Black Friday, To Shop or Not To Shop?

 Because we are visiting my mom, we will be shopping at local stores in her small town. No massive big box shopping for us. I'm planning to pick up stone ground cornmeal, local honey, and some books. Hopefully some good loose leaf tea as well. For my daughter I'll pick up a jar of picked okra to give her on Christmas. 

Will you be doing any shopping? Maybe some new book purchases?

photo credit Simply Recipes/Shilpa Iyer

My daughter is a big fan of boiled peanuts, so we always have to stop at a rundown gas station to buy a cup of peanuts. A rundown gas station or a questionable roadside stand are the best places to get your boiled peanuts.

Today through Monday, I'm part of a giant 99-cent book event. For this event, you don't need to sign up for anyone's newsletter; it's just a ton of books on sale for 99-cents! My most recent book Your Mr. Brightside is part of the Black Friday sale! 

Looking to pick up some free books today? Here is a link to a book promo I am part of: https://books.bookfunnel.com/freesizzlinghearomancepromo/xw4qd7y2hk

Quick Trip Before Summer is Over! And A Classic Cozy Mystery!

 

Today we are heading to the mountains of North Georgia to celebrate my dad's birthday! We are driving and staying at a VRBO by a creek. I'll be sure to take and share some pictures because Appalachia is beautiful.  It's also an extremely old area, so I assume there are ghosts around every turn. 

While we are there I'm hoping to go to the bookstore on the square and also pick up some preserves and local honey. Speaking of food, when we drove down in the spring we stopped at a Bojangles and I had the most delicious fried ham and pimento cheese biscuit. I still haven't recovered. 

One of our kiddos has to work and is missing the party. I hope that they don't put my iron skillet in the dishwasher like they did the last time I wasn't home...

Now on to a cozy mystery. Recently I listened to the audio version of Death in Castle Dark by Veronica Bond. It was the book of the month for the Cozy Mystery Book Club. If you want to hear Angela and her guest discuss this book you can watch the live stream on YouTube. I thought the book was pretty good. If someone asked me to recommend a cozy mystery book to someone who doesn't read the genre, this would be a good pick. It has all the classic cozy mystery elements. You've got a murder, of course, a potential love interest, a quirky new friend and cats. Plus there's a castle! 

3.5 stars for Death in Castle Dark!

The August book club book is Death and Gondola. I'm waiting til I have an audible credit to listen to it this month!  How about you?Any August vacations or books you are looking forward to reading before the month is over?