Genre: Cozy Mystery

🎧 Candy Apples and Clairvoyants by Danielle Garrett @daniellegarrett.bsky.social #AmandaRonconi @tantoraudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816 @authordgarrett @TantorAudio

🎧 Candy Apples and Clairvoyants by Danielle Garrett @daniellegarrett.bsky.social #AmandaRonconi @tantoraudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816 @authordgarrett @TantorAudio

A blast to Rosella’s past for this latest Sugar Shack mystery has her in a race against time to solve a mystery before it’s too late.  What a delight that Danielle Garrett keeps adding to this light, but well-developed paranormal cozy mystery. Candy Apples and Clairvoyants is the eighth entry in a series that reads […]

Posted March 23, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

🎧 The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong @JulieLeongBooks #PhyllisHo @AceBooksPub @PRHAudio #LOVEAudiobooks

🎧 The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong @JulieLeongBooks #PhyllisHo  @AceBooksPub @PRHAudio #LOVEAudiobooks

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 […]

Posted November 7, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 18 Comments

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara @MaxieDara @jaimebee @BerkleyPub @PRHAudio @sophiarose1816 #LoveAudiobooks

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara @MaxieDara @jaimebee @BerkleyPub @PRHAudio @sophiarose1816 #LoveAudiobooks

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 […]

Posted October 2, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 22 Comments

🎧 The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by CM Waggoner @CMWaggoner2 #CindyPiller @AceBooksPub @PRHAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by CM Waggoner @CMWaggoner2 #CindyPiller @AceBooksPub @PRHAudio  #LoveAudiobooks

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 […]

Posted September 22, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 15 Comments

Thrifty Thursday: HGTV Edition @VoiceofCass @RaquelleJaxson #ThriftyThursday #Challenge #Giveaway #KindleUnlimited

Thrifty Thursday: HGTV Edition @VoiceofCass @RaquelleJaxson   #ThriftyThursday #Challenge #Giveaway #KindleUnlimited

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 […]

Thrifty Thursday : Haunted House Edition #SophieLove @KFBreene ‏ #ThriftyThursday #Challenge #Giveaway

Thrifty Thursday : Haunted House Edition  #SophieLove @KFBreene ‏   #ThriftyThursday #Challenge #Giveaway

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 […]