Review: Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns by: Ellen Mansoor Collier

Title: Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns Author: Ellen Mansoor Collier Publisher: DecoDame Press Series: A Jazz Age Mystery #3 Pages: 260 Format: ebook Source: Great Escapes Book Tour Description: During Prohibition, Galveston Island was called the "Free State of Galveston" due to its lax...

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It's Monday What Are You Reading? #25

It’s Monday What are you Reading? Is a weekly bookish meme where we get together to share what books we’ve read in the past week, what books we’re currently reading and what new books we’re planning on reading in the coming week along with any reviews or interesting posts. It’s hosted by Sheila...

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Review - How Proust Can Change Your Life by: Alain de Botton

Title: How Proust Can Change Your Life Author: Alain de Button Publisher: Picador Pages: 215 Format: Paperback Source: Personal purchase Description: 'What a marvellous book this is . . . de Botton dissects what [Proust] had to say about friendship, reading, looking carefully, paying attention...

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Review: Butterfly Cove by: Christina Skye

Title: Butterfly Cove Author: Christina Skye Publisher: Harlequin Series: Summer Island #3 Pages: 336 Format: Nook e-book Source: Purchase Description: Maybe opposites don't always attract. If they did, architect Olivia Sullivan would have run away with bad boy Rafe Russo when they were teenagers....

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Review: Rosemary and Crime by: Gail Oust

Title: Rosemary and Crime Author: Gail Oust Publisher: Minotaur Books Series: A Spice Shop Mystery Pages: 288 Format: Nook e-book Source: Purchase Description: Murder comes well-seasoned in this charming mystery featuring a smart and spunky new amateur sleuth, small-town Georgia spice shop...

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It's Monday what are you reading #24

It’s Monday What are you Reading? Is a weekly bookish meme where we get together to share what books we’ve read in the past week, what books we’re currently reading and what new books we’re planning on reading in the coming week along with any reviews or interesting posts. It’s hosted by Sheila...

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Review - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by: Catherynne M. Valente

Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Author: Catherynne M. Valente  Series: Fairyland Publisher: Corsair Pages: 328 Format: Paperback  Source: Personal purchase Gather up your courage and your wishes; grab a little pinch of luck - and prepare...

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Review - Lean In by: Sheryl Sandberg

Title: Lean In: Women, Work and The Will to Lead Author: Sheryl Sandberg Publisher: WH Allen Pages: 256 Format: Paperback  Source: Personal purchase Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether...

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Review: Pretty, Hip & Dead by: Madison Johns

Title: Pretty, Hip & Dead Author: Madison Johns Publisher: Outrageous Books Series: Agnes Barton/Kimberly Steele Mystery #1 Pages: 186 Format: Kindle e-book Source: Purchase Description: Kimberly Steele had barely recovered from her wedding reception the day before, and now, she’s just discovered...

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Review: Be Careful What You Witch For by: Dawn Eastman

Title: Be Careful What You Witch For Author: Dawn Eastman Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Pages: 293 Series: A Family Fortune Mystery #2 Format: Paperback Source: Great Escapes Book Tour Description: Leaving a traumatic police career behind, Clyde Fortune has returned to her seemingly quiet hometown...

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Title: Death In Perspective by: Larissa Reinhart

Title: Death In Perspective Author: Larissa Reinhart Publisher: Henery Press Pages: 292 Series: A Cherry Tucker Mystery, #4 Format: ebook Source: Great Escapes Book Tour Description: The curtain rises on Cherry Tucker’s debut as a high school set designer at the posh Peerless Day Academy....

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Review: Death of A Chocoholic by: Lee Hollis

Title: Death of A Chocoholic Author: Lee Hollis Publisher: Kensington Series: A Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery #4 Pages: 352 Format: Nook e-book Source: Purchase Description: Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell is not looking for love this Valentine's Day. Of course she also isn't...

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Review: Death of A Coupon Clipper by: Lee Hollis

Title: Death of A Coupon Clipper Author: Lee Hollis Publisher: Kensington  Series: A Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery #3 Pages: 410 Format: Kindle ebook  Source: Purchase Description: Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for Bar Harbor's Island Times, is. . .well,...

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Review: Death of A Country Fried Redneck by: Lee Hollis

Title: Death of A Country Fried Redneck Author: Lee Hollis Publisher: Kensington Series:A Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery #2 Pages: 304 Format: Kindle e-book Source: Purchase Description: Local food and drink writer Haley Powell thinks she’s done solving murders in scenic Bar Harbor,...

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Review: Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by: Ovidia Yu

Title: Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials Author: Ovidia Yu Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 360 Series: Singaporean Mystery #2 Format: Paperback ARC Source: Request Review Description: Rosie “Aunty” Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore’s best-loved home cooking restaurant,...

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Sunday Morning Editorials #1

This is my Sunday morning rambling so don't mind me while I hang on my soap box for a bit. Why Paula are you on a soapbox now are you really that dirty? Uh no not really I have noticed something and no matter how many time you say it people still try to shove certain genre's your way.  I don't...

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Review: Dearly Depotted by: Kate Collins

Title: Dearly Depotted Author: Kate Collins Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Series: A Flower Shop Mystery #3 Format: ebook Source: Purchase Description: Abby has her hands full at her cousin Jillian's wedding as florist, bridesmaid, and grandma-sitter-all while wearing a hideous dress. Then the...

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Review: Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets by: Ellen Mansoor Collier

Title: Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets Author: Ellen Mansoor Collier Publisher: Decodame Press Series: A Jazz Age Mystery #2 Format: ebook Source: Great Escapes Description: "Boardwalk Empire" meets "Miss Universe" in 1927 Galveston, Texas-the "Sin City of the Southwest." Jasmine...

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Review: Flappers, Flasks, and Foul Play by: Ellen Mansoor Collier

Title: Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play Author: Ellen Mansoor Collier Publisher: Decodame Press Series: A Jazz Age Mystery #1 Format: ebook Source: Great Escapes Description: "The Great Gatsby" meets "Boardwalk Empire" in this soft-boiled Jazz Age mystery, inspired by actual events. Real-life...

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