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Light-Reads

A collection of 30 issues

'25 December - theme: courtesy of Mum: Tartan noir

Absolution(Anderson & Costello #1) by Caro Ramsay Tartan noir - a popular genre of dark, gritty Scottish crime fiction. This particular example was set in Glasgow with sections taking part on the Ayr coastal road. These were the sections I related to. It helped that I was reading this

Audiobook - The Wake-Up Call - Beth O'Leary

Thanks Caitlin for buying this and letting me borrow it! I think Caitlin likes Beth O'Leary since this is the third book I've read - all donated by my sister-in-law. This book is funny and cute, a real feel good read. It's made better

Audiobook - Devil's Delight (Agatha Raisin #33) - M. C. Beaton

You can probably guess since this is number 33 in the series, that I quite like Agatha Raisin. I liked this one too, even though it wasn't actually written by M.C. Beaton since M.C. Beaton is dead. I gave that previous sentence my best M. C.

Additional Review J - A romance for the lesbian Swifties?

Playing for Keeps by Alexandria Bellefleur Thank you Goodreads and Harper Collins for the ARC of Playing for Keeps. For the purpose of reading in the hot tub on vacation in Cancun with a Mimosa, this was perfect. For real life it might be too vapid. The story line was

Audiobook - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham #2) - Benjamin Stevenson

The second installment from Ernest was as good - better? than the first. As before Stevenson picks a fantastic location for his mystery - this time the Ghan train crossing Australia. As before, Ernest breaks the 4th wall constantly, keeping the reader informed of the rules of golden age crime

'25 October - theme: Agatha Christie

The Boomerange Clue (or "Why didn't they ask Evans?" by Agatha Christie Ahhh, after last month's epic, this is just what I needed. One of a few standalone mysteries by the queen of mystery, this is a cracking little book. This is definately one

'25 August - theme: Short Stories

Mavericks: Life stories and lessons of history's most extraordinary misfits by Jenny Draper While only tentatively fitting the theme of short stories, since all the stories are of real people and there is a considerable number of sources cited at the back of the book, this was a

Additional Review I - No more fish in the sea?

Back-slide by Nora Dahlia Thank you Goodreads and Gallery Books for the ARC of Back-slide. I am in the prime millennial demographic for this book, and I enjoyed the scenes from the dim and distant past (the 90's). In fact the flashbacks and the teenage romance sections were

Additional Review H - Do we still like vampires in 2025?

Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) by Charlaine Harris For some reason I never got to the Sookie Stackhouse series back in the 00's when they came out. I'm not sure why as I was full into other vampire series' (yes I read Twilight)

Audiobook - Somewhere Beyond the Sea - T. J. Klune

I am happy to announce that book 2 is as good as book 1. It did what sequels so rarely do. It brought back favourite characters but also had an engaging new story that was not just a rehash of the first but more an extension. Well done TJ Dedicated