Here is the tagline from the publisher: "As part-time Tinker’s Cove, Maine reporter Lucy Stone says “oui” to her daughter’s surprise wedding invitation in France, she must also make a different kind of vow—to catch a killer!"
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Mother of the Bride Murder ARC from Net Galley!
Here is the tagline from the publisher: "As part-time Tinker’s Cove, Maine reporter Lucy Stone says “oui” to her daughter’s surprise wedding invitation in France, she must also make a different kind of vow—to catch a killer!"
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Happy November! Thanksgiving is Coming and I'm in Holiday Planning Mode #TheSundayPost
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How was your first week of November? I feel pretty good about mine. I ordered our Christmas photo cards from Walgreens. I ordered a few heat-and-serve side dishes from Boston Market for our Thanksgiving Feast, it's a family Tradition. I took down the Halloween decorations, left up all the general fall decorations, and added my Thanksgiving decorations. This year I finally got a blow-up turkey for our front yard, something I've been wanting to do for years but the price wasn't right until this year! I also ordered a couple of Thanksgiving-themed Snoopy shirts. Fun for me and fun to wear when I work at the school with kiddos. Plus I canvassed twice for my congressman, and we completed and dropped off our mail-in ballots.
I also sent my Tastefully Simple recipe newsletter Here is a link to it if you'd like to check it out click here
What have you been up to? Do you happen to have any fun Christmas-themed reads you can recommend to me? Esp. if I can do an audiobook--
Today I'm finishing Cold Days another book in the Harry Dresden Files and I will have a review on either Monday or Tuesday. Then I'm diving into a Lucy Stone Thanksgiving-themed mystery!
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Tired of the Heat? Try Reading This Book to Put You in an Autumn Frame of Mind
Book Nine in the long Lucy Stone Mystery series had lots to make me happy. As ya'll know I'm a Lucy Stone fan. The Lucy Stone Mysteries, never fail to give me warm fuzzies of nostalgia, and a longing to hop on a plane and head to Maine.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Miss Tilley Lives! The lastest book in the Lucy Stone Series!
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Bake Sale Murder and Wedding Day Murder-
I'm doubling up on some of my reviews this week since they are shorter books by the same author in the same series. Today I'm talking about book 13 and book 8 in Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone series.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
The Sunday Post - Happy Football Day and Happy Valentine's Day!
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I hope you had a nice week and that if you celebrate today with lots of wings, nachos, and tasty beverages you have a wonderful game and that your team wins!
And let me wish you a Happy Valentine's Day! I have put together bags with little goodies for the kids and the hubs for Monday. I'm also planning to make a bar mix that looks very yummy and cheesecake-y
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Ah Yes More Leslie Meier...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Seasonal Winter Reading Means I'm Reading Leslie Meier!
As you know, I love to read the cozy mystery genre. In reading cozies, I find that there are some amateur sleuths that I just really like. Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone is one of those characters. Sometimes she is cranky and sometimes I disagree with her, but I feel like if she was an actual person I would enjoy her company.
I mean, I like this series so much that I'll read them out of order, this is really saying something since I have a very strong preference to read a series in order. However, when it comes to Lucy Stone, I know her and the family well enough that I don't mind. What I have found is that I really like the books that take place during Winter in Tinker Cove, so I read the Winter books in the Winter and it's a comfort. The other reason I return to this series is that, especially in the first twenty or so books, the stories give me double nostalgia. Life for Lucy reminds me of when I was a kid and also the days when my kids were smaller. St. Patrick's Day Murder which is book 17, is no exception, all the double nostalgia I could want and plenty of talk of slush on the streets and cold winds blowing.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Another January is Almost Over #TheSundayPost!!!!
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Happy end of January! We had some lake effect snow on Friday, so now our backyard is good and covered with about six inches of snow. A mere pittance of snow compared to what has been hitting the East Coast this weekend!
Today is the final day of my 14-day reset, this is the first time I have gone grain and dairy-free. And potato-free, and processed food-free. I don't think I can keep it up though. I really miss cheese and potatoes. My thought is I'll do my level best to continue to avoid processed food and grains, but I will have a moderate amount of cheese and potatoes. I did make mashed cauliflower that tasted amazing as well as a pork stir fry w/riced cauliflower where the stir fry was tasty enough that I didn't miss actual rice. Also if I could share one more virtuous moment, not that this really should count since I didn't put any effort into it. I'll have had a Dry January come Tuesday when the month is officially over.
Last Food Comment! I posted about a Gluten-Free Pie Crust the other day, I got it from imperfect produce. I worked out really well and I hope I'll be able to find it again. Mmm pie. I could go for a pie.
How was your week?
Coming up this week on my blog:
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Valentines Day Week! Let's Start with Chocolate Covered Murder! #BookReview
This series is known as a cozy series, but I have found it really doesn't match up with the typical cozy conventions. As is typical for this series Leslie Meier is going to talk about heavy topics, this one deals with opioid addiction and sexual consent. There is some really outdated thinking highlighted in this book about women's behavior and fortunately, as the book goes on, Lucy does change some of her earlier judgemental inner monologues.
If you are looking for a Valentine's Day-themed book with a potential serial killer, look no further!
Much to my dismay, the book didn't include chocolate recipes--or at least the e-version from my library didn't so here is a Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Recipe from Food Network.