Great Giveaway Alert: Storytellers Unlimited 4/11/16

Hello friends! 

I stumbled upon this great giveaway while I was on Facebook today. Over on the Storytellers Unlimited website, they are giving away a Kindle Fire and 35 ebooks ! What a great way to find some new authors, and who wouldn't love to win a new Kindle? 

To enter the giveaway, you just have to

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Good luck to everyone that enters!  

Friday Funday!

Sorry I couldn't resist :) 

It's Friday! What are your reading plans for the weekend? I have 3.. yes 3! books on the go, so I am hoping to get them finished this weekend, or at least 2 of them.  One of my favourite authors also has a book coming out to her review team, and I just happen to be on it ;) So I am looking forward to receiving that book! 

Other than of course reading, I'll also be spending some time at the rink and hopefully getting some spring cleaning started... though.... my books just might distract me! 

What are your plans this weekend? Hope it's a great one! 

Review: Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower

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Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book for an honest and unbiased review. 

Crime and Poetry is the first in a new series, The Magical Bookshop, by Amanda Flower.  

Violet gets a call that her grandmother is ill, so she rushes to her childhood home of Cascade Springs to be by her side. When she arrives, she's shocked to find out that Grandma Daisy isn't ill at all! She quickly realizes that her grandmother wants her to move back and work in her bookstore.  

The gentleman friend Violet met at the bookstore, Benedict Raisin, turns up dead outside of Grandma Daisy's house making her the prime suspect! He was clutching the book that he had chosen, or had chosen him.. that he'd purchased at the store. Of course, this makes Grandma Daisy the prime suspect, especially when it's revealed that Benedict had revised his will to include Daisy! 

Violet must do everything she can to find the real killer and save her grandmother! 

This was a really great book, filled with fun and quirky characters.  Lots of laugh out loud moments, this book will keep you guessing until the very end. If you're looking for a fun new series to read, this one is for you!

Review: Killer Takeout by Lucy Burdette

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First off, thank you to NetGalley. I received an ARC of this book for an honest and unbiased review. I am glad that I was approved for this book, I really enjoyed it!  I honestly just tore right through it, I'd started it before bed and woke up early to finish it first thing in the morning. 

When I had started reading it, I didn't realize that this was actually the 7th book in the Key West Food Critic Mystery Series. That being said, it didn't really matter that I read it out of order. The book did refer to a few things from past books, but nothing that made me feel like I was out of the loop or I missed something important that was necessary for the story that I was reading. 

Haley Snow is a foodie who writes a food critic column, along with a few other things, for a magazine called Key Zest on the island of Key West.  It's Fantasy Fest Week, and the island is just hopping with tourists joining in on all of the crazy activities... zombie bike ride, body painting, and pet parade just to name a few! Haley's friend, Danielle, is elected the Queen of Fantasy Fest and is soon involved in an altercation with one of the women who were also vying for the crown.  When she turns up dead, Haley starts asking questions.. she needs to help Danielle prove her innocence, all the while covering events her work, having her mother in town who is getting married, and dealing with the threat of a hurricane! 

The story was very well written, and I loved the characters. The descriptions made me feel like I was there at the events, and I wanted to be, it sounded like so much fun! (Except the whole body painting stuff, definitely not for me! haha)  The mystery wasn't easy to solve at all. I did end up figuring it out partially, but it was really far into the story and I still got part of it wrong! All in all, definitely a huge 2 thumbs up. If you enjoy a good cozy mystery, you need to add this to your 'to be read' list.  I need to go back to book one and catch up on all the stories I missed! 

This is the first book that I've read by this author, but it definitely will not be the last! 

Review: Rest In Peach by Susan Furlong

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Another great cozy mystery by Susan Furlong! Rest In Peach is the second cozy mystery in the Georgia Peach series.  The town of Cays Mill, Georgia, is getting ready for The Peach Cotillion which is their annual debutante ball.  Unfortunately for Nola and her friends, Vivien Crenshaw is found murdered and Nola's friend Ginny is the primary suspect! Can Nola and her friends clear Ginny's good name? 

For me, there are some really important things a cozy mystery needs to have, and Susan Furlong has provided them all in this book.  Susan Furlong has created wonderful characters, and the more you read about them, the more you love them. With each novel, you get to revisit your friends and see what is going on next in their lives. There are lots of little twists in this book that will keep you guessing 'whodunnit'.  It's not easy for the reader to figure it out (I hate when it's all too obvious) you really have to work at it. The Debutante's Rules at the beginning of each chapter were really fun! I like when there are themes carried through the stories, and the recipes included sound really yummie! 

If you're looking for a great cozy mystery, then I suggest you read this series! I'd like to thank NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. I'm really looking forward to the next book in this series which is previewed at the end of Rest In Peach.  Grab a nice cup of tea and enjoy this fun read!