Week in Review #41

 The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

Another very long feeling week and I am done with all things...ugh. Still having problems with my heart rate and breathing, the doc still wants me to have the stress test that I can't afford. He has me taking a low dose asprin just in case.

Then the back drivers side wheel came off while were were headed to my dads doctors appointment, thank godness were were not going real fast as the car was making a noise. Not only was that a problem but several other things, so more cost we can't afford.

Hopefully July will be a good month as its my birthday month!!

Have a great week and happy reading!

What you might have missed on my blog

Review of Death Knells and Wedding Bells

Review of Sacred Evil

Books I have added

• Now You See It - The latest in one of my favorite cozy series, Witch City!
• The Enemy at Home - Trying something a bit different. It's a historical suspense novel of a WWII serial killer!! I am not a huge fan of books set during WWII but this sounded interesting. :)

Books read last week

• Death Knells and Wedding Bells - The latest book in the Lighthouse Library series and one of my favorite series.
• The Rider of Lost Creek - This wasn't bad but I can't say that I have turned into a western reader...lol.
• Full Dark House - For my friend that passed away last week a group of us had a Janellathon where we read books that reminded us of Janelle and I bought this book on her recomendation and it was interesting.
• Black Coffee - Reading Agatha Christie was my friends favorite thing so I picked up the next book in Hercule Piorot that I needed to get too, I liked it.
• The Snatcher of Raven Hollow - If you like goosebumps you will enjoy this fun new series!
• Ghost Don't Ride Bikes, Do they? - This series is a cute short chaper book series and a lot of fun.

Currently reading

• The Book of Life - I have a lot of carry overs this month because I added in the books for the readathon. So still working on this reread and enjoying it. I am in no hurry just enjoying it. I am 227 pages into it.
• Clara Poole and the Long Way Around - Haven't worked much on this one so still only about 8% into it.
• Mystery in the Highlands - Same with this one so only a few percent into it.
• The Duke's Wager - For my Bday month I am reading my retro books, only read a page so far as I just added it. :)
• Murder at the Vicarage - My first Miss Marple for Janellathon. Only two chapters in.
• Persuasion - Reread because this was Janelle's favorite Jane Austen and it's Jane Austen July so I figured it was fitting and it's my favorite. I have little under 3 hours left of the audiobook.
• Sticking to Her Guns - Still around 34% but enjoying it. :)

What might be up next

 Need to finish some I am reading. :)

How was your week? What did you get?

Two Bloggers One Series - Sacred Evil ~ Krewe of Hunters #3

 

I am so glad I talked Barb into reading book one in this series. It's a series I really love and even though I have read a fair amount of them I was glad to go back and reread them with Barb! Check out my thoughts then go pop in over and Booker T's Farm and see what Barb thought!

A terror born of Jack the Ripper

The details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body of a promising starlet has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattan's oldest graveyards.

One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau:

A recreation of Jack the Ripper's gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat. Something more dangerous and unexplainable.

As the city seethes with suspicion, Jude calls on Whitney Tremont, a member of the country's preeminent paranormal investigating team, to put the speculation to rest. Yet when Whitney and Jude delve deeper, what they discover is more shocking than either could have predicted, and twice as sinister.

This series is a comfort read for me, I know it's very formulac and that is probably why as I know exactly what I am going to get a fun romance, bit of suspense and some ghosties! 

In this one we have murders that look like they could be recreations of Jack  The Ripper murders and a movie crew that could have ties to  what is going on. Jude notices something really off about these murders right away. He isn't exactly thrilled when he is told that a team is coming to help him, the first one being Whitney.

He knows they are an elite team and Whitney seems to be good at her job, but when he finds out they are a "ghost hunting" team he is very skeptical about  the whole thing, He still can't help his attraction to her but the ghost thing has hima little not sure. Whitney knows that the ghost thing bothers Jude but she also knows that they are more than just that, they are a team that is very good at finding the not ghost criminal just in a bit of a different way.

My favorite thing about Krewe of Hunters is the team!  The group as a whole is pretty interesting. This team is lead by Jackson and though out the series you get to know different teams but I do love this first group the best. I thought Whitney and Jude had a sweet romance even with thim not being real sure about the ghost thing. Also the main ghost in this one was a DOG! He helped lead them to bones, and also helped Jude when Whitney was in trouble. Jude had to believe a bit after seeing a ghostly dog...lol. I also liked the Jack the Ripper background of this one! 

Just as fun the second time around! 

5 stars!

Review of Death Knell and Wedding Bells

 

Librarian Lucy’s wedding is nearly perfect—aside from a missing guest and the strangled body she finds. Now, she must vow to find the killer in this 10th Lighthouse Library mystery.

Lucy and Connor planned for the perfect Outer Banks wedding—and that’s exactly what they got. Aside from typical rumblings of familial tensions, the late spring weather allowed for a beautiful day, the food was delicious, and everyone had a good time, until one of the guests goes missing.

Before Lucy can look forward to the rest of her life in Nags Head and the work she does at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, she gets a phone call from her boss, Bertie James. Eddie, Bertie’s friend, never made it back home after the reception. Initially, Lucy doesn’t think anything of it—sometimes wedding guests simply have a little too much fun. But this quickly turns to something darker when she discovers the body of a wedding guest strangled in a locked closet, and the police immediately start asking questions about Eddie. Lucy must figure out if the two are connected before it’s too late—both for Bertie’s friend and the rest of her wedding guests.

With the Classic Novel Reading Club reading the Selected Works of Edgar Allen Poe—Lucy wonders if the master of the macabre can assist her investigation or if the hunt for the killer’s identity will remain as nothing more than an unsolved mystery.

The Wedding is happening and everyone is pretty happy. Except for maybe a few bits of family tension but what wedding doesn't have a bit of that but things get a bit more tense when murder happens.

It seems that something might have went down at the reception that Lucy and Collin didn't know about, some people not gettin along, etc. Then they find one of the guest murdered and Bertie's friend Eddie is missing, things don't look good for Eddie. 

So of course Lucy is going to try and figure out where has Eddie taken off too and who might have had motive to kill the victim. There was a few good suspects but I did find it a bit easy at least to me to figure out the killer but I still enjoyed it. 

I like this series as the characters are a lot of fun, I love Lucy, the lighthouse library, the folks that work there, just everyone, even the annoying one has grown on me a bit. :) 

If your a cozy fan give this series a try!

4 stars!

Week in Review #40

The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

This week has been a very long and tiring week. Still having problems with my heart rate and this week was just blah. Hopefully next week will be better!

I am a little sad as one of my favorite booktubers Janelle from Too Fond of Books passed away a few days ago. She thought she was cancer free after a battle with breast cancer and her and her husband even went and celibrated their 25th anniversary in Scotland and had a blast, but when they got back she thought she had covid but it ended up being something different and they found cancer was in her lungs, didn't take long after that for her to be gone and it just seems to unreal. If you love Historical mysteries or just mysteries really her husband is leaving her channel up and you should check it out she was awesome and will be greatly missed. :(

What you might have missed on my blog

Waiting on Wed. ~ Grave Mistakes

Review of Redwood Bend

Books I have added

• Mister Lullaby - I read Nightmare Man by this author earlier this year and liked it so I am hoping I will also like his newest one.
• The Cove - Ran across this one looking for new release I thought might interest me for a 3rd Quarter anticipated and it's always bad for me as I end up grabbing things...lol.
• The River's Edge - I have enjoyed this authors British crime novels before and it's been a while since I read one of hers so I was excited to see this one.
• The Sign of Four Spirits - My first grab for 2024! It's one of my favorite series so I always have to grab it up.
• Death at a Scottish Wedding - My second grab for 2024! I loved book one An American in Scotland so I was excited to see the one for next year up on netgalley. Now do I dive in now or wait...lol.

Books read last week

• Gin and Dagger - Book 1 in the Murder She Wrote series. Very different from the tv show which I watch all the time but it wasn't bad.
• Manhattans and Murder - Book 2 in the MSW series and it wasn't bad, but I could only find the audiobook and for some reason they have a British narrator and it was annoying. I know Angela Lansbury is British but Jessica Fletcher was NOT!
• Reap What You Sew - Book 6 in the Southern Sewing Circle and I am just not a huge fan of this series despite loving this authors (Laura Bradford) other series.
• Redwood Bend - Book 16 in the Virgin River series, only three more to go! I am kind of sad that I am almost finished. I really love this series.
• Some Touch of Madness - Book 2 in the Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder and I wasn't a huge fan. It could have just been the atmosphere as it took place in an asylum and it's historical but I also wasn't a fan of the main chacter making me wonder why I liked book one...lol.
• Ghost, Toast and Other Hazards - This was a cute contemporary story with a bit of a paranormal lean. A Ghost elephant! :)
• Escape from Grimestone Manor - It's a new series that is kind of like Goosebumps but called Monsterous and in this one three kids get stuck in a amusement park spooky ride where things come to life.

Didn't read much last week so made up for this week...lol. I have been walking and listening to audiobooks which is helping. :)

Currently reading

• The Book of Life - Still working away at this one but not as quickly as I hoped. I am still really enjoying my reread.
• Sticking to Her Guns - I haven't worked on this one as much as I would have liked but needed to prioritize the MSW books for a readathon so they jumped the line. 17% into this one.
• Clara Poole and the Long Way Around - It's an eARC that I just decide to pick up and I am only 5% into it.
• Death Knells and Wedding Bells - One of my favorite series so wanted to get the last book read. Listening to it and about 85% into it. So might have already finished this by the time this goes up.
• The Rider of Lost Creek - Getting one more western in for June on the Range, it's not bad but I don't think westerns will be something I read a lot of...lol.

What might be up next

  I need to get to some of my eARCs but not sure what I will pick.

How was your week? What did you get?

Two Bloggs One Series ~ Virgin River #16

 Barb and I are back in Virgin River and it was a nice time! Once you read my review please head on over to Barbs channel @ Booker T's Farm and giver hers a view. 

In Virgin River, you never know what you might find around the bend in the road...

Former actor Dylan Childress left the L.A. scene behind years ago for a quiet life running an aviation company in Montana. But with business slowing down, Dylan is starting to wonder whether he should take one of the offers Hollywood keeps sending his way. He figures a motorcycle trip to Virgin River with his buddies might help him decide what path to take. But his own troubles are left at the side of the road when he spots a woman stranded on the way into town.

Katie Malone and her twin boys' trip to Virgin River is stopped short by a tire as flat as her failed romance. To make matters worse, it's raining, the boys are hungry and Katie is having trouble putting on the spare. So when some bikers pull up beside them, offering to help, all Katie feels is relief. Then she sees sexy, leather-clad Dylan Childress, and in one brief moment the world turns on its axis.

Katie's a sensible single mother and Dylan's a die-hard commitment-phobe. Neither one is looking for long-term romance. But sometimes it takes only a moment to know you've found something that could change your life forever.

Barb and I are nearing out end of our buddy reading of the Virgin River series and I am a bit sad. Only 3 more to go and we are done. This series is such a comfort read and always makes me smile. 

In the previous book we met Connor and so we got a small glimpse of Katie as that is his sister. She is a military widow with two rambuncious twins and her brother is very protective of her. Since his move to Virgin River she has been wanting to come visit so she sets out to do just that and along the way she has a flat tire. She is hoping for some nice regular type person to help her but she gets a biker group. 

In the group is Dylan an ex child actor who now lives in Montana and sort of keeps to himself. Right now his business is taking a bit of a hit because of the economy and nobody taking charter planes, so he is taking a trip with friends. He helps Katie with her tire and of course there is going to be a bit of a spark. 

Dylan's life has been a lot different from Katies so he has commitment issues but wants to get to know Katie while he is in Virgin River, he tells her he would be leaving soon but stays longer than he had planned. He even seems to like her twins and can tell them apart. Yep, he is in trouble...lol.

I liked Dylan and Katie they made a cute couple, the twins were also cute and great for the story but not in it to much that it takes away from the romance. Both characters have their own issues to work though, though Dylan a bit more than Katie. There was also a nasty momma bear and her cubs that were entertaining at times. 

 I also loved being back with the regulars of Virgin River. It's like visiting friends! 

4 stars

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Grave Mistakes

 

 Waiting on Wednesday has been around for a while and I know that it was taken over by Wishful Endings and called Can't wait Wednesday so will link to her.

Middle school is hard—add a deadly embarrassing family and a huge secret, and it's nearly impossible. An Addams-esque family faces a perilous plot in this energetic, spooky middle grade mystery.

Molly Dade has big problems. She’s got an important violin audition coming up, she’s been paired with her nemesis for a group project, and she’s struggling to hide a life-or-death secret from…well, from everyone. It wasn’t long ago that the Dades were just a regular Maine family living in their reportedly haunted house in the local cemetery. But then Molly’s mom and twin brother Marty were killed in a freak accident. And Molly, her older brother Timothy, and her father became the town’s newest bereaved family.

Except Mom and Marty are still very much present. No one knows why, but Mom is now a ghost and Marty is a poltergeist. Oh, and there’s also Molly’s younger sister Dyandra, who is a zombie.

Keeping all this supernatural stuff a secret from everyone is hard work, especially when the dead (undead?) members of the family still want to participate in things like the Parent Teacher Association meetings or come to the (very public, very potentially embarrassing) school concert.

When Dad’s new cemetery assistant seems to know the Dade family secret, Molly and Marty worry about the future of their family. And when Marty begins to regain his memories of the explosion that killed him and Mom, the twins realize that the situation might be even more grave than they thought. Someone might be after the Dade family—but who? And why?

I am in a huge middle grade mood and lately they seem to be the ones I have been enjoying them more than a lot of the other books I have read lately. :) August 15th from Disney

Week in Review #39

 

The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

So the walking is going okay but the chair excercises not so much. Doing the twisty type exercises messed up my back, so doctor said to just walk for now. I am finally getting my back to not hurt. I was on the heating pad for several days on high heat after I rubbed icy hot on it...it worked...lol. Though if I try to do to much twisting it still hurts so I have to be careful.

Not much else to report. Have a great week and happy reading!

What you might have missed on my blog

Spotlight ~ The Urban Boys

Review of Hidden Legacy 

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Curious Tide

eARC Review of Murder in the Scottish Hills

Books I have added

• Scarewaves - Middle grade debut from the internet horror superstar who created Creepypasta (I never watched it, so just going of of what netgalley says...lol). Just sounds like a fun one!
• Scariest. Book. Ever. - A new Goosebump spin off!!
• Zombie Season - Interesting take on zombies as it seems that the towns only have problems with zombies during the zombie season.
• Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord - I hope this is not to feminist, I didn't notice that word when I grabbed it. It's usually a word that makes me not pick up a book. It's a historical mystery so I do hope I like it.

Books read last week

• Murder in the Scottish Hills - Didn't like this one as much as the first one but it was still good.
• Hard Rustler - B. J. Daniels gives me just what I want a fun mystery and sexy cowboys!
• Smooth Talking Cowboy - This is only my second book by this author and I really liked this one a lot more than the other one I read.
• Sammy Specter - Cute, short middle grade book about a ghost trying to scare someone.

Currently reading

• Gin and Dagger - I am about 25% into this one and it's not bad just different reading about Jessica Fletcher and watching (it's my favorite background show).
• The Book of Life - I am really enjoying my reread. I am at page 166 of 561.
• Sticking to her Guns - Just recently started this one so I am only 10% into it, but enjoying it.
• The Camp - I really want to like this one but so far it's boring. They are not at the camp yet so it could get better. 19% into it.
• Some Touch of Madness - I like this author but this book not so much. :( Around 67% into the audiobook.
• Reap What You Sew - Not to far into this one, about 17% into it, just not as huge of fan of this series as I am her others. (This is also Laura Bradford)

What might be up next

 Not sure as I am not reading these real fast.

How was your week? What did you get?