My Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date
Hi everyone! Wyatt was feeling a little under the weather this week so we stuck pretty close to home most of the week – and when we were home he was keeping me busy! I did manage to read though!
Read Last Week:
I feel a cozy mystery binge coming on! I started down this road and I am firmly on it for a bit, I believe. My summer TBR just flew out the window! This is why I can never plan ahead with reading, I change my mind too much, as I am such a mood reader.
First up – Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower. I have read a series by her Flower before, and I loved it! And so far, the Magical Bookshop Mystery series has not let me down, although I have only read one book. Lol. I am looking forward to the second, which I hope to get tomorrow when the library opens!
The second book I read was Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing by Lisa Howeler. As many of you might know, Lisa and I are friends, and she blogs over at Boondock Ramblings. (we often do movie watch posts together) Anyway, she has quite a few books on Amazon already, but this is her first foray into cozy mysteries and she nailed it! Gladwynn is a vintage wearing, book loving research librarian who finds herself out of her library job when the library decides to downsize, so she moves in with her grandmother and gets a job as a journalist at the local paper. She thinks Brookstone will be a sleepy little town, and in ways it is, but the secrets begin pouring out as Gladwynn uncovers more and more in pursuit of her stories. I really enjoyed it and I can’t wait to read the next in the series, which Lisa is currently working on!
And thanks to JoAnn at Gulfside Musing, I was able to get The Living Great Lakes on audio to finish that up as well. I really loved this book, in part probably because I live on the Detroit River and the Lakes are a huge part of my life! However, you don’t need to live near a Great Lake to love this book – just adventure and history!
This Week:
My next two cozy mysteries! I can’t get over the cats. I love it. Although the tuxedos all make me miss my Maggie Jane.
Posted Last Week:
Book Review: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Watching and Listening:
Not too much this week. It’s been a doozy, honestly. We are watching a comfort show of mine again, When Calls the Heart.
And that is it for today! I hope all is well in your world!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I’m glad it’s not only me who changes what they want to read like the wind. I’m such a mood reader! Hope Wyatt is feeling brighter.
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Lol I definitely do! Good to know I am not alone! And thank you. 😉
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Glad you enjoyed Amanda Flower’s book, I really need to get to it!! I hope you have a great week and Wyatt is feeling better.
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I really did! I also want to start reading her series set in Michigan, but I am going to read the Magical Bookshop series first. Lol.
And thank you Cindy. 🙂
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Nothing like a quieter week at home. I hope Wyatt is feeling better. I never seem to get too moody because I read such a wide variety of genres. But mysteries are my comfort reads.
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I always think, I am going to read these books this month! And then, nope, I find myself in the mood for something completely different. Lol.
And thank you.
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I love a good cozy sometimes!
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I really enjoyed the ones that I read!
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I am going for that Magical Bookshop Mystery series next but I better be able to get all the books in the series. lol. And thank you for mentioning my book!
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Yes, how frustrating you can’t get that third! Just skip ahead. LOL. I do that all the time, read books out of order and it makes my husband crazy for some reason.
And of course!
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It’s the last book in the series or I would
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I just finished A House with Good Bones which is a little on the weird side. I’m also reading The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Not much else is going on here, either.
Hope your week is better!
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That book was so weird and quirky! I really liked it though!!
I want to read the Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Isn’t that about the horse librarians? We just “met” one at Greenfield Village and thought it was such a cool part of history.
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I’m sorry Wyatt was under the weather. I hope he’s better soon.
It’s fun to get on a summer reading track, and I think it’s great to discard plans to get aboard. Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing sounds delightful.
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Thanks Deb. 🙂
I thought I had my summer reading all planned – but nope. Lol. Gladwynn was such a cute read!
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Have a fun rest of summer with the cozies! Harvee at https://bookdilettante.blogspot.com/2023/07/murder-visits-french-village-by-susan-c.html
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Thanks Harvee! I added your book to my list!!
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I love When Calls The Heart (filmed in and around my city of Vancouver) although we stopped watching after Season 6 when the cost of watching jumped to $20/month for that particular channel. I’m still hoping it will show up on Netflix or another premium streaming service that we subscribe to. Have a great week!
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I love it too! And yeah, the price of streaming is crazy!
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Sorry to hear you aren’t feeling well. I hope that mean you have more time to cuddle up and read (rather than lay in a puddle and just sleep.) Cozy mysteries sound like they are just the medicine you need,
I got a late start on Sunday Salon this week. Here is my post.
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Thanks! It was my little guy who wasn’t feeling all that hot. 😦 He was still able to play and be active though. 🙂 Cozy mysteries are still the answer though. Lol. I definitely needed them once he went to bed!
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I hope Wyatt is feeling better. I’m frequently in a cozy mystery mood and I really enjoyed the Amanda Flowers series. The Nellie H Steele series looks interesting and is one I haven’t come across. I need to add that to my TBR!
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You always have great cozy mysteries on your blog!! I am always like, I need to read that, and now I finally am. They are so good!
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I hope Wyatt is feeling better!
I LOVE anything Hallmark and have been not so patiently waiting for season 10 of When Calls the Heart to come back on. Finally saw online that it is coming back on July 30th. I can hardly wait!
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Thanks Vicki!
You just made me so happy!!! I was wondering when the next season would be out and to hear it is coming out soon – yay!!!!!
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I’ve read three books from the Magical Bookshop Mystery series, and I loved them all. When Calls the Heart is one of my mom’s absolute favorite shows. I hear a lot about it! Have a wonderful week!
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I hope Wyatt is feeling better. Those cozies look really good. I have them on my TBR. Hope you have a great week!
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Glad to hear Wyatt is feeling better. As a parent you feel so bad for you child when they don’t feel good and it’s hard to get anything done. I would like to read more cozies. I like the cover of Ghosts, Lore and a House on the Shore. I have When the Heart Calls on my list of shows I want to watch. I think my hubby and I will like it. Hope you have a lovely week, Erin!
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I hope Wyatt feels better soon. Have a great week!
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