We’ve come to the end, the final week of reading Christmas murder mysteries. And for our final selection, I’ve chosen something great. Get ready for… The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay This is your classic, country-house Christmas murder mystery. It has a menagerie of odd and secretive family members, a crusty old patriarch,Continue reading “Christmas Murder Mysteries – Week Four”
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Christmas Murder Mysteries – Week Three
Welcome to week three of Christmas murder mysteries. How is everyone feeling? Are we in the holiday spirit yet? Eager to solve another murder? Then let’s get on with it! Week three’s selection is… Murder For Christmas by Francis Duncan It’s Christmas time and our retired hero, Mordecai Tremaine, has been invited to an acquaintance’sContinue reading “Christmas Murder Mysteries – Week Three”
Christmas Murder Mysteries – Week Two
It’s week two of our Christmas Murder Mystery Book Club and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m not going to lie, I agonized over which book to choose for the unenviable position of having to follow the incredible Agatha Christie and her masterpiece, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. (Did you miss last week? Read it here.) IContinue reading “Christmas Murder Mysteries – Week Two”
Fall Drinks and the Books That Go With Them
It’s that time of year again. Shortening days, beautiful foliage, the hint of winter around the corner. It’s fall. And that means it’s time to get cozy and curl up with a good book and a hot beverage. And no matter what cozy fall drink you choose, I have a book to match. So let’sContinue reading “Fall Drinks and the Books That Go With Them”
The Book I’m Currently Obsessed With
We’re taking a brief break from historical murders this week so I can fangirl over my new favourite novel in another installment of: The Book I’m Currently Obsessed With. (You can read the previous installment here.) I know you’re dying to know what it is and I’m dying to tell you, so let’s get rightContinue reading “The Book I’m Currently Obsessed With”
3 Great Books I’ve Read Lately
In this neverending pandemic, especially now with cases numbers blowing up in my province thanks to these fabulous new Variants of Concern and the turtle-slow rollout of vaccines, I find myself in need of escape. I read a very wide variety of books, but lately anything contemporary and based in reality is not appealing atContinue reading “3 Great Books I’ve Read Lately”
I Like Monsters
I like books with monsters in them. I just do. Yes, I read contemporary fiction as well, the occasional literary novel. Honestly, I read pretty much everything. But when I want to really cozy up with a book? Reality is out of the question. Sometimes, I want to keep it light, something with a littleContinue reading “I Like Monsters”
The Book I’m Currently Obsessed With
There are certain books that come along once or twice a year that I get mildly obsessed with. Do you know what I mean? Those special, just so good books that turn into your number one recommendation for everyone? No matter who they are, you’re convinced they’ll love it because it’s simply so fabulous? AndContinue reading “The Book I’m Currently Obsessed With”
Five Funny Memoirs to Keep You In Stitches
Can I be honest? November is a bleak month. I don’t get in the holiday party mood until December, so it’s just a long month of cold, grey blah. I know I can’t be the only one, so I thought I’d do up a list of some of my favourite funny memoirs to keep youContinue reading “Five Funny Memoirs to Keep You In Stitches”
Five Cozy Mysteries to Curl Up With This Fall
Cooler days, soft, wooly sweaters, various pumpkin flavoured beverages. What’s not to love about fall? I suppose that it’s immediately followed by frigid, endless winter, but let’s not think about that. Let’s think about the good things, like how it’s the perfect time of year to curl up with a good book. And what betterContinue reading “Five Cozy Mysteries to Curl Up With This Fall”
Melanie Cole 