I never know what I’ll get when reading a fantasy book. The Teller of Small Fortunes was described as cozy and that seems right. There isn’t a big war. The setting seemed rather historical as much fantasy does. Our heroine, Tao, has a wagon with her treasured mule, as she travels around Eshtera. She is […]
Sophia’s Review Her carefully cultivated average, low-risk life has just been toppled when a routine collection case is anything but routine. Kathy can go back to hiding away from the world behind her safe walls or she can help save a soul- literally. Who could pass up a middle-aged mid-divorce grim reaper with a poor […]
Any story with a main character librarian is worth considering. Sherry moved about 6 years ago to take the position in Winesap, New York. She has had quite a run on solving mysteries of town murders recently. She enjoys being good at it. I liked Sherry and her personal journey throughout the story. Her sort of […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which have some sort of home renovation in the plot. Chirp freebie on November 30, 2023 (currently $7.99 at Chirp and $7.01 at Audible, and in Kindle Unlimited as of […]
Returning to the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountain town setting and the cozy comfort of Misty’s inn for a new seasonal mystery was an anticipated reading experience for me and I was not disappointed. Snow Place for Murder is the third installment in the Mountain Lodge cozy mystery series. Each book can be read standalone and, […]
Bookshops and Bonedust is a prequel to Legends and Lattes and it is really meant to be read after Legends and Lattes when we already know Liv the main character. It has a few of the same problems most prequels do, you know the character is going to survive and move onto something else so […]
A Home Guard obituary story, a gunshot, and off goes intrepid Edie York to crack her first case and convince her boss at the newspaper that she’s got the right stuff for investigative journalism. Set against the background of 1940 Manchester during WWII, Murder at the Blitz appealed to my new growing interest in historical […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on September 12, 2022 (currently free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall rating 3.94 with 3,815 ratings and 381 reviews Murder and Breakfast was an easy enough read with […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on November 3, 2021 (currently $5.99 and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.14 with 1,397 ratings and 311 reviews In this cozy mystery, a young woman, Kenni, has taken over […]
I feel like I’ve come home with this start to a new series. I began my time with the first of the Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries, went back to the beginning for the original Beechwood Harbor Magic Series, and was tingling with excitement when I learned Danielle Garrett was going to set a new series […]