Happy February! The much awaited list of February 2023 New Releases on my radar is here! There are 100 titles on this list, and they comprise a range of genres – contemporary, historical, cozy mystery, suspense, Amish fiction, children’s books, YA, speculative, and even some nonfiction. And, of course, expect […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is authors I read for the first time in 2022. Some of these were debut authors but others were authors whose books I just sadly hadn’t had time to read yet. I definitely enjoyed my first experience with each of these author’s […]
DIAL M FOR MEOW by Ruth J. Hartman SERIES: Bookshop Kitties Mysteries #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Gemma Halliday Publishing RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2023 PAGES: 263 From author Ruth J. Hartman comes a purrrrfect new cozy mystery series… When children’s book author, Christy Bailey, receives a call from her […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023 but I’ve already covered that, at least through the end of April. So I’m tweaking it just a bit without straying too far from the basic idea: the series starters that […]
Happy New Year, dear readers! I pray that 2023 is a year of joyful days and great reads for each of you. As promised yesterday, during our bird’s eye view look at Early 2023 New Releases, today I’m going to break down the January 2023 New Releases that are on […]
Happy New Year’s Eve! As we all try to hurry up and read all those books we fully intended to read in 2022, how about we add some more to the pile for 2023?!? Music to a bookworm’s ears, am I right? 😉 Normally this post would be focused on […]
Love’s a Mystery in Cut and Shoot, Texas Welcome back to our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 again this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! Only THREE DAYS until Christmas! We’re in the home stretch in our spotlights of several Christmasy releases from 2022. Most days will have more […]
DEATH CHECKED OUT by Leah Dobrinska SERIES: A Larkspur Library Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Level Best Books RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2022 PAGES: 315 When in doubt, go to the library…and solve the murder mystery! Greta Plank, library director in the small, lakeside town of Larkspur, Wisconsin, prefers […]
Roast Date Welcome back to our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 again this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! Less than a week to go – only SIX DAYS until Christmas! We’re in the home stretch in our spotlights of several Christmasy releases from 2022. Most days will have […]
It Came Upon a Midnight Shear Welcome back to our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 again this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! Christmas is only 17 days away, according to Google, but of course it’s never too early for Christmas stories, and ’tis the season when I really […]
DEATH BY PUFFIN by Jennifer S. Alderson SERIES: Travel Can Be Murder #9 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Traveling Life Press RELEASE DATE: November 24, 2022 PAGES: 224 Iceland—land of fire, ice … and murder? After a nasty fight with her boyfriend, tour guide Lana Hansen takes a week off work […]
FILM CREWS & RENDEZVOUS by Heather Weidner SERIES: Jules Keene Glamping Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Level Best Books RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2022 PAGES: 240 Hollywood has come to Fern Valley, and the one stoplight town may never be the same. Everyone wants to get in on the […]
Happy Tuesday! Today the theme for Top Ten Tuesday is a ‘thankful freebie’ so I decided to look at a bunch of books from the last five years with Thanksgiving scenes in them. For some of these titles, it’s a major part of the story. For others, a more minor […]
LONGING IS VIOLET DUSK by Josalyn McAllister SERIES: Hazel Dean Mysteries #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Eburnean Books RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2022 PAGES: 302 After a stressful foray into crime fighting, Hazel Dean is relieved to resume normality, taking care of her family and book shop–until her ability to […]
DEATH ON A DEADLINE by Joyce St. Anthony SERIES: Homefront News Mysteries #2 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane RELEASE DATE: November 8, 2022 PAGES: 288 Editor-in-chief Irene Ingram pencils in her newest mystery in Joyce St. Anthony’s second captivating Homefront News mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry […]
SILENCE SAYS THE MOST by Kathleen Bailey SERIES: Olivia Penn Mysteries #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Rhino Publishing LLC RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2022 PAGES: 304 A heartwarming cozy mystery that celebrates the connections of friends and family with a Gilmore Girls vibe. Five days before Halloween, fall turns frightful […]
A BOOK CLUB TO DIE FOR by Dorothy St. James SERIES: Beloved Bookroom Mystery #3 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2022 PAGES: 300 When a member of an exclusive book club is checked out, spunky librarian Trudell Becket must sort fact from fiction to solve the […]
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT SHEAR by Allie Pleiter SERIES: Riverbank Knitting Mysteries #3 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2022 PAGES: 300 A murder in her yarn shop’s backyard puts Libby Beckett’s holiday plans on thin ice.… The holiday season looks merry and bright for Libby […]
Happy Tuesday! This week’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is a Halloween freebie and, to be honest, I didn’t have any new ideas to use for it. So I decided to do a round-up of my past Halloween freebie posts, with a few updates along the way! Even though Halloween […]
MINESTRONE MISCHIEF by Rosie Genova SERIES: Italian Kitchen Mysteries #4 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Two Roses Books RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2022 PAGES: 285 When a Halloween stalker shows up on Mischief Night, Vic encounters lots of tricks, no treats, and one murder … It’s the post-summer season in Oceanside […]