updated my 2025 Reading Challenge page to include stats from my March 2025 reading. I’m including a post on the main page as well! Updated 04/16/25 My Personal Reading Challenges: Read 25 Nonfiction Titles 4/25 read No change from last update. Need to add some nonfiction to my life. Read 25 Books from My Continue reading
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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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