ChristmasCrimechallenge

5feet.of.fury

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Loved it. 🌶️🥵 great spice. Love how House Gluttony is portrayed, Gabriel‘s plotting & the ICE DRAGONS! Adriana spirals quite a bit, from the perspective of being a single woman without a suitable match who can‘t afford another scandal… it‘s not that I don‘t get it, but ooof. Luckily it doesn‘t dwell there for too long, she was a lil maddening. Really loving this series!

5feet.of.fury #wintergames #holidaybookdragons @LiseWorks #adventathon @BookmarkTavern #littenslisten @aperfectmjk #averyscarychristmas “past” @Jadams89 #itsatrope “second chance” #christmascrimechallenge “supernatural” @RaeLovesToRead #averymerrybingo “ice” #ChristmasAtoZ “T” @Texreader 24h

Texreader Yay!! #letterT 23h

BookmarkTavern A gorgeous cover! 💖 9h

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BookwormAHN

The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel

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I loved this book. Alfred buys an old Victorian manor and turns it into the Hitchcock Hotel and invites his estranged college friends for the weekend. He has plans, and they all have secrets 🖤
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks #WGWordSearch #WickedWords #Graduation @AsYouWish #WinterClearDown #SeasonalMonsterSmash @PuddleJumper #AVeryMerryBingo #AVeryScaryChristmas @Jadams89
#ChristmasCrimeChallenge @RaeLovesToRead

BookwormAHN #ChristmasAToZ @Texreader #20in4Readathon @Andrew65 #FirstSnowReadathon @StayCurious #Adventathon @BookmarkTavern ##LittenListen @aperfectmjk 2d

PuddleJumper 🎄🎄🎄 2d

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 1d

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BookwormAHN

Dearest | Jacquie Walters

so-so

This is somewhat of a convoluted ghost story. The premise is interesting but some of the ending is a bit much. Flora has just had her first child and is having some supernatural postpartum psychosis issues.
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks #WHWordSearch #WinterClearDown #SeasonalMonsterSmash @PuddleJumper #AVeryMerryBingo #AVeryScaryChristmas @Jadams89 #ChristmasCrimeChallenge @RaeLovesToRead #ChristmasAtoz @Texreader

BookwormAHN #20in4Readathon @Andrew65 #FirstSnowReadathon @StayCurious #Adventathon @BookmarkTavern #LittenListen @aperfectmjk 2d

PuddleJumper ❄️❄️ 2d

Andrew65 Well done on finishing it. 👏👏👏 1d

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BarbaraJean

Knock, Murderer, Knock! | Harriet Rutland

It‘s the last #BookSpin day of 2024! Thank you, Sarah, for running this challenge—I look forward to it every month! My last two spins of the year are: a mystery from my Kindle TBR (I‘d love to use it for the #christmascrimechallenge if I can make it fit a prompt), and one from my library list that I‘ve been meaning to read forever (and it fits a year I need for #192025). Looking forward to squeezing these into my already-full December!

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I liked The Dean's Watch, although like the other Goudge books I've read it isn't exactly full of action 😂 But she can write such real people - I don't know, her books seem like ones I would find boring and uninteresting, but she completely pulls me in. 2d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve only read Elizabeth Goudge‘s children‘s books before! This one has been on my list because I‘ve seen glowing reviews, but also because it‘s set in a fictional version of Ely, the English town I lived in as a child. This version of the cover features the Octagon tower of Ely Cathedral, which gives me so much joy!! 2d

TheAromaofBooks Oh wow, that is amazingly cool! A lot of the book is describing the town, almost as its own character, so being able to match that with real-life experiences would be amazing. I've also read and LOVED The Scent of Water, and read and quite liked The Rosemary Tree.

Do you still live in England?? 2d

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BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Oooh, now I‘m really looking forward to the town descriptions!! I don‘t still live in England—I just wish I did! My dad was a civilian contractor for the USAF at the time and we were there for 6 years, but moved back to California when I was 9 (which is where I ended up). I‘ve been back to Ely several times to visit and dream of moving back someday! 2d

TheAromaofBooks Oh that makes sense!! I was thinking that you were in the US all this time, so you threw me off by having a childhood English village 😂 2d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Hahaha... you are correct in thinking that I have been in the US all this time! I just have a sneaky international past 😂 20h

TheAromaofBooks Very international spy of you 😆 14h

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Ruthiella

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | Alexander McCall Smith

#WhereAreYouMonday

This week finds me back in Botswana 🇧🇼 with Mma Ramotswe. I‘m only in the first chapter, so I don‘t know where the story will go, but I know I‘m in capable hands.

Also reading this for #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

bookandbedandtea I only read the first few of this series- a million years ago, it feels like! I should pick them up again 2d

Ruthiella @bookandbedandtea It‘s definitely a dependable series‘s for me when I want something entertaining but comforting as well. I love Mma Ramotswe‘s common sense. 2d

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5feet.of.fury

Dead of Winter | Darcy Coates

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A non-supernatural Darcy Coates & I liked this better than other books I‘ve read from her, if I look at it even passingly I can find a plot hole or 2 left unresolved but it was really gory, action packed & entertaining. The characters were compelling, & just when you thought you might have it figured out there was a twist. Not flawless, but very fun!
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5feet.of.fury #wintergames2024 #holidaybookdeagons @LiseWorks #averyscaryxmasbingo “trapped” #averymerrybingo “snow“ @Jadams89 #christmascrimechallenge “seasonal” @RaeLovesToRead #christmasAtoZ “D” @Texreader 3d

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Ruthiella

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Here‘s my TBR for the #ChristmasCrimeChallenge 🎄🎅🏻💀

C - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (#Serieslove2024)
H - Lord of the Silent (SeriesLove2024)
R - The Right Jack (#TBRtarot)
I - The Man on the Balcony
S - Mystery in White
T - A Sight for Sore Eyes
M - The Whispering Statue (#NancyDrewBR)
A - Agatha Christie‘s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World *a cheat but I‘ve read most of her novels
S - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

RaeLovesToRead

RaeLovesToRead Awesome!!!! A is TOTALLY in keeping with the spirit of the prompt 😁 I think I suggest this on the vid I made! Mystery in White was a good little book. The British Crime Library Classics are such a mixed bunch. Some are lost gems, others are pants haha 3d

RaeLovesToRead Also, I totally want to re-read some Nancy Drew. I LOVED her back in the day 3d

Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead Mystery in White was recommended on a website, so hoping it is one of the better ones. 🤞 I am having fun reading the Nancy Drew books now as an adult, but frankly, they aren‘t very good. I think they are more appreciated by children. 😬 (edited) 3d

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kwmg40 I was wondering what book to use for “mansion“ and I hadn't realized the ND book involved a mansion! Do you know if both the original and the updated version feature mansions? 1d

Ruthiella @kwmg40 It‘s a little bit of a stretch with the 1970 edition that I‘m reading but totally works for the 1937 version. Per Wikipedia, in the 1937 book the statue is on an abandoned estate (mansion!). In the 1970 book, the statue is stolen from a yacht club that I think was a former estate (mansion!). 23h

kwmg40 @Ruthiella Thanks for the info! I'll go for the 1937 edition. It's in the public domain in Canada so I can get it free from Faded Page (unfortunately not available to US and most other countries). 23h

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RaeLovesToRead

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https://youtu.be/pXqXb1fyEGg?feature=shared

I made a video of recommendations if anyone feels like joining in for #ChristmasCrimechallenge

See last post with the Bingo square 😊🎄

I've been slumping hard and need some mystery thrillers to get me back in the swing!

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Ruthiella

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Tagging everyone who participated last year in the #cloakanddaggerchristmas! Rae at @RaeLovesToRead has created a new challenge for 2024 for all us crime fiction lovers: #ChristmasCrimeChallenge ! 🎄💀🎅🏻🔪

Share your TBR and your review posts with Rae! I am already building my own pile of possibilities.

I‘m pretty sure this will also work as points for #wintergames participants. 👍

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, BarkingMadRead, erzascarletbookgasm, kspenmoll, BarbaraJean, LeahBergen, Texreader, BookNAround, OutsmartYourShelf, Bklover, Larkken, merelybookish, batsy, Andrew65, Laughterhp, kwmg40, Traci1, jlhammar, Catsandbooks, bthegood, AmandaBlaze, julieclair

BarkingMadRead Yayyyyyy so fun! 5d

Laughterhp Love this!! 5d

kwmg40 I‘m definitely going to join in! 5d

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Andrew65 Thanks for the tag, looks great fun! 5d

julieclair What fun! Thanks for the tag! 5d

Bklover Looks like fun! Thanks for the tag! 5d

Texreader Yay!! 5d

merelybookish Thanks for tagging me Ruth! I don't know how much reading I will manage this month but hopefully one mystery.

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Ruthiella @merelybookish You are welcome! One mystery would be fantastic. 2d

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RaeLovesToRead

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If you enjoyed #cloakanddaggerchristmas and are sad it doesn't seem to be a thing any more, I've made an impromptu and last minute FESTIVE BINGO SQUARE for anyone who wants to join me on some murder mystery mayhem this Winter.

'TIS THE SEASON FOR MURDER MYSTERIES!!!! 🎄🎄🎄

@Ruthiella I know you did some prompts last year for us 💕💕

I'll hopefully make a vid this weekend with recs 😊

#christmascrimechallenge @LitsyEvents

Ruthiella Awesome! I was thinking I would do prompts again for Cloak and Dagger 2024 also. 😃 Now I don‘t have to! (edited) 5d

RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella Feel free to share and recruit!!!!! 😁 Most of these speak for themself 😊 Hope I'm not too tired to film a vid tomorrow. 5d

Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead On it! 5d

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Deblovestoread 🩵❄️🩵 5d

TEArificbooks Is it one book per square or can a book cover more than one square? 5d

kwmg40 Thanks, I‘d love to join in! 5d

RaeLovesToRead @TEArificbooks One book per square, but you don't have to get them all... it's more of a 'see how many you can so' 😁💕 5d

RaeLovesToRead *can do 5d

RaeLovesToRead @kwmg40 Woohoo!!! 😊💕 5d

RaeLovesToRead @Deblovestoread Best books to read in December!! 😁 5d

julieclair What fun! I‘m in! 5d

RaeLovesToRead @julieclair Yay!!! 🎉💕 5d

willaful I wasn't going to do this board but then I came across an anthology of Hanukkah Noir! Hopefully some will match. 5d

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