The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh Series: Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane #4 Published by Minotaur Books on 6/17/14 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery, Mystery Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey – now a Duke – and his wife… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures – I mean books! My Week Whew! It’s been a busy 2 weeks. I worked hard on an… Read more »
The Monogram Murders by Agatha Christie, Sophie Hannah Series: Poirot Published by HarperCollins on September 9th 2014 Genres: British mystery, Mystery Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas Also by this author: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, The Man in the Brown… Read more »
Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger Series: Finishing School #3 Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on November 4th 2014 Genres: Steampunk, YA (Young Adult) Pages: 304 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Etiquette & Espionage, Curtsies & Conspiracies Also by this… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2014. I read surprisingly few new authors this year, largely because so many of the authors I like are in the middle of series. Looking… Read more »
Yours for Christmas by Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold #15.5 Published by Harlequin on 2014-11-01 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Format: eARC Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Three Little Words, A Fool’s Gold Christmas, Christmas on 4th Street, When We Met, Before We Kiss, Until We… Read more »
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Series: Upon a Marigold #1 Published by Harcourt Inc. on 2004-06-01 Genres: Fairy Tales, MG Books Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave… Read more »
I’ve participated in the Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies challenge for the last two years, and “won” both years. Because I enjoy reading cozy mysteries, I decided to sign up for 2015, too. Yvonne over at Socrates’ Book Reviews hosts the challenge (thanks, Yvonne!); she also reads and reviews a lot… Read more »
The Christmas Ranch by RaeAnne Thayne Series: Cowboys of Cold Creek Published by Harlequin on 2014-12-01 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 224 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise, A Cold Creek Christmas Story, The Holiday Gift, The Rancher’s Christmas Song… Read more »
Happy Birthday to author-illustrator Jan Brett! Her beautifully illustrated books have been favorites of ours since well before our daughter was born – though it was Robin’s birth that gave me the excuse to start buying them. Brett was born on Dec. 1., 1949, making her 65 today. . …. Read more »
