I finished December with 18 ARCs left to be read. January was a great month. There are multiple birthdays amongst my extended family, and within my immediate family, my brother, sister-in-law, and I all have birthday in January. We also remember my father on his birthday, which was […]
An Enchanting Case of Spirits When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz. Alyssa Mann isn’t adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom […]
You Feta Watch Out Thank you to NetGalley and Beyond the Page for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Humbug! leads to Homicide! in the new Grilled Cheese Mystery by Linda Reilly . . . Christmas in the close-knit community of Balsam Dell promises to be […]
Murder at the Lemonberry Tea Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Cozies for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Lindsey Bakewell’s iconic lighthouse bakeshop in beautiful Beacon Harbor, Michigan, is hosting a celebrity cookbook author from the UK—but the notorious […]
Happy December! November was a really fun month for me—I was so excited to finally take a vacation and refresh my spirit. I hadn’t realized exactly how burnt out I was becoming until I had a break from my regular life. I’ll be returning home this week, and […]
I finished October with 21 ARCs left to be read. November was a whirlwind of a month. I started it in New York, and flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with my family members, and go to my youngest great-nephew’s fourth birthday party. I also got to […]
Booked for Murder Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: arson, murder, religious intolerance, misogyny In this atmospheric Southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that […]
This week’s prompt was submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life, and it’s a really good one. The topic is books involving food that are not cookbooks. I happen to love cozy mysteries, and they’re nearly always centered in a restaurant […]
Happy fall y’all! We are now entering my favorite half of the year. I love the colder months, and the temps have finally started to cool down just enough to be comfortable. Today is not only my mom’s birthday (happy birthday mom!), it’s also Rosh Hashanah, the beginning […]
Dreadful Company Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. PARIS IS A MOVABLE FEAST—ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNDEAD. When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is unexpectedly called to Paris to present at a medical […]
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