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☕The Sunday Salon: Sunday October 6, 2024☕

Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week I post reviews on Instagram and Goodreads. What have you read this week? What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust Flavia de Luce #11 by Alan Bradley About the Book: In the absence Continue reading
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📚Five Star Reads: Monthly Favorites (September 2024)📚

It was a quieter reading month for me than last September. I just wasn’t into audiobooks as much, so I listened to eight titles instead of last year’s 14. I’m ok with any of my reading, as long as I’m enjoying it, and of the many titles I gave five stars to, I’d say the Continue reading
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📖Book Review: Death at the Dinner Party (A Secret Bookcase Mystery #3) by Ellie Alexander📖

Happy Publication Day to Death at the Dinner Party, book three in A Secret Bookcase Mystery series by Ellie Alexander! I am 100% invested in this series, inhaling this latest entry in just one day. (For my review of books one and two, click here.) 247 pages, Kindle Edition September 30, 2024 by Storm Publishing Continue reading
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🎄Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: Apple Dumpling Murder: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Christmas Catastrophe Mysteries) by Trixie Silvertale 🎄

Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Apple Dumpling Murder: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Christmas Catastrophe Mysteries) by Trixie Silvertale! Today we are featuring a review of book two in this series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also a Continue reading
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Virtual Book Tour & Book Review: Essentials of Murder: An Aromatherapy Apothecary Mystery by Kim Davis

Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Essentials of Murder: An Aromatherapy Apothecary Mystery by Kim Davis! Today we are featuring a review of the first book in this new cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is Continue reading
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Kate Rock Book Tours & Book Review: Lowcountry Lost By T.I. Lowe

Thanks to Kate Rock Book Tours, I’m especially excited to feature Lowcountry Lost By T.I. Lowe – a contemporary Southern second chance romance that readers who love HGTV should pick up immediately! Lowcountry Lost By T.I. Lowe 368 pages, Paperback Publication date: September 3, 2024 Publisher: Tyndale Publishing About the Book: Sometimes what haunts you Continue reading
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Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: French Quarter Fright Night (Vintage Cookbook) by Ellen Byron

Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for French Quarter Fright Night (Vintage Cookbook) by Ellen Byron! Today we are featuring a review of the third in the fabulous cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author. Stop by each blog on the Continue reading
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Series Spotlight: Stella and Lyndy Mystery Series by Clara McKenna

Why I Love this Series: Historical cozy mysteries are my absolute favorite and this series is simply delightful The writing brings the time period and settings to life and tells complex mysteries. The series has it all – mystery, drama, romance. Stella is such a well developed character–her enthusiasm for life and helping others is Continue reading
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Book Review: Death on the Night Riviera: A Cozy British Historical Mystery by Patricia Penrose

Death on the Night Riviera: A Cozy British Historical Mystery by Patricia Penrose was exactly the kind of historical mystery I love to read. I could not put this engaging mystery down, and I can only hope that this might be the first in a series? I would fully support that! World War rages and Continue reading
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August 2024: Five Star Reads

It was a fun, mysterious reading month this August! I read 30 books this month, 10 of them audiobooks and so many mysteries. Tell me what you’ve read and loved this month. Lost Coast Literary by Ellie Alexander is a stand alone gem of a novel just perfect for booklovers. I listened to this and Continue reading
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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!
