Finished Reading - Town in a Blueberry Jam

 Description (from publisher):

In the seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has an idyllic life tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father. But, when an aging playboy and the newly crowned Blueberry Queen are killed, Candy investigates to clear the name of a local handyman. And as she sorts through the town's juicy secrets, things start to get sticky indeed...

Book StatsTitle: Town in a Blueberry Jam
series: A Candy Holliday Murder Mystery

Author:B. B. Haywood
publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425232651
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: February 2010
format: Mass Market Paperback
genre: cozy mystery
pages: 320
ages: publisher says 18+, I say maybe 14
Grade: C



My StatsDate Finished:  May 25
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The Unread Book
Foodies
Color Coded
Spring Reading Thing
Cruisin' thru the Cozies
Cozy (Apr-Sep)

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Finished Reading - Always Room for One More

Description (from cover:

Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," where he lives with his family of twelve, he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grateful guests say a wonderful "Thank you" provides a delightfully warm and tender ending to this hilarious tale of kindness.

1966 Winner of the Caldecott Medal.

Book StatsTitle: Always Room for One More
series:
Author: Sorche Nic Leodhas
publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 978-0805003307
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: March 1972
format: paperback
genre: Children's Book, Scottish Folk Song
pages: 32
ages: 3+
Grade: C




My StatsDate Finished: May 9
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One Million Pages
PB&J

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Finished Reading - Ancient Awakening

Description (from book cover):

Hell comes home to Jersey.

Seven ancient demons known as the Fallen have awakened in New Jersey after a hundred years. Fortunately for Mike and Ann, so has the one man who can stop them, Jeseph Miller.

Trapped in a hospital filled with mythical monsters, only together can they unravel the mystery on the Cursed and escape with not only their lives but their very humanity.

Book StatsTitle: Ancient Awakening
series: The Ancient
Author: Matthew Bryan Laube
publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781448601547
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published:
format: Trade Paperback
genre: Horror/comedy
pages: 234
ages: 18 (bloody)
Grade: C



My StatsDate Finished: April 26
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One Million Pages
Spring Reading Thing
Spring into Horror RaT
ARC
12 in 12
Around the Stacks
The Eclectic Reader
Mixing it Up
50 States/Where are you reading

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Finished Reading- Blueberry Hill

Description:

When a beautiful assistant attorney having a mid-career crisis and a town sheriff having a life-crisis cross paths, the end result is big trouble! It all starts when Jocelyn Fletcher flees her job in Baltimore to take a well needed break in Misty Harbour with her sisters. But the independent Jocelyn wants her own place to live and a job - preferably the farthest thing from the law she can find. What County sheriff Quinn Larson wants - make that needs - is a live in house keeper / nanny for his three children. But this is hardly a match made in heaven. Jocelyn's bee stung lips and long blonde hair give Quinn second, third, and fourth thoughts about inviting her into his home. And if a well ordered life is what he was hoping form, he's got a surprise in store. Jocelyn soon turns his house up side down and wraps his children around her little finger - which is where he just might find his heart if he's not careful.

Book Stats
Title: Blueberry Hill
series: Misty Harbor
Author: Marcia Evanick
publisher: Zebra
ISBN: 978-0821774250
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: December 2003
format: Mass Market Paperback
genre: Romance
pages: 304
ages: 18+......16?
Grade: C

My Stats
Date Finished: 4-18
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150+
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Foodies
Spring Reading Thing

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Finished Reading- Stripes and Twin Horns

Alternative Romance (M/M/M)

Description (from book):

The chaos of the Midnight Matings continues. Everyone attending the UPAC Conference has twenty-four hours to claim a mate of a different species or risk being without one forever. After this announcement, Blake and Drake see a man offering himself up and decide they want him for their own. Blake and Drake Collier are ancient unicorn shifters used to keeping to themselves. Mating Gilbert gives them a chance for true love and happiness if they can learn to put his needs before theirs.

Quinby is a raccoon shifter who has been sexually abused due to the traditions of his shifter community. Blake and Drake may be his ticket to freedom and to love. Will Blake, Drake, and Gilbert’s attendance at the UPAC Conference be a blessing for them all, or will the trauma caused by Gilbert’s horrible past be a stumbling block they may not be able to overcome?

Book Stats
Title: Stripes and Twin Horns
series: Midnight Matings
Author: Joyee Flynn
publisher: Siren
ISBN:
ASIN: B007FTNAI8
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: march 2012
format: ebooks
genre: paranormal GBLT romance
pages: 96
ages: 18+
Grade: C

My Stats
Date Finished: April 7
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ebook
Paranormal Romance

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Finished Reading- The Dragon & His Houseboy

Alternative Romance (M/M)

Description (from publisher):

Saeran’s dreamed about retiring from his lifestyle as a male prostitute for a while. But would catering to a dragon shifter be the best thing? Dragons are known to bite now and again.

Barro is enamored with Saeran and his luscious body. Inviting Saeran back to his house to be at his beck and call seemed the logical thing to do at the time. When Saeran accepts, he is overjoyed and can’t fight the growing attraction between them.

Saeran becomes more to Barro than the houseboy he originally planned on. The question is, what exactly is Saeran becoming? They open their hearts to one another, and all secrets are revealed.

Book Stats
Title: The Dragon and His Houseboy
series:
Author: Crymsyn Hart
publisher: Sugar and Spice Press
ISBN: 978-1-936668-45-8
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: January 2012
format: ebook
genre: Paranormal GLBT Romance
pages: 47 (amazon estimate)
ages: 18+
Grade: C

My Stats
Date Finished: April 6
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150+
One Million Pages
What an Animal
ebooks

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Finished Reading- Welcome Home Cowboy

Alternative Romance (M/M)

Description (from publisher):

When Fenn's best friend is injured on the job as a big city cop, Fenn welcomes Jason home to Montana. After all they both grew up on Fenn's father's ranch, both cowboys through and through. The challenge is that Fenn has loved Jason since they were teenagers. He's held up a facade for years, bedding women but never committing to any. How can he possibly keep his hands to himself when the cowboy he's longed for is finally within reach?

Jason has pursued his dream of one day having his own family, something he's never had. But when his wife files for divorce and a suspect shoots him because his mind is filled with his failed dream, he has no choice but to return to his hometown and to Fenn who has always been there for him. As Jason's therapy for a wounded heart, Fenn has assigned him to work side-by-side with him as one of Fenn's ranch hands. But coming home for Jason means facing what he'd probably run from in the first place--the fact that he's never been able to take his eyes off his best friend for long. He shouldn't notice how Fenn's smile brightens his world, how his blond hair glints in the Montana sunlight, or worst of all, how big, hard, and sexy Fenn's body is.

Book Stats
Title: Welcome Home Cowboy
series:
Author: Eden Cole
publisher: Sugar and Spice Press
ISBN:
ASIN: B004K6MK8U
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: January 2011
format: ebook
genre: Romance, GLBT
pages: 76
ages: 18+ (lots of sex)
Grade: C

My Stats
Date Finished: April 5
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150+
One Million Pages
ebooks
What an Animal

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Finished Reading- Liver Let Die

Description (from author's website):

Jordan McAllister dreams of becoming a popular sports columnist but gets stuck in a po-dunk town writing personal ads for a small time newspaper. When she's offered a chance to fill in for a local food critic off on sick leave, she jumps at the chance rationalizing that it's one step closer to her dream. However, when a dead body is found underneath her apartment stairwell with her name and number along with it, she becomes the prime suspect, as well as the main course on the murder menu.

Book Stats
Title: Liver Let Die
series: A Clueless Cook Mystery
Author: Liz Lipperman
publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Mystery
ISBN: 978-0425244043
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: October 2011
format: Mass Market Paperback
genre: Cozy Mystery
pages: 264 plus recipes
ages: 18+
Grade: C

My Stats
Date Finished: March 18
fiction or nonfiction
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Challenges
150+
One Million Pages
Cruisin' thru the Cozies
Mystery & Suspense
Off the Shelf
Mt. TBR
Foodies
What an Animal
Where are you Reading?

after the review is written:
Read & Review
Cozy Mystery

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Finished Reading - Wife by Wednesday

Description (from amazon):

Blake Harrison: Rich, titled, and charming… And in need of a wife by Wednesday so he turns to Sam Elliot who isn’t the business man he expected. Instead, Blake is faced with Samantha Elliot, engaging and spunky with a voice men call 900 numbers to hear.

Samantha Elliot: Owner of Alliance, her matchmaking firm, and not on the marital menu... That is until Blake offers her ten million dollars for a one-year contract. All she needs to do is keep her attraction to her husband to herself and avoid his bed.

But Blake’s toe-curling kisses and charm prove too difficult to combat. Now she needs to protect her heart so she can walk away when their mercenary life together is over.

Book Stats
Title: Wife by Wednesday
Author: Catherine Bybee
publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 978-1467964401
date published: October 2011
format: ebook (kindle)
genre: Romance
pages: 222

Grade: C


My Stats
Date Finished: February 4
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150+
One Million Pages Read
ebook
Romance (and completes the challenge)
Mt. TBR
Off the Shelf
What's in a Name
52-52-52
The Eclectic Reader

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Finished Reading - Great Short Poems

Description (from back of book):

This outstanding anthology of short verse offers poetry lovers an impressive sampling of more than 150 masterpieces spanning over 400 years of English and American literary history. Although short in length (the longest are 24 lines, most 16 lines or less)., these poems are long on beauty, power, imagination, and originality.

Attractive and inexpensive, this compilations of carefully chosen verse contains many of the most loved, most anthologized poems in the English language. Students, teachers, and any lover of great poetry will treasure this splendid collection

Book Stats
Title: Great Short Poems
Edited by Paul Negri
publisher: Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Edition)
ISBN: 978-0468411057
date published: February 2000
format: Trade size
genre: poetry
pages: 64
Ages: 14+

Grade: C

My Stats
Date Finished: Feb 2
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Challengesoff the top of my head, there may be others.....

150+
Mt TBR
Off the Shelf
One Million Pages Read
12in12
A to Z
Read & Review
Mixing it Up
The Eclectic Reader
Around the Stacks

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Finished Reading - A Cookie Before Dying

Description (from back cover):

Olivia Greyson is the proud owner of The Gingerbread House-a quaint shop that specializes in all things cookie-and her best friend, Maddie, is her sidekick, baking up scrumptious treats for their cookie-themed parties. But there's no sugarcoating a fellow shop owner's terrible temper...

One morning Livie's lawn is covered with what looks like a generous sprinkling of confectioner's sugar, but in fact are balled-up flyers reading SUGAR KILLS. She assumes they were distributed by Charlene Critch, the uptight owner of The Vegetable Plate. When Livie heads to Charlene's store, she finds the place trashed and catches sight of a man running out the back door.

Charlene refuses to believe Livie's story about hte intruder, and the feud between the two escalates when Maddie celebrates the harvest with cookies shaped like fruits and vegetables, setting Charlene off again. Could Charlene be hiding a secret serious enough to kill for? Responding to a dog howling on a stormy night, Livie and her Yorker, Spunky, discover the body of a man who was stabbed to death-and looks suspiciously like the one who fled Charlene's store. Perhaps sugar is not all that kills...

Book Stats
Title: A Cookie Before Dying
series: A Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery
Author: Virginia Lowell
publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Mystery (Penguin)
ISBN: 978-0425245019
date published: December 2011
format: Mass Market Paperback
genre: cozy mystery
pages: 304

Grade: C
Ages: publisher says 18+, I say 16 +/-

My Stats
Date Finished: Jan 30
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Challenges
150+
One Million Pages Read
Cruisin' thru the Cozies
50 States/Where are you reading
Mystery/Suspense
12 in 12
The Eclectic Reader
Around the Stacks
Foodies

copyright Gina Francis 2009-2012