pickThe Meg Langslow books have become one of my favorite comfort reads. They‘re light and fun and I kinda want her life (the main character, not the author although I‘m sure she‘s lovely.) This book was heavy on farm animal exposition and improbable, but I still enjoyed it.
pickLove the rainy, hurricane-blustery setting on a remote Maine island! It makes me want to build a fire and be cozy. ☕️🪵 Meg and Michael took off for a bit to have some time to relax at her Aunt‘s cottage - unfortunately it turns out they did not leave Meg‘s lovable, but kooky relatives back in Yorktown. Including Spike.
I‘m on the lookout for the hardcovers of Peacocks and Puffins - the only two I don‘t have!
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pickIt‘s been years since I read the early books in the series, so I thought I would mix in a few with the newer ones I‘m still getting caught up on. I just love Meg, Michael and Meg‘s whole goofy family! Things start off pretty differently from what they become in later books, but the wackiness is there! It was also written 25 years ago, so it reads a little differently too. This one was quite a story with A LOT going on!
pickWhat do a 30 year old jewelry heist, a murder in a columbarium (crypt) and a toucan have in common? More than you would think, as it turns out!
Also, I learned that toucans cannot not talk (I never thought about this before), and they are incredibly messy eaters that adore fruit.
pickI love that Donna Andrews writes a Christmas book each year in the Meg series! I quite enjoyed this installment. Michael is directing the Christmas Carol production again, except this time the actor playing Scrooge is a minor big-name, who turns out to be temperamental and rarely sober. As usual, Meg is quite busy - trying to keep the star actor in line and then stumbling across an animal smuggling ring - and a murder!
pickMeg is in charge of coordinating a charity show house of designers (including her mother). Though each designer has his/her own assigned rooms, Meg has her hands full juggling all their requests - and complaints - especially with a particularly nasty, selfish designer stirring the pot! When murder hits the show as well, Meg tries to get to the bottom of it.
Still a pick, but not my favorite of the Christmas ones - rather darker.
My book club reads a holiday focused mystery every December. Most but not all have been cozies. This was the one we read in 2018, our first year of existence. #sundayfunday
pickThe Halloween festival has taken over the town & Meg is in charge of the Goblin Patrol, citizen security. Dr. Smoot, the vampire-loving former medical examiner, is back with his home serving as Caerphilly history museum - and haunted house. 😆 Between the vampire LARPers, trouble at Grandfather‘s zoo, and the twins‘ demand that Tinkerbell and Spike have costumes, Meg has her hands full! Then someone starts a rogue scavenger hunt that turns deadly…
pickThe Meg Langslow Christmas mysteries are always a lot of fun. This had less Christmas in it than usual, but I still liked it. Meg ends up participating in a Forged in Fire type show and has to solve first the assault of a competitor and then the murder of a different one. Before I learned more about crows, I might have been skeptical of some of the things they do in this book, but I‘ve read about their intelligence.
pickMeg teaches her skills as a blacksmith at her grandmother‘s new Creative Arts Center on Biscuit Mountain. Bothered by a rash of annoying and destructive vandalism, the family rallies round to save new business venture - an immersive art school - from an unknown saboteur.
Meanwhile, Grandfather is throwing trash down the mountain to try to attract rare gulls. 🙄
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