Carol's Notebook

I’m thrilled to be hosting the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge again. I love mystery and crime novels! Challenge Rules: You can read any book that is from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime/true crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres. You don’t need a blog to participate but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up. (blog, Goodreads, Instagram, etc.) Make a goal post and link it back here with your goal for this challenge. Books need to be at least 100 pages long. Please no short stories. Crossovers with other challenges are fine. The Challenge will run from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. (Sign up ends March 15.) We still have our facebook group so if you haven’t joined we would love for you to! Here’s the group’s link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/350512171977943/. It’s a closed group so just ask to join and we’ll let you in. There will be a monthly link-up so we can see what everyone’s reading – and probably add some...

Happy December! I am not a fan of cold weather, which is what we get in Ohio this month, but I do love Christmas decorations - and holiday reads, of course. For those who celebrate, is there anything special you're hoping to see under the tree this year? First a giveaway. The prize is a book of your choice up to $25. I prefer to order from the Mystery Lovers Bookshop or Bookshop.org. If the winner is not US-based, we'll work out another option. a Rafflecopter giveaway Leave your December reads below. I'll also have a sign up post for next year's challenge later today, if you'd like to join in. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter...