Literary Escapes Challenge

Literary Escapes Challenge

by CarolNo Comments
The Literary Escapes Challenge hosted at Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book is one I didn't do great at last year. The goal is to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Countries around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country – no repeats. States: Alabama Alaska Arizona   Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts   Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Countries:...
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2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge

2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge

by Carol7 Comments
I failed at this challenge in 2024, but I'm giving it another shot. The Nonfiction reader challenge is hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out. The hashtag is #ReadNonFicChal. The challenge is to read nonfiction books from twelve different categories. I’m going with the Nonfiction Nipper option, reading three from any three categories. The categories are: History Memoir/Biography True Crime Science Health Food Travel Garden Myth, Legend and Folklore Islands How-To Published in 2025 Books read:...
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A Midwinter Murder by Verity Bright

A Midwinter Murder by Verity Bright

by CarolNo Comments
The Lady Eleanor Swift books always catch my eye, but this is the first I've actually picked up. It worked fine as a stand alone for me. All of the characters were introduced well and I had a good understanding of the relationships. The mystery itself was self-contained with no threads lingering from previous books. Lady Eleanor has to give up her plans for a holiday at home and has to attend the Duke of Auldwyke's shooting party instead. At least everyone is invited, including her fiancé/detective chief inspector, Hugh, and her staff has use of a cottage on the estate. Of course, a body is found not long after Lady Eleanor arrives - the duke's secretary, clearly murdered. A local policeman and Hugh end up investigating, but the duke, and the guests for that matter, are less than helpful. I do love a good Christmas manor house party murder. Here we've all the decorations and food and sledding I...
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2025 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge

2025 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge

by Carol13 Comments
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...
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December Cloak and Dagger Link Up and Giveaway

December Cloak and Dagger Link Up and Giveaway

by CarolNo Comments
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...
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