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.
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Tired of the Heat? Try Reading This Book to Put You in an Autumn Frame of Mind
Saturday, August 6, 2022
And Now It's My Birthday Week! #TheSundayPost
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Thursday, August 4, 2022
Trailer Park Trickster- Second in a Series!
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
July's Cozy Mystery Book Club Book: Murder, She Knit
Sunday, July 31, 2022
I Only Have One Complaint About This Book.
My only complaint is that I'm here waiting for a sequel. I didn't know this was going to be a series because of the time -travel I thought I was a one off--but when there was only half an hour left of the audiobook I realized I was looking at a likely cliff-hanger situation.
Saturday, July 30, 2022
On the Cusp of My Birthday Month! #TheSundayPost
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It's just about August, And that means it's my birthday month! I've informed the family that we'll be going to the local farm to table and fun beverage place that is a block from our house for my dinner. I think I'm going to get a giant pretzel with cheese and an ice cold beer, then have a fancy salad and strawberry shortcake for dessert! What do you like to have as a birthday meal?
I've been doing a bunch of reading and listening lately so I need to prepare more blog posts to talk about these books. For now:
Books I'll be talking about this week:
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Harry Dresden My Favorite Chicago Wizard!
It's handy that electronic equipment fizzles around Harry Dresden that way electronics are less a part of the story and you don't have as many obsolete electronic/internet references. I read 6, 7, and 8 in the series one after the other, so I had to double-check what happened in what book. I was able to read and listen to this book switching from audio to kindle throughout.
As always I do enjoy the audio version of these books, and when I read them I hear the audio reader in my head. I found Blood Rites one of the books in the series that I *had* to keep reading--I mean we all know Harry is going to survive the latest evils in Chicago, but still! I worry.
In this installment, Kincaid is back, Harry hires him to help with Mavra an evil vampire from the Black Court. I enjoy Kincaid and was glad he was back in a book. However, there is an attraction between Kincaid and Murphy and I somewhat ship Murphy and Harry so, I don't know how I feel about that. Of course Harry is not a good relationship prospect for anyone.
Speaking of relationships, in this book Thomas the super hot white court vampire moves up from an occasional guest appearance to being a supporting character. I was very pleased with this development. I like the flawed Thomas and I loved what happens in this story in relation to Harry and Thomas. AND Harry gets a dog. Mouse, Harry doesn't realize it, but we readers know Mouse will grow to become an excellent bodyguard for Harry and is certainly no mere dog.
This book brings the reader a more detailed understanding of the white court. Harry learns more about his mother and Kincaid sort of gets the girl.
Overall 4 stars.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
A Fabulous Cozy Series, The Secret, Book, & Scone Society-
If you've read my blog at all, you know that cozy mysteries are a favorite genre of mine. There are so many cozy series out there that you can find a cozy for anyone. Some series work for me and some aren't my cup of tea, that's what makes variety the spice of life!
Sunday, July 24, 2022
When He Was Wicked
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Happy Late July Sunday!
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Happy July! I hope you have been having a nice summer. I started back posting last week and this is the first time I've been able to rejoin The Sunday Post since mid May. Busy in a good way! Last weekend we had the graduation party for our college and high school grads and now we are helping our youngest get everything ready to head off to college next month.
Plus it's officially Leo season! My birthday is coming soon. I was thinking the other day that my 40s were pretty crummy and so I'm going to make an effort to have a better decade in my 50s Of course it would help if the world would just be a nicer, more considerate place. My thought is to control what I can control.
How about you? How is 2022 going for you?
This week I'll be posting about some books I have recently read: