“The Bookstore Wedding” by Alice Hoffman

August 10, 2024

A week ago, I reviewed the first Once Upon a Time Bookshop story by Alice Hoffman, “The Bookstore Sisters”. It told of Isabel Gibson who fled Brinkley’s Island, Maine, for New York City. She left behind her sister, Sophie, and the bookstore the...

Winners and Off to the U.K. Giveaway

August 09, 2024

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Catherine L. from Durham, NC won Murder at the White Palace. Carol W. of Round Rock, TX will receive The Burning. The books have been mailed. This week, I’m giving away two mysteries set in the U.K. We talked...

What Are You Reading?

August 08, 2024

The highlight of my week was Saturday when my sister, Linda, and I attended the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival. Neither of us had ever been to it, although it’s been going on for 35 years and attracts over 100,000 each year. We had a great time. I saw an Irish...

To Err is Cumin by Leslie Budewitz

August 07, 2024

I can repeat what I’ve said before about Leslie Budewitz’ Spice Shop mysteries. They are a treat for the senses. With all the discussion of spices, food, flowers, and the use of all of them, Budewitz challenges readers to absorb her stories through their...

Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor

August 06, 2024

Because I’m such a fan of Sarah Stewart Taylor’s Maggie D’Arcy mysteries set in Ireland, I was a little reluctant to try the first in a new historical mystery series set in small-town Vermont in the mid-1960s. I should have known Taylor...