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This was a sweet cozy mystery. It was fun to be part of the animals‘ woodland world, and the mystery kept me guessing. First in a series, and I will read more.

Like several other Littens, I chose this book as my January #ThematicCozies #Animal pick.

Thank you, @Chrissyreadit for sending this to me as a swap gift! 💙

#AVL25
#SeriesLove
#offtheshelf2025
#ISpyBingo
#Pantone2025 #Crocus
#LitsyAtoZ2025 #S

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Row 1: #sundaybuddyread #nunlit #nunlitquarterly #naturalitsy
Row 2: #readyourkindle #ThematicCozies #animal #serieslove2025 #EGHSbuddyread #readyourkindle #Libby
Row 3: #fictionaltraveler #APlaceYouLove #CapeCod

#ThematicCozies @julieclair I was disappointed in my pick. I couldn't get over Eleanor, who was supposed to be this world traveler with a career in1920s yet she blushed and crushed like a schoolgirl at the first cute guy she saw. Meh.

A birding group from the US travels to Iceland but disaster strikes and one of their main members (who dislikes puffins by the way!!) is found dead. The sleuth is a zookeeper from California who is in the country to pick up a polar bear and other animals for their northern climes exhibit.

Loved the animals and Iceland, but didn‘t really care about any of the characters. This is book four in the series so that may have something to do with it

#bookreport #January12to18 #2025#
Row1: Buddy reads: #sundaybuddyread #nunlit #nunlitquarterly #Naturalitsy
Row 2: #ThematicCozies #January #animal #EGHSbuddyread #readyourkindle #libby
Row 3: #ALafyDarbyMystery #libraryfind -Finished
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I finished my second #ThematicCozies #Animal pick today running errands. I found it cute & enjoyable overall, especially the setting of Wagtail, Virginia, a town set up to cater to pets & the pet experience inn that the MC‘s grandmother runs there. There‘s the usual cozy quirky small town characters—here they are humans & their pets & the mystery was pretty easy to solve. I would try another book in the⬇️

#Read25 #JumpStart25 #SeriesLove25

My #SaturdayChatterday is the usual, running errands & coffeeshop time.

I finished this short story from the Shady Hollow series as part of my #ThematicCozies for January #Animal It‘s a bit out of season with it‘s October/Halloween setting but I missed it in October & wanted to check it off to be completely caught up with this series. A quick read with Vera & the down looking for a young squirrel possibly ⬇️

#ThematicCozies @JulieClair
January 2025 animal ( Diesel, the Maine Coon cat)

Set in a small town Mississippi, partially in a library.

This was cute. I read it in two days, and it is perfect escapism—a village of anthropomorphic animals and murder. I wasn‘t sure what to expect, but overall I enjoyed it. I liked how the author (or authors, as it is two writers under on pen name) used characteristics of each animal as the basis for the characters‘ portrayal.

I‘d read the next in the series, but maybe in a little while. #Animal #ThematicCozies #NonHumanAntagonist #52BookClub25

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This has been on my shelves for quite some time. I read it for #readyourebooks #Roll100 & #ThematicCozies