Welcome to Litsy!

*I only watched a few of the highlights, but a fantastic DNC w/ memorable speeches & enthusiasm
*Starbucks released their fall menu, which for me is the official beginning of Spooky Season
*Compiling a list of favorite & new to me movies to watch for fall (kicked it off on 8-22 with a rewatch of Sinister)
*Libraries for being one of the few remaining public free spaces to just sit & read
*The joy of DNF (2 books this wk. No regrets!)

#TeamCryptKeepers #ScarathlonBucketList So I made the Cup Capes that was at the end of this book we did for our #BuddyRead. They were delicious 😋 @StayCurious @Clwojick

I could not find premade gingerbread. So, I took liberties. I bought cookies decorated them with my daughter while my son baked a cake. We set up a haunted pumpkin patch instead of a haunted gingerbread house. #scarathlon #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks @Catsandbooks

As far as a cozy mystery, this book did only 2 spots on this bingo #CozyMysteryBingo @AnnR

Did this as our #Scarathlon #BuddyRead also counts for a few #Readathons @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @Catsandbooks @StayCurious It was short and cozy and predictable and it all came together in the end. #TeamCryptKeepers

#BuddyReads #TeamCryptKeepers Today is our last chapter of this book. Starla wakes up and finds herself with Poppy. I believe Tom suspected the Chief all along. Both Poppy and him follow Starla and overhear everything The Chief says to Starla. Poppy calls the police and Tom saves Starla.
I found this book a bit predictable, but as a cozy mystery, it had it upside. @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk

Second buddy read finished and it was an interesting read. I figured out the killer early on but enjoyed the ride. I will admit I preferred the shuddering more but this was a fun short cosy mystery. Starla is a fab lead and I would read more in the series. 4* #Scarathlon #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks

#BuddyRead Chapter 12 #TeamCryptKeepers Starla didn't win! She came in 2nd place. Tiffany won! Cheif Whitt asks Starla for a walk. He mentions he wants a real date. They stop at his SUV, grabs a coat from it, and notice the color and a hoodie. I knew there was something fishy with the chief. She notices a panty in the pocket. He's the panty thief? He grabs her and pulls a gun and confesses to everything. She takes all her clothes off and runs.

#BuddyRead Chapter 11 Chief Whitt? Something is fishy to me? Where is the intruder? Well, Starla's four choices of cupcakes sound good to me. Tom is out on bail. Starla is walking on her treadmill and feels good.The competition is starting. Why is Chief Whitt camera shy? And the winner is......? @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93 @BookingitwithSandra @kay.the.bibliophile

#BuddyRead #TeamCrypKeepers Chapter 10 The Chief and Tiffany were looking at cupcake recipes? What is going on there? Starla decides on 3 recipes to tweak. In the night, Starla is awakened by someone in the diner and calls 911. 📞 she decides on a baseball bat as a weapon and goes downstairs. Is someone stealing her recipes? And then a gun is shoved in her face! Talk about a cliffhanger or what. @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7

#BuddyRead #TeamCryptKeepers. Tom is arrested, and Poppy falls apart. Starla and Poppy go to Nadine 's house, and they end up talking to her neighbor to find out that the underwear thief hit Nadine's house as well. The neighbor heard Nadine kick someone out of her house one night and called him a pervert. She assumed that it was Tom. Is Tom guilty? Starla finds a perfect recipe for her cupcakes. The next morning, Anna Lord comments on her size 👇

#BuddyRead Chapter 8 #TeamCryptKeepers The Dream! That was so good until Eva Lors showed up. The Jog! I don't like people when they Jog in place while talking to you. The panty thief! That is starting to be a big problem. After Starla does research on Cheif Whitt and there is nothing about him. Tom seems to be grumpy, and then He is under arrest for the murder of Nadine. @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk

#BuddyReads Chapter 7 #TeamCryptKeepers Starla finds out that the whole police department is doing yoga. The police Chief asks Starla on a jogging date. She goes to buy shoes, and Tiffany Samples is accusing her of killing Nadine so she can win the cupcakes contest. Those spinach cupcakes sound disgusting, and the underwear thief strikes again. @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93

#BuddyRead #Scarathlon #TeamCryptKeepers
The morning breakfast rush had some ladies invite Chief Whitt to yoga lessons.They bluntly told Starla that her diner menu wasn't healthy enough for their get-together or they would have asked her for refreshments.Chief Whitt speaks to Starla and Poppy alone and tells them that Nadine was strangled.Poppy confessed that she saw Tom with Nadine before she died. The girls want to do their own investigation.

Finished this one tonight as well! #scarathlon #teamcryptkeepers #scarathlonphotochallengebook #pumpkin #thrillerbooksbingo #neighborsinvolved #cozymysterybingo #cake #ispybingo #pumpkin #favegenre #wickedwords #fall

#BuddyRead #TeamCryptKeepers Chapter 5 Starla and every other woman In town seem to enjoy watching Chief Whitt jog at lunchtime. Can Starla figure out how to bake cupcakes for Chief Whitt to eat? Should she just retire and quit while she is a blue ribbon winner? Poppy informs her that the police Chief only comes in for breakfast to see her. @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93

#BuddyRead #TeamCryptKeepers #Scarathlon
Starla notices that everyone she is suddenly on a health kick. Some are running, and some are exercising, and some are eating better. She feels guilty about it. Does the chief of police have influence over the whole town? Will the chief of police as a judge make a difference in what she puts into her cup cakes? Oh, and who is stealing womans underwear?👇

#BuddyRead Chapter 3 , Tom was seen by Poppy talking to Nadine. The police chief was not too happy that Starla moved the body because a train was coming. I found it interesting that Poppy didn't say a word when Starla was questioned. Was it suicide or did someone push Nadine off the bridge? Is Poppy telling the truth? @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @BookingitwithSandra @kay.the.bibliophile

I had no idea this was so short! @LiseWorks #teamcryptkeepers @Andrew65 #outstandingoctober @Clwojick #onemorechapter

#BuddyRead #TeamCryptKeepers Chapter 2
So, with the announcement.There are some ladies who are a little jealous of Starla as they say the Cheif seems to like her. Starla is afraid of how the Chief can judge as he doesn't eat sweets. Poppy came back from her morning run as shaky, and Starla asked her if anything was wrong. There seems to be jealousy between her and a woman named Nadine. Poppy thinks she is after her boyfriend Tom. 👇

#BuddyRead time. #TeamCryptKeepers. Here is Chapter 1 of Pumpkin Spice & a body on ice.
We get introduced to the diner in a small town. We know that the co-owners Starla and Poppy are both single. Starla is a ribbon winner for her cup cakes. She has a little crush on the new Chief of Police Roby Witts who doesn't put caffeine or sugar in his body. And the the Mayor announced that the Chief will be judging the Sugar Hill Deaaert Festival.

Starting #teamcryptkeepers second #buddyread it looks super cute!