Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars to Lorna Barrett‘s Murder is Binding debut in the Booktown Mystery series. I had my eyes on this one for awhile as a quaint little village full of bookstores in New Hampshire sounds a bit likeContinue Reading

Charmed to Death by Shirley Damsgaard My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars to Shirley Damsgaard‘s Charmed to Death, the second book in the Abby and Ophelia series, for brewing up an even better story and turning on the ways of the witch. While a fun and good exampleContinue Reading

Dead Wrong by Leighann Dobbs My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3 stars to Leighann Dobbs‘s Dead Wrong, her debut novel in the Blackmoore Sisters Mystery series. I selected this book as it was a free electronic iBooks read on my Apple iPad and because I had read another debutContinue Reading

I Loved Lucy: My Friendship with Lucille Ball by Lee Tannen My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars to Lee Tannen‘s I Loved Lucy: My Friendship with Lucille Ball. After reading mostly fiction for the last few months, I took a right turn towards memoirville and settled on readingContinue Reading

Classified as Murder by Miranda James My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars to Miranda James‘s Classified as Murder. I very much enjoyed this classic cozy tale. It is reminiscent of an Agatha Christie story with all the key elements from a family of potential killers, a mysterious theft,Continue Reading

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4+ stars to Jojo Moyes‘s Me Before You. I saw a glimpse of the movie preview and had perused a few online reviews of the book when I added it to my “To Read” list. I had toContinue Reading

The Good Girls by Sara Shepard My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars to Sara Shepard‘s The Good Girls, the potentially conclusive second novel in her Perfectionist’s series. After reading the debut of the series last month, I was quickly intrigued and needed to read the second novel toContinue Reading

Dead & Buried by Leighann Dobbs My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3 stars to Leighann Dobbs‘s Dead & Buried, the second in the Blackmoore Sisters Mystery series. Another short and quick read with bits of humor, romance, “magic” and fun! This was the third short mystery I’ve read byContinue Reading

The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars to Leigh Perry‘s The Skeleton Haunts a House, her third release in the Family Skeleton Mystery series. Fans of the author and this cozy mystery series will not be disappointed with the expansion ofContinue Reading

I drafted two new chapters in my novel “Watching a Glass Shatter” today.  Chapter 2 was the widow’s view on the funeral and Chapter 3 was the reading of the late husband’s will where she learns a shocking secret. The secret while a bit of a game changer was notContinue Reading