I finished the 2nd book in The Lost Queen Series. It's a reread and still as good as the first time I read it in 2021. Now to read The Shadowed Land I got last year for Christmas.

The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
"The snows have come."

Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy
"I was officially and honorably separated from active duty with the United States Army Air Forces at Greensboro, North Carolina, on January 17, 1946.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

📖 The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
💻 Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy

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Well, I was a little disappointed in this book. The other 3 had been full of suspense and twists, this one not at all. I know Stone has some books based on Autumn Trent, so maybe this was a book to introduce her to Stones' readers. I hope so anyway.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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A reread for me. I love it just as much as the first time I read it. 5⭐️

#FinishWhatYouStarted

I don't think you can ever be to old for Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang. I thought this book would have more about space based on the tittle, but it didn't have a lot. I did learn that Schulz was interested in space and in 1950 as Peanuts was getting started he had comic strips with the Gang talking about space.

#comics

A serial killer is in an Ohio small town killing women. What do they women have in common? They all decided to cancel their abortion. The ending left me with a question. I can't say what it is bc I would ruin the book. That question dropped the book a star. Warning: Graphic Abortion Info. 4⭐️

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Sophie Weston is at an engagement party when the groom to be dies. Soon she's called to his lawyers office and told she has inherited his antique business. No one is more surprised than her. His daughter and ex wife think she was having an affair with him. Can Sophie find out why he left her the business before something happens to someone else? I enjoyed this cozy mystery in the Domestic Diva Series.

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4.5⭐️

While this is the first book I have read in the Rev. Clare Ferguson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series, I wasn't lost. I was lucky enough to get to read this early through Netgalley. I can tell you that even though this was the 10th book in the series, they don't have to be read in order.

Spencer-Fleming storytelling level is great. I was captivate at the first chapter. It's full of suspense and thrills. I felt like I knew who the ⬇️

This week, I plan to
Finish:
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis

Start:
Storm Tide by Paul Doiron
A Baby's Right to Choose by David Winters
Some Audiobook?

I finished 4 books this week:
3⭐️. The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba
4.5⭐️ The Hidden History of the White House by Corey Mead
5⭐️ Snoopy, The Flying Ace by Charles Schulz
5⭐️ Snoopy, Man's Best Friend by Charles Schulz

#weeklywrapup

Snoopy and the Peanuts gang are my favorites. In this comic, we see Snoopy interact with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. I have loved Snoopy and the Peanuts gang every since I was a little girl.

#37by37Readathon

love Snoopy! This contained some Peanuts strips I have never seen or read before. These strips had most of the Peanuts gang in them. Not all, but most, of them were The Flying Ace behind enemy lines.

#37by37Readathon

4.5⭐️

I found this book to be very interesting. I learned quite a bit. I never knew Nixon installed the recording device in the oval office that ended up causing him to resign. The break in was planned by him to use against his enemies. There is so much info in this book. I recommend it to any that likes history.

#bookspinbingo #37by37Readathon

Well researched, but the chapters were very long, except for 2 of them. I never knew about a Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz. The Nazis made them play for the people arriving at the platform where the prisoners were sent right to live or left to die.

Published September 16, 2025

Low pick

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THE LOST QUEEN BY SIGNE PIKE
THE WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA OF AUSCHWITZ

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

4.25

I haven't read a Linda Howard book in a long time. I enjoyed this book. Howard had good character development. The story line was interesting. Baily Weston is in charge of her stepchildrens trust and they are not happy at all about that. She goes on vacation but ends up in a plane crash. Will her and the pilot be found?

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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I'm finding this audiobook fascinating.

#nonfiction #history #audiobook

My reads for #readmykindle are:

#15 The Trouble With You
#11 Luck of the Draw
#14 Under the Storm
#5 Dead Money

@cbee

I heard good things about this book, so I wanted to read it bc who doesn't like a Who-done-it mystery? I was disappointed. Miss Hortense is the MC, but I felt like I didn't know her. There are a ton of characters that I got hit with, and I had a hard time keeping track of who was who. I probably should have DNF'D it, but I hate doing that. There's a lot of readers who enjoyed it, but it just fell flat to me.

⭐️

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Slow month in Oct. I only got 10 books read with one DNF

A well researched biography on Jeanette Rankin, the first woman to be in Congress. I was immensed in this book. The life Rankin lived was fascinating. She saw WWI, WWII and Vietnam. She did so much in her life that women are benefiting from today, as well as America.

Rinehart takes you on the journey of Rankin's life. Rinehart wrote this book so you feel as you are right there beside Rankin. She let's you travel along with Rankin ⬇️

My November list for #ReadYourKindle.

@CBee

My November #Bookspinbingo list

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Another great installment in the Domestic Diva Cozy Mystery Series. I enjoy Krista Davis' books so much.

4.5 ⭐️

It's almost the 4th of July. Sophie gets hired by the Queen of Cheesecake, Bobbie Sue. Soon after, Bobbie Sue's husband is found dead. The suspect list is long, and soon Barney is at the top. There's a mysterious woman, a coach, an ex-husband, the dead persons step-son, plus Barney. There's no way, Barney could have done it, is there?

😊 Happy Reading 😊

#Serieslove2025

I bailed on this one. I have read a lot of her books, and this is the first one I have bailed on. I couldn't get into it.

Bookmail from J. D. Barker.

Cynthia Burrows thought she'd built the perfect life- successful law career, loving husband, beautiful daughter. But when 18 yr old Tori vanishes without a trace, Cynthia's carefully constructed world begins to crumble.

#weeklyforecast

Hope to finish at least a couple of these, I'm currently reading:

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike (Physical)
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeanette Rakin Defied All Odds by Lorissa Rinehart (Kindle)
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba (Kindle)
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (Kindle)
The Diva Says Cheesecake by Krista Davis (Audio)

#weeklyrecap

I didn't have a good week of reading. Only 2 books finished:

The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery by Siddharth Kara

The Zorg is the story of a little known slave ship. Because of a mistake from someone taking an r for an n, the ship became known as the Zong.

The research Siddharth Kara did on this book was impressive. The problem I had with it, was that in places it drug to me. It's a very sad story of what slaves went through when they were sold into slavery by their on people. They had to take a horrible journey across the ocean, then get bought ⬇️

I didn't find this installment in the Domestic Diva Series as good as the others. The mystery to this one was ok. I did like that Nina took a more prominent role. Unless, I missed something the title didn't really go with the book.

#audiobook #Serieslove2025

Sophie's ex-husband, Mars, has asked her to help finish ghost writing a book for one of his clients wives. She agrees, but soon thinks it may entail more than she bargained for. The previous ghostwriter has vanished. When Sophie and her best friend, Nina, go by her house to check on her, they soon find theirselves involved in another murder investigation. There's a few different things going on in this installment of the Domestic Diva ⬇️

I have to say War Room is the best book I've read all year. It was so inspiring and emotional. I felt God speak to me throughout this book. I pray everyday, but this book makes me want a war room to talk to God. I highly recommend The War Room to everyone.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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4.25⭐️

In this installment of the Domestic Diva Series, Sophie is asked to help Bernie with the annual pie contest. Natasha is excluded from entering this year, because of what she did last year. Sophie is soon embroiled in another mystery. This time though the culprit is trying to frame Sophie.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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Riley Sager combined two of Agatha Christie's books, Then There Were None (which I loved) and Murder on the Orient Express (which I haven't read, yet). Sager put so many twists in this book. I never had a clue. Anna Mattheson lost her famy and now she's going to get revenge. She sends out 6 invitations for a train ride to Chicago, to the people that destroyed her life. The only question is: how many will survive. 5⭐️

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I used to collect elephants. Now, other than books I don't collect anything
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#weeklyforecast
CURRENTLY:
The Zorg by Siddharth Kara
The War Room by Chris Fabry
With A Vengeance by Riley Sager
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike

Up next:
The Diva Sweetens The Pie by Krista Davis
The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba

#weeklywrapup
Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown 4.5⭐️
Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh 5⭐️
The Diva Serves High Tea by Krista Davis 4⭐️
The Diva Cooks Up a Storm by Krista Davis 4.25⭐️

My books for #ReadYourKindle2025 for October are:

3 Queen of Crimes
19 In Berlin
9 The Genuis Boat
18 Life, Death & Giants

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
With A Vengeance by Riley Sager
The War Room by Chris Fabry
The Zorg by Siddharth Kara

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

4.25⭐️

This Diva Cozy Mystery Series is so good. Davis has great character development and the characters have depth. They grow with each book. Sophia and Nina are supposed to go on vacation, but a storm has them canceling their plans. She and all her friends are soon drawn into a murder. Hoarce told Sophia he thought someone was poisoning him. Now he is dead. Did his new younger wife, his kid, his ex-wife, or a law partner kill him?

Reading 4 books at once and listening to an audio

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
"I was dreaming of the forest."

With A Vengeance by Riley Sager
"The Train isn't empty, although it feels that way."

The Zorg by Siddharth Kara
"If you have heard anything about this story, it is probably that there was an eighteenth-century Brithish slave ship named the Zong, and that its captain, Luke Collingwood, ordered the murder of scores of Africans on ⬇️

My list for October #Bookspinbingo

I changed it up. When I list books to read, I never get those specific books read. I used to do it this way, and it worked better for me.

Only got one of my books read in September Bingo

September Wrap-up
17 Books Read

5⭐️
The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis
The Sisterhood Of Ravensburg by Lynne Olson
Bonded in Death by J D Robb
Guess Again by Charlie Donlea
Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh

4.5⭐️
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
The Diva Wraps It Up by Krista Davis

4⭐️
The Idaho Four by James Patterson
The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis
The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis
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4⭐️
I love this series. To me, it's a great cozy mystery series. I wouldn't recommend reading it when you're hungry though. Davis talks a lot of food. Natasha does get on my nerves a bit, but I think if she wasn't in the series it would be missing something. This one deals with a murder, relationships and food! I never suspected the culprit.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

Two sisters on trail for the murder of their father. One did it, and the other one is innocent. One hires Eddie, and the other one hires another lawyer. The prosecution is not sure which did it, so they are trying them both. Who is the killer?

I love Eddie Flynn. He is always the underdog. He doesn't bow down to anyone, either. Cavanagh has grown Eddie so much since the first book. Eddie is a deep character. The problem this time ⬇️

Man, it was a long eight years to wait for this book. It's so good. I enjoy a good mystery. Robert Langsdon is a great MC. His girlfriend, Katherine, is asked to Prague to discuss a book she's working on. Soon, they are running for their lives, trying to figure out why people want her manuscript to disappear. That's all I want to say bc I don't want to spoil it!

The Diva series is so much fun! I love reading them and seeing what Sophie, Mills, Nina, Natasha, and Wolf are all up to. Another great read! 4⭐️

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