Book Review A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge “The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.” — Agatha Christie Reader’s Thoughts: When I first saw that there was a cozy mystery series being released about Agatha Christie’s fictional, murder-solving housekeeper, I was all in! The first in […]
Four Winning Prompts for 2023 Announced! In September, we released four different polls for 2023 prompts and asked you to vote for your favorites! The prompts we voted on were: “Set in the city of…” “An author,” “An object on the cover,” and “Related to the word….” After each round of voting, the top three
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Book Review Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn Reader’s Thoughts: The first time I heard of “Lebensborn” was while watching an episode of The Man in the High Castle. (Funnily enough, this is mentioned in the author’s note as Coburn’s experience as well!) So when I read the premise for this new novel, Cradles
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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are October mini-challenges.” Been missing the mini-challenges? Us too! The mini-challenges are back and we are launching into October with all the spooky, thrilling reads. Here are three brand new prompts to add to your October 2022 TBR pile. Not into scary stories? Not to
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Book Review The Invincible Miss Cust by Penny Haw The year 2022 marks the centenary of Aleen Cust’s (the first female veterinary surgeon to be recognized by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) finally receiving her diploma. The pre-printed “Mr.” on it had been struck out and “Miss” added by hand. In The Invincible Miss
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Book Review Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander
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Help us pick a 2023 Prompt! Week Four: September 26 – October 2, 2022 Do you think any of your votes have made the top three yet? If not, you’ve got another chance this week as we’re voting for one last prompt on our 2023 challenge! We’ll reveal the finalists for each round of voting
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Book Review Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose The sixth book in the Wexford & Sloane series, this novel follows newlyweds Lady Charlotte and Lord Wexford as they untangle a web of politics and intrigue. When an engineering genius, Jeremiah Willis, is found floating in the Serpentine Lake, it’s up to the Wexfords
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Help us pick a 2023 Prompt! Week Three: September 19-25, 2022 We are voting for 2023 challenge prompts and last week’s vote was (as expected) full of opinions! We can’t wait to finish tallying the final results and see who our top three author finalists are. Next month, the names of these three finalists will
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Book Review The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris As a child, Fenna is caught up in a Christmas Eve disaster (based on the Italian Hall Disaster of 1913.) Traumatized by this horrific event, she turns to magic and the art of illusion to help her process. Yet, her work as an escape artist soon
