If you love cats and cozy mysteries, then this book is for you!
Book Reviews, cozy mystery, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Words
A CATastrophic Neighborhood (A Pet Momma Cozy Mystery) – a Review
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Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Women Sleuths, Words
Where No One Will See – a Review
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Lucia Scafetti, the daughter of the notorious hitman Carlo Scafetti, is trying so hard to move out of the shadow of her infamous crime family. A Philly private eye, she runs her own business. To make her life complete, she has a dog, Rocco, a problem dog who just doesn’t get along with other people. But he does love Lucia. Her life is about to become very complicated though.
Book Reviews, Cozies, cozy mystery, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Women Sleuths, Words
Charred: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery – a Review
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Alene Baron, a vegan, owns and runs the Whipped and Sipped Café. Her cookies and confections are known all over Chicago. The coronavirus pandemic has changed things for everyone. Her business has suffered because of it and her employees are frustrated. A café once filled with customers has turned into one that mostly handles take-out orders. On top of that, there’s this homeless man who hangs around outside of her café bothering her customers who still visit for the yummy treats they can get there.
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts
Speakeasies and other Illegal Activities in Chicago – Guest Post by G.P. Gottlieb
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I’ve been going to Chicago bars and restaurants since I was a kid. Some of them still brag about having been speakeasies during the Prohibition era.
Book Reviews, Children's Books, Fiction Writing
Wilbur and the Watering Can – a Review
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Rose and her daughters, Magnolia and Lily, are gardeners. They normally have one big garden, but Magnolia and Lily want to have their own garden this year in which they will grow pumpkins, tomatoes, snow peas, and other veggies. While watering their garden, they discover a mystery. A leaf is moving and going kerplop all by itself. Underneath the leaf, they find a new friend: a toad.
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Words
Song Girl: A Mystery in Two Verses – a Review
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Murder by a devious killer, one determined detective, and a girl who awakens from a coma and can only speak in song titles come together in this captivating mystery.
Action/Adventure, Apocalyptic, Book Reviews, Christian Books, Christian Fiction, Fiction Writing, Science Fiction, Zombie Fiction
INFECtIOUS – a Review
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When I first read the description of INFECtIOUS, I knew I had to read it. Did the author manage to write an unputdownable Christian zombie book? The answer to that question is a definite yes.
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Women Sleuths, Words
Don’t Come Back – a Review
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𝐷𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 opens with a woman being kidnapped during the night. “Thunder sounded, but there wasn’t a storm, and no rain fell on the tin roof. The old woman squinted into the dark room and heard shuffling—like mice—across the pine floor.”
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Episodic Sleep Disorders – a Review
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Sparrow visits the cold mountain village of Lozere to tell stories, but with a funereal atmosphere hanging over the entire town, the people who live there don’t even seem to notice him.
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Literary Fiction, New Words Learned, Short Stories/Novellas, Words
The Benefits of Breathing – a Review
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All of the stories in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 are about love. Some are afraid to love. Others love yet stay apart.Some only pretend to love, yet in many cases, love continues even after death. Not everyone is honest when it comes to love; some set out only to deceive. And never forget that the love of a dog, man’s best friend, is so very special.
