Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade

January 07, 2023

Amy Patricia Meade’s Tish Tarragon series is one that I started, then picked up again a few books into it. I’ve always been glad I did because the primary characters all settled in to ones I enjoyed meeting again. Of Mushrooms and Matrimony brings back to...

What Are You Reading?

January 05, 2023

Time to check in! How are you doing, especially if you’re in California? I know you might have had some extreme weather there. I hope you all had the chance to check on the blog yesterday. Rosemary Kaye was kind enough to share her list of Favorite Books of...

Rosemary Kaye’s Favorites of 2022

January 04, 2023

For the last couple years, I’ve been posting the favorite booklists from some of the Thursday regulars. I’m sharing their booklists again this year, one every week or so. They’ll be posted in the order I received them. Each list is a little...

Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay

January 03, 2023

Jenn McKinlay’s mysteries are always humorous and a little offbeat with heartwarming relationships between close friends. Fatal Fascinator, the seventh Hat Shop mystery, fits that description perfectly. Scarlett Parker could have saved everyone a great deal of...

The Master of Mysteries by Gelett Burgess

January 02, 2023

“I never saw a Purple Cow,I never hope to see one;But I can tell you, anyhow,I’d rather see than be one.” By Gelett Burgess, who also wrote, “Ah, yes, I wrote the “Purple Cow”—I’m Sorry, now, I wrote it;But I can tell you...

February Treasures in My Closet

January 01, 2023

As I put this together on December 31, I read 180 books during 2022, including ten of them that are February 2023 releases. We have some good books ahead of us in the new year. Anticipation! Tell me what you’re looking forward to reading in February, or even the...