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#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

"Spring Fever" by Mary Kay Andrews gave me spring vibes and not just because of the title.

Plucked from my tbr shelf, this is a lovely (and sad) story of Myra, a 51 year old outreach nurse, who finds herself caring for Chip, the golden boy she loved from afar in high school. Chip has terminal cancer and their friendship sustains them both. This is a quiet novel that is life affirming and hopeful, but also super sad.

#DynamicDs

Three favorite book covers with a #Dish or dishes on them.

Themes: Historical Fiction Mystery, Famous Authors as characters, 1930‘s London

This was an okay read, it‘s between a so-so and a pick. It wasn‘t amazing but I was interested enough to keep reading it. A good library borrow 👍

1 & 2: Flashbacks - me and my girls early 1990s, and me and my firstborn girl 1976
3 & 4: The roses are exploding with blooms
5: Finished another Meissner audiobook

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

You‘re invited to play: @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Blueberry @TheBookgeekFrau

This is the lower end of the pick scale for me. I really wanted for all the Queens to be clearly depicted, but only Christie and Sayers have pretty distinct personalities. Marsh and Allingham were only distinguishable from each other by Marsh‘s New Zealand accent and their respective clothing styles. The book was also a bit slow paced in the first half but picked up later. #audiowalk

I‘ve only read a couple of Dorothy Sayers‘ books and don‘t know much about her, so it‘s interesting listening to a book with her as the main character, with Agatha Christie, Baroness Emma Orczy (The Scarlet Pimpernel), Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham as sidekicks. I‘ve read at least one book by all of them except Allingham. Beautiful day for a #audiowalk.

1 - No, I filed in February.
2 - historical

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

We listened to John Scalzi on our trip to the beach. I switched to The Queens of Crime for my #audiowalk, and then I sat, relaxed, and read The Long Walk. This is my favorite type of weather. ❤️

I love novels with strong female characters. And when you can make the women varied in ages and personality and show that they can get along and solve a murder? Even better. Set in the 1930s and focusing on the death of a young nurse, five female mystery writers join forces to solve her murder when the police seem ready to write it off as nothing but an unfortunate accident.

#arc