so-soWell, it's almost palpable that this book was written more than 30 years ago... Writing style, the main character, the the world-building...
The mystery is not very elaborate, no twists. It's short and takes a long time to take off. But it's a quick read :)
February BOTM picks are live!
What is everyone thinking?!
pickGethsemane Brown is a world class musician who finds herself stranded in the Irish countryside. Now she has to juggle her new job as music teacher/school orchestra conductor with investigating the death of her new ghost roommate. And then the murders start piling up 🤣
Maybe too many murders - the book could have a little less going on. 1/2 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
My #CBBC package came in today. Thank you @Pageturner1 I love the stormtrooper and all the treats. And I will get to reading ☕️
#CoffeeBeanBookClub
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pick#TheCambridgeBookshopSeries #serieslove2025 #cozy
What‘s not to enjoy when reading a cozy mystery set in a bookstore in Cambridge England? Molly & her mother have helped her Aunt Violet turn this previously failing bookshop into a thriving,profitable one.Molly in charge of social media & bookstore events,invites local author Iona York to read from her bestseller,The Strawberry Girls,which is inspired by her daughter. That daughter goes missing—⬇️
pick#Libby #catsinthestacks #ThematicCozies2025 #Animal
University librarian & archivist Charlie Harris is tasked by the Mayor Lucinda Long of Athena,MS, with preserving & substantiating Civil War diaries of a Long ancestor,in hopes their publication‘s content will boost her son‘s bid for state senate. Suddenly several professors & citizens demand to peruse the diaries asap.A murder puts the breaks on any such inquiries.So Charlie & his loyal 🔽
Tagging another book by the same author, as this one isn‘t in the database!
Here‘s my #ThematicCozies pick for February, Romance! @julieclair
panDarwin‘s pet boutique gets some extra help from her ability to psychically connect w/ the pets. And she really has to stretch herself when her new friend is murdered, & the only witness was his dog.
I liked the twist of the psychic powers, but ultimately the rest of this kind of fell apart. Flat characters, instalove, & a final reveal that just left me frustrated & confused. Definitely not going to pursue this series. 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑
pickPost WWII Paris,its streets,bustling markets,vibrant shops,ancient catacombs,& century old churches,is a character in & of itself in this novel.Tabitha Knight & Julia Child are neighbors & friends in pursuit of adventure.Julia attends a Cordon Bleu cooking school. Often she recreates the school‘s menu‘s for Tabitha & her her Grand-pere & Uncle Rofe. Julia invites Tabitha to demonstrations at her Cordon Bleu school, where in sudden succession,⬇️
