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That Magic Sofa (a homage to Ben E. King)

Twist and Shout Murder: A Murder A-Go-Go Mystery by Rosemary Martin

April 29, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

The fluff continues in the second installment of the Murder A-Go-Go Cozy Romance Mystery series, and as long as you remember that this is fluff and therefore not really a book series to take overly seriously, you’ll be fine. Set 3 weeks after It’s A Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder, Bebe and her oh so dreamy boss Bradley Williams have moved from Rip-City Records Talent Company to Ryan Modeling on the round-the-companies tour Bradley’s Uncle Herman has sent him on. See, Uncle Herman has no […]

“How easy it is to leave things undone until they are too late.”

Sovereign: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom

April 23, 2025 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

In my love affair for both Historical Murder Mysteries and series whose books get progressively more brick-like the longer they go on, I tackled Sovereign, the third in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series. And I don’t really regret that I did. Set this time in York during the great Progress Henry VIII took after the near civil war of 1541, York truly comes alive, with the Minster and St. Mary’s Church shown particular love. Sansom paints a pretty good picture of how as much […]

Even Murder Can Be Groovy

It's A Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder by Rosemary Martin

April 22, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

We all need harmless little fluff books in our lives, and this is one of the fluffiest. It’s 1964 and 22 year old Elizabeth “Bebe” Bennett, recently out of secretarial school in Richmond, Virginia, is loving her new independent life in New York. A month out from her move from Richmond, Virginia, she has a job as the secretary to the dreamy Bradley Williams, vice president of talent company Rip City Records. Bebe spends her days hard at work, daydreaming about the future when after […]

“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.”

The Cruel Prince: The Folk of the Air Book One by Holly Black

April 22, 2025 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.” There are books I read and hate, books I read and like, books I read and enjoy, and books that I read and become so obsessed with they take up far too much space in my head; this is one that fits in the last category. Jude Duarte lived in the mortal world (probably somewhere in the New Jersey/New York area as that seems to be where Holly Black bases most of […]

“Run away with me. You like tea. I like books. Care to open a shop and forget the world exists?”

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

April 22, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Don’t we all want to run away with the person we love to open a bookshop/cafe in a small village somewhere? That’s all Reyna and Kianthe want to do. However, when one’s the guard of a tantrum-prone murderous queen and the other’s the most powerful mage in the land, it’s a bit difficult. After getting kidnapped, Reyna decides that the spoiled little bit of royalty she works for has had enough of her life, and finally takes Kianthe up on her offer to run away […]

This Book Could Have Stayed A Secret

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

April 22, 2025 by bjornsnipe 9 Comments

If you want a book where the author is obviously impressed with both the sound of their own voice and their cleverness, definitely buy this one. Every page just screamed “I’m trying to write the next Great Novel!” as the writing dragged on and on. Time lost meaning reading this book; I’d read for 12 hours and cover 1/3 of the book only to discover I had actually read for 20 minutes and had finished 2 paragraphs. The plot (such as it is), centers around […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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