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Finished Friday January 13, 2023

April 2024 Wrap Up

 

March 2024 Wrap-Up

 

February 2024 Wrap-Up

 

January 2024 Wrap-Up

 

December 2023 Wrap-Up

 

November Wrap-Up

 

November Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

What We Saw by Mary Downing Hahn

Everything We Didn't Say by Nicole Baart

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

🧡My Favorite:

Everything We Didn't Say by Nicole Baart

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What We Saw
by Mary Downing Hahn

LT's Theory of Pets
by Stephen King

I Capture The Castle
by Dodie Smith

Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant
Beacon Bakeshop #4
by Darci Hannah

The Amelia Six
by Kristin L. Gray

Everything We Didn't Say
by Nicole Baart

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies
Charmed Pie Shoppe #4
by Ellery Adams

Breach of Crust
Charmed Pie Shoppe #5
by Ellery Adams

The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Singing Hills Cycle #1
by Nghi Vo

Eagle Song
by Joseph Bruchac

The Dinner List
by Rebecca Serle

Board to Death
Board Game Shop #1
by C.J. Connor

Me Before You
Me Before You #1
by Jojo Moyes

Tales of the Peculiar
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #0.5
by Ransom Riggs

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
by Lisa Unger

Murders and Metaphors
Magical Bookshop #3
by Amanda Flower

October Wrap-Up

 

October Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

Darkness, My Old Friend by Lisa Unger

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

The Graveyard Book Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman

🧡My Favorite:

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

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Pecan Pies and Homicides
Charmed Pie Shoppe #3
by Ellery Adams

Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye
Warren the 13th #1
by Tania del Rio 

The Spook in the Stacks
Lighthouse Library #4
by Eva Gates

Prose and Cons
Magical Bookshop #2
by Amanda Flower

The Canterville Ghost
by Oscar Wilde

Darkness, My Old Friend
The Hollows #2
by Lisa Unger

The Cask of Amontillado
by Edgar Allan Poe 

The Birds
by Daphne du Maurier

The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

Bells, Spells, and Murders
Witch City #7
by Carol J. Perry

The Tuesday Night Club
Miss Marple ss #1
by Agatha Christie

This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger 

The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
Mabel Jones #1
by Will Mabbitt

Midnight Pleasures
Pleasures #2
by Eloisa James

The Graveyard Book Vol. 1
The Graveyard Book #1
by Neil Gaiman

September Wrap-Up

 

September Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

A Stranger In The House by Shari Lapena

What Lies In The Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

When All The Girls Are Sleeping by Emily Arsenault

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

💙My Favorite:

When All The Girls Are Sleeping by Emily Arsenault

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Pride and Premeditation
Jane Austen Murder #1
by Tirzah Price

Miss Quinces
by Kat Fajardo

A Stranger In The House
by Shari Lapena

Arsenic and Adobo
Tita Rosie's Kitchen #1
by Mia P. Manansala

Dead Voices
Small Spaces #2
by Katherine Arden

What Lies In The Woods
by Kate Alice Marshall

City Of Windows
Lucas Page #1
by Robert Pobi

The Worst Years of My Life
Middle School #1
by James Patterson

Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2
by Jeff Kinney

When All The Girls Are Sleeping
by Emily Arsenault

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving

Rip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving

Chasing The Devil: My 20-year Quest To Capture the Green River Killer
by Sheriff David Reichert

Blindsighted
Grant County #1
by Karin Slaughter

The Villa
by Rachel Hawkins

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple short stories
by Agatha Christie

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August Wrap-Up

 

August Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

The Last House On Needless Street by Catriona Ward

💜My Favorite:
All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

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So This Is Love
Twisted Tale #9
by Elizabeth Lim

All The Dangerous Things
by Stacy Willingham

One Of The Girls
by Lucy Clarke

Lightning Strike
Cork O'Connor #18 (series prequel)
by William Kent Krueger

The Younger Wife
by Sally Hepworth

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1
by Holly Jackson

Murder at an Irish Castle
Irish Castle #1
by Ellie Brannigan

Furiously Happy
by Jenny Lawson

Appointment With Death
Hercule Poirot #19
by Agatha Christie

Birthday Party Murder
Lucy Stone #9
by Leslie Meier

All These Bodies
by Kendare Blake

The Last House On Needless Street
by Catriona Ward

Hidden
Mitchum #1
by James Patterson

July Wrap-Up

 

July Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby

Where Are The Children? by Mary Higgins Clark

Favorite: The Stranger Game

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The Stranger Game
by Cylin Busby
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Kill Joy
A Good Girl's Guide To Murder #0.5
by Holly Jackson
⭐⭐⭐

My Summer Darlings

by May Cobb
⭐⭐

Unbirthday
Twisted Tale #10
by Liz Braswell
⭐⭐⭐

Murder In An Irish Village
Irish Village Mystery #1
by Carlene O'Connor
⭐⭐⭐

A Hex For Danger
Enchanted Bay #2
by Esme Addison
⭐⭐⭐

Fudge Cupcake Murder
Hannah Swensen #5
by Joanne Fluke
⭐⭐

Sting
by Sandra Brown
⭐⭐

Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
⭐⭐

The Scam
Fox & O'Hare #4
by Janet Evanovich
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Where Are The Children?
Where Are The Children #1
by Mary Higgins Clark
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Ghost And The Leprechaun
Haunting Danielle #12
by Bobbi Holmes
⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Killing In Amish Country
by Gregg Olsen & Rebecca Morris
⭐⭐⭐

The Best of... in books Half Year Mark

 

June Wrap-Up

 

June Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

Last Breath by Karin Slaughter

Maplecroft by Cherie Priest

Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves

The Bone Box by Gregg Olsen

Favorite: Maplecroft by Cherie Priest

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The Last Breath
The Good Daughter Prequel
by Karin Slaughter
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Heartstopper Vol. 2
Heartstopper #2
by Alice Oseman
⭐⭐

Maplecroft
Borden Dispatches #1
by Cherie Priest
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Murder's No Votive Confidence
Nantucket Candle Maker #1
by Christin Brecher
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The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
Parker Pyne short story
by Agatha Christie
⭐⭐⭐

Blue Lightning
Shetland Island #4
by Ann Cleeves
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Ex Hex
The Ex Hex #1
by Erin Sterling
⭐⭐

The Camel Club
The Camel Club #1
by David Baldacci
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Murder at the Blueberry Festival
Beacon Bakeshop #3
by Darci Hannah
⭐⭐⭐

A Cat Was Involved
Chet and Bernie #0.1
by Spencer Quinn
⭐⭐⭐

Killer Chef
Caleb Rooney #0.5
by James Patterson
⭐⭐⭐

The Bone Box
Waterman & Stark #0.5
by Gregg Olsen
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

IQ
IQ #1
by Joe Ide
⭐⭐

May Wrap-Up

 

May Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

Long Live The Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Winnie The Pooh by A. A. Milne

Gone Too Far by Natalie D. Richards

A Welcome Murder by Robin Yocum

💓The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

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Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
Agatha Raisin #12
by M.C. Beaton
⭐⭐⭐

My Evil Mother
by Margaret Atwood
⭐⭐⭐

Long Live the Pumpkin Queen
by Shea Ernshaw
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
Flavia de Luce #6.5
by Alan Bradley
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star
The Darling Dahlias #4
by Susan Wittig Albert
⭐⭐⭐

The Family Game
by Catherine Steadman
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Ghost and the Muse
Haunting Danielle #10
by Bobbi Holmes
⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Ghost Who Stayed Home
Haunting Danielle #11
by Bobbi Holmes
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ink and Shadows
Secret, Book, & Scone Society #4
by Ellery Adams
⭐⭐⭐

The Word Is Murder
Hawthorne and Horowitz #1
by Anthony Horowitz
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Vanishing Type
Secret, Book, & Scone Society #5
by Ellery Adams
⭐⭐⭐

Zootopia: The Junior Novelization
by Suzanne Fracis
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Winnie-The-Pooh: The Complete BBC Collection
by A.A. Milne
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Gone Too Far
by Natalie D. Richards
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Welcome Murder
by Robin Yocum
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Mousse and Murder
Alaskan Diner #1
by Elizabeth Logan
 ⭐⭐⭐

Fake Plastic World
Fake Plastic Girl #2
by Zara Lisbon
⭐⭐⭐

The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

April Wrap-Up

 

April Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Black Out by Lisa Unger

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Before She Was Found
by Heather Gudenkauf
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Cards On The Table
(Hercule Poirot #15)
by Agatha Christie
⭐⭐⭐

The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
⭐⭐⭐

The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
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One Poison Pie
(Kitchen Witch Mysteries #1)
by Lynn Cahoon
⭐⭐⭐

Murder 101
(Kitchen Witch Mysteries #1.5)
by Lynn Cahoon
⭐⭐⭐

The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley
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The Raven Thief
(Secret Staircase Mystery #2)
by Gigi Pandian
⭐⭐⭐

The Darling Dahlias And The Confederate Rose
(The Darling Dahlias #3)
by Susan Wittig Albert
⭐⭐⭐

Black Out
by Lisa Unger
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The House
(Mason Falls Mystery)
by Raelyn Drake
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March Wrap-Up

 

March Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ ratings for the month are:

Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier

In A Cottage In A Wood by Cass Green

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Fragile by Lisa Unger

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The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
(The Darling Dahlias #2)
by Susan Wittig Albert
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Off Season
by Jennifer Weiner
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Things We Do In The Dark
by Jennifer Hillier
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

To Die For
by Alice Clark-Platts
⭐⭐⭐

The Mao Case
(Inspector Chen Cao #6)
by Qiu Xiaolong
⭐⭐⭐

Closely Harbored Secrets
(Seaside Cafe #5)
by Bree Baker
⭐⭐⭐

My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
⭐⭐⭐⭐

In A Cottage In A Wood
by Cass Green
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Falling Toward The Moon
by R.H. Sin
⭐⭐⭐

Apples Never Fall
by Liane Moriarty
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Partners In Lime
(Seaside Cafe #6)
⭐⭐⭐

Pleading the Fish
(Seaside Cafe #7)
⭐⭐⭐

Fleece Navidad
(Knitting Mystery #6)
by Maggie Sefton
⭐⭐⭐

Assault and Beret
(Hat Shop #5)
by Jenn McKinlay
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Three Act Tragedy
(Hercule Poirot #11)
by Agatha Christie
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Betty Before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
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Fragile
(The Hollows #1)
by Lisa Unger
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tangles and Treason
(Vampire Knitting Club #0.5)
by Nancy Warren
⭐⭐⭐

February Wrap-Up

 February Wrap-Up

My 5 ⭐ rating for the month is:

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

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The Princess, The Knight, And The Knave
(Possible Magic #1)
by Ronald D. Ferguson
⭐⭐⭐

A Goose Girl
(Entwined Tales #1)
by K.M. Shea
⭐⭐⭐

In My Dreams I Hold A Knife
by Ashley Winstead
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Disney Manga: Kilala Princess - Rescue the Village with Mulan
Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4
by Mallory Reaves
⭐⭐⭐

The Whispered Word
(Secret, Book, & Scone Society #2)
by Ellery Adams
⭐⭐⭐

The Book Of Candlelight
(Secret, Book, & Scone Society #3)
by Ellery Adams
⭐⭐⭐

The Ghosts of Rose Hill
by R.M. Romero
⭐⭐⭐⭐