Mini Reviews (27) – Recently Read Cozies

Death of a Chimney Sweep by M. C. Beaton
⭐ ⭐ ⭐
This one was kind of all over the place, and the titular chimney sweep was very unimportant to the main mystery. The body count was HUGE!

Death of a Kingfisher by M. C. Beaton
⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I read this one in a day (audiobook while running a bazillion errands). As is typical of this series, the mystery was sprawling, the body count high, and the characters oddly charming. I love Hamish Macbeth, and always enjoy reading about his antics.

Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2
First of all, how gorgeous is that cover? Bowen really needs to follow through with the Darcy / Georgie marriage! This one was very slow to take off, and featured way too much Zou Zou (a new character). I enjoyed the resolution, and ultimately ended the book with a smile.

TTT: Due in 2016, Part Deux

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is “Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The Second Half Of The Year (since we did a topic about the releases we were excited about for the first half of 2016 back in the beginning of the year).”

1. Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley
   Expected publication: TODAY!!!

2. The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
   Expected publication: 6/21/16

3. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
   Expected publication: 7/5/15

4. Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
   Expected publication: 7/5/16

5. Luck, Love & Lemon Pie by Amy E. Reichert
   Expected publication: 7/12/16

6. Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen
   Expected publication: 8/2/16

7. Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter
   Expected publication: 8/23/16

8. Christmas Caramel Murder by Joanne Fluke
   Expected publication: 9/27/16

9. Goldenhand by Garth Nix
   Expected publication: 10/11/16

10. Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
    Expected publication: 11/15/16

I’m linking up

 

TTT: Time After Time

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is “Top Ten Historical Settings You Love/ Ten Historical Settings You’d Love To See or Top Futuristic Books You Love/Ten Futuristic Societies I’d Love To Read in Books — basically this week is all about the past or the future….spin it however you choose!”

ONE. Regency England

• The works of Jane Austen 
• Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

TWO. Victorian England

• The works of Charles Dickens
• The Woman in White and The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
• The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope
• The works of Oscar Wilde 
• The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

THREE. American Civil War

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

FOUR. Edwardian England

• The works of E. M. Forster
• The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert

FIVE. 1920s

• The early works of Agatha Christie
• The early works of Dorothy L. Sayers
• The Daisy Dalrymple mysteries by Carola Dunn

SIX. 1930s

• The works of Dashiell Hammett
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Her Royal Spyness mysteries by Rhys Bowen
• The Grace & Favor mysteries by Jill Churchill

SEVEN. WWII

• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

EIGHT. 1990s

• Attachments and Landline by Rainbow Rowell
• Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
• The Glenbrooke series by Robin Jones Gunn

I’m linking up: