Tag: 2016 Pick your Genre Reading Challenge

Review: Cracked to Death by Cheryl Hollon

Review: Cracked to Death by Cheryl Hollon

Cracked to Death (A Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery #3) by Cheryl Hollon Rating: 4 stars Blurb: When a treasure hunt leads to deadly plunder, it’s up to glass shop owner Savannah Webb and her trusty investigative posse to map out the true motives of a killer . . . It’s the dog days of summer in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Webb’s Glass Shop proprietor Savannah Webb has an eco-friendly plan to help locals escape the heat–a recyclable bottle-crafting workshop taught by reticent store manager Amanda Blake. Turns out, the class is a bigger smash than expected, thanks in part to […]

Posted August 29, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 26 Comments

Review: All-Butter ShortDead by H.Y. Hanna

Review: All-Butter ShortDead by H.Y. Hanna

All-Butter ShortDead (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #0) by H.Y. Hanna Blurb; Gemma ditches her high-flying job and returns to Oxford to follow her dream: opening a traditional English tearoom serving warm buttery scones with jam and clotted cream, and fragrant tea in pretty bone china… Only problem is–murder is the first thing on the menu and Gemma is the key suspect! And the only people Gemma can turn to for help are four nosy old ladies from her local Cotswolds village – not to mention a cheeky little tabby cat named Muesli. Who was the mysterious woman Gemma met on the […]

Posted August 24, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 14 Comments

Review: The Crêpes of Wrath by Sarah Fox

Review: The Crêpes of Wrath by Sarah Fox

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. The Crêpes of Wrath (A Pancake House Mystery #1) by Sarah Fox Rating: 3 stars Blurb: In the debut of a delightful cozy mystery series, Sarah […]

Posted July 30, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, My To-Be Read List, Mystery, Review / 16 Comments

Review: Till Death Do Us Tart by H.Y. Hanna

Review: Till Death Do Us Tart by H.Y. Hanna

Till Death Do Us Tart (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #4) by H.Y. Hanna Rating: 4 stars Blurb: When Oxfordshire tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, enters her little tabby, Muesli, in the cat show at the local village fair, the last thing she expects is to stumble across a murder. And when her meddling mother and the nosy Old Biddies decide to start their own investigation, Gemma has no choice but to join in the sleuthing. She soon finds there’s something much more sinister sandwiched between the home-made Victoria sponge cakes and luscious jam tarts … But murder isn’t the only thing on […]

Posted July 25, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 18 Comments

Reading Challenges 2016: Second Quarterly Recap

Reading Challenges 2016: Second Quarterly Recap

Okay so it’s the end of the June, so i am sharing today how I am doing with my reading challenges. This is the halfway mark for all of these challenges. On most of them I am doing pretty well, I even finished two challenges already and I am doing horrible on some others. Previous quarterly recaps: First Quarterly Recap – January, February and March The Blogger Shame Review Challenge is hosted by Herding Cats and Burning Soup and Addicted to Happily Ever After. The goal of this challenge is to read books you received for review that have been […]

Posted June 30, 2016 by Lola in Challenges / 16 Comments

Review: Grilled for Murder by Maddie Day

Review: Grilled for Murder by Maddie Day

Grilled For Murder (Country Store Mysteries #2) by Maddie Day Blurb: Robbie Jordan may have had reservations about the murder victim, but she still needs to turn up the heat on a killer if she wants to keep her new restaurant open for business… In the charming small town of South Lick, Indiana, Robbie has transformed a rundown country store into the runaway hit Pans ‘N Pancakes. But the most popular destination for miles around can also invite trouble. Erica Shermer may be the widow of handsome local lawyer Jim Shermer’s brother, but she doesn’t appear to be in mourning. […]

Posted May 31, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 14 Comments

Review: Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong

Review: Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong

Rest in Peach (Georgia Peach Mystery #2) by Susan Furlong Blurb: In the refreshing new Georgia Peach Mystery from the author of Peaches and Scream, an upcoming debutante ball turns into the pits when a juicy murder scandalizes a small town. The annual Peach Cotillion, Cays Mill, Georgia’s biggest event, is fast approaching and Nola Mae Harper is just as excited as the rest of the town—even though she’s busy juggling both the cotillion dinner and the grand opening of her new shop, Peachy Keen. But she never expected that plans for the cotillion would end up in the pits […]

Posted May 30, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 14 Comments