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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: A Tour to Die For (The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, Book 2) by Michelle Chouinard
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. I am so looking forward to: Continue reading
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📚Book Review: All’s Fair in Love and Treachery (Lady Petra Inquires #2) by Celeste Connally📚
Many thanks to @minotaur_books @netgalley and @macmillan.audio for the chance to read All’s Fair in Love and Treachery, book two in Celeste Connally’s Lady Petra Inquires mystery series–a regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin. Having loved book one (Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord), I was looking forward to getting my hands Continue reading
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Book Review: Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies is book one in Catherine Mack’s new series The Vacation Mysteries and I loved it! It was a billion degrees in STL and that was the day I decided to plant flowers. Thankfully I had Mack’s new book in my ears and I was totally entertained. This Continue reading
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Virtual Book Tour & Book Review: Ill-Fated Fortune: A Magical Fortune Cookie Novel by Jennifer J. Chow
Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Ill-Fated Fortune: A Magical Fortune Cookie Novel by Jennifer J. Chow! Today we are featuring a review of the first entry in this new cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s Continue reading
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Book Review: The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes
The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes is a debut mystery about a group of soon-to-be moms-turned-detectives living in the Cotswolds, and I’m here for it. This was a hoot. Was it sometimes unbelievably silly (let’s say zany)? Yes. Did I mind? Not one bit. It was fun and funny and just what I needed to Continue reading
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Book Review: Coconut Drop Dead, book three in the Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries by Olivia Matthews
Thanks so much to Minotaur Books for the eARC of Coconut Drop Dead, book three in the Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries by Olivia Matthews. This is such a fun cozy mystery series–I’ve listened and read copies and both forms are wonderful. Lyndsay Murray is co-owner of the Spice Isle Bakery with her family. They are Continue reading
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Book Review: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally
When I read the following publisher blurb: “Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a terrific new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin.” I knew I needed to get my hands on Celeste Connally’s Act Like A Lady, Think Like a Lord mystery. Continue reading
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Book Review: A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly
Thank you so much to Netgalley and Minotaur Books and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC of A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly–the first in a new series (Parisian Orphan), and I am 100% here for it! Fans of historical mysteries like the Maggie Hope and Maisie Dobbs series must get your hands on Continue reading
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Book Review: The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Thank you so much to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press and Minotaur Books for the advanced copy of The Golden Gate by Amy Chua. What an amazing debut novel (that is out today, 9/19)! This is an intricately woven historical mystery set in Berkeley, California, in 1944 that not only incorporates mystery, family drama, race 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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