All Thing Books And Reading Thread 2020

[Koveshnikov]

Basic Witch (Gemma Bradbury Magical Cozy Mysteries #1) by Harmony Hart
Basic Witch (Witches of Salem: Gemma Bradbury Mystery #1)
Welcome to Salem, where paranormals of all kinds live in harmony. Mostly.
My name is Gemma Bradbury, and I’ve spent most of my life trying to be what everyone else expects me to be. The problem with living my life for other people is that I never figured out who I really am.
But then I stumbled—quite literally—into a new life in Salem, and everything changed. In less than an hour, I was tangled up in the suspicious death of an elderly shop owner, realized my cat can talk, and—here's the kicker—found out I’m a witch.
I also found out I was stuck in Salem.
Forever.
But when I secured a job and a place to live, and the Coven assigned me a magical tutor—the drop-dead gorgeous Professor Beauregard Bacchus— things started to look up.
All I have to do now is learn to navigate a new town full of witches, vampires and shifters, manage a magic shop, pass my first wand exam, and keep my growing affection for Professor Beau a secret.
Oh, and find the shop owner’s real killer before the town’s bumbling moose-shifter deputy tosses me in jail for murder.
Guess my life isn’t so basic anymore.
Fans of witty cozy mysteries will love this magical tale featuring a reluctant female sleuth, an opinionated feline familiar and a touch of romance set in a quaint (and gossipy) supernatural village.
Note: This book contains lighthearted humor and recipes and is free of swearing, graphic violence, and sex.

 

[Mia6]

Basic Witch (Gemma Bradbury Magical Cozy Mysteries #1) by Harmony Hart
Basic Witch (Witches of Salem: Gemma Bradbury Mystery #1)
Welcome to Salem, where paranormals of all kinds live in harmony. Mostly.
My name is Gemma Bradbury, and I’ve spent most of my life trying to be what everyone else expects me to be. The problem with living my life for other people is that I never figured out who I really am.
But then I stumbled—quite literally—into a new life in Salem, and everything changed. In less than an hour, I was tangled up in the suspicious death of an elderly shop owner, realized my cat can talk, and—here's the kicker—found out I’m a witch.
I also found out I was stuck in Salem.
Forever.
But when I secured a job and a place to live, and the Coven assigned me a magical tutor—the drop-dead gorgeous Professor Beauregard Bacchus— things started to look up.
All I have to do now is learn to navigate a new town full of witches, vampires and shifters, manage a magic shop, pass my first wand exam, and keep my growing affection for Professor Beau a secret.
Oh, and find the shop owner’s real killer before the town’s bumbling moose-shifter deputy tosses me in jail for murder.
Guess my life isn’t so basic anymore.
Fans of witty cozy mysteries will love this magical tale featuring a reluctant female sleuth, an opinionated feline familiar and a touch of romance set in a quaint (and gossipy) supernatural village.
Note: This book contains lighthearted humor and recipes and is free of swearing, graphic violence, and sex.

Alex, have you and Nicky read this?

 

[Koveshnikov]

Alex, have you and Nicky read this?

all links we post refer to books we are was read and saved to our collection for rereading

 

[artiemom]

Basic Witch (Gemma Bradbury Magical Cozy Mysteries #1) by Harmony Hart
Basic Witch (Witches of Salem: Gemma Bradbury Mystery #1)
Welcome to Salem, where paranormals of all kinds live in harmony. Mostly.
My name is Gemma Bradbury, and I’ve spent most of my life trying to be what everyone else expects me to be. The problem with living my life for other people is that I never figured out who I really am.
But then I stumbled—quite literally—into a new life in Salem, and everything changed. In less than an hour, I was tangled up in the suspicious death of an elderly shop owner, realized my cat can talk, and—here's the kicker—found out I’m a witch.
I also found out I was stuck in Salem.
Forever.
But when I secured a job and a place to live, and the Coven assigned me a magical tutor—the drop-dead gorgeous Professor Beauregard Bacchus— things started to look up.
All I have to do now is learn to navigate a new town full of witches, vampires and shifters, manage a magic shop, pass my first wand exam, and keep my growing affection for Professor Beau a secret.
Oh, and find the shop owner’s real killer before the town’s bumbling moose-shifter deputy tosses me in jail for murder.
Guess my life isn’t so basic anymore.
Fans of witty cozy mysteries will love this magical tale featuring a reluctant female sleuth, an opinionated feline familiar and a touch of romance set in a quaint (and gossipy) supernatural village.
Note: This book contains lighthearted humor and recipes and is free of swearing, graphic violence, and sex.

This book sounds really interesting to me... a diversion book, into another realm.. and Salem, MA is near me.. I have been there a lot...

 

[Koveshnikov]

This book sounds really interesting to me... a diversion book, into another realm.. and Salem, MA is near me.. I have been there a lot...

and in it, as in all books from our collection, there are intelligent cats

 

[rubysmama]

My appointment yesterday went much quicker than I expected, so barely got to read any of Evidence in the Echinacea (Lovely Lethal Gardens #5) so I've dropped it for now, and started Killing Me Softly and will post thoughts about it in the October 2020 Book of the Month Club - 1st Year Anniversary (Poll) thread.

 

[Mia6]

I started One by one yesterday by Ruth Ware and I'm hooked already only a few chapters into it.
She's a trickster and just when you think you know what's going to happen, you don't!!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

SO...finished "Killing Me Softly." I really...I'm not sure "liked" is the right word. Not for this book. But it certainly was riveting. Took me awhile. I normally read a book every 1.5-2 days, but Kindles take me longer. Mostly because I do a lot of reading while I soak in the tub. While I have never, in the 60-odd years I've been doing this, dropped a book in the tub, I'm paranoid about the Kindle. Not like I can just dry it out!

I've started "Familiar Remedy." It's a (gasp) Harlequin romance, And there is a romance, of course, but had this series been written today (they started in 1990), they would probably have been considered more a cozy mystery. And I'm quite taken with Familiar, the cat, who solves the mysteries. In "Familiar Remedy," he is working on behalf of Socks, the First Cat of the United States.

 

[Lola3791]

So, in the past few weeks, I've read 5 books. I'm just going to list the books and a sentence or two on my thoughts.
Salt to the Sea. I loved this book! If you like historical fiction, you should read this!
Catching the Wind. This book is pretty good, but, towards the end, the author decided to connect all the characters and their families in a very unrealistic way. I didn't like that aspect of it.
The Jungle Book. I really liked it. I loved the different laws of the jungle animals and how they interacted with each other.
Season of Wonder (The Remnants #1). I really enjoyed this book and ordered the next two books online. I can't wait until I get them! While this book was good, I hope that the next two are better.
The Vanishing Deep. The culture is this book was really interesting but the rest was meh. I probably wouldn't read it again.

 

[Mia6]

I'm loving One by one! The chef at the Chalet where the book takes place makes
such delicious food.Better have a full belly while reading this one, ha!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I have finished "Familiar Remedy," and am now reading "Familiar Tale." I'm also reading a Kindle book by Aldous J. Pennyfarthing with an exceptionally rude title. It shall remain nameless here, but it is funny and irreverent, and the first of four books by him.

 

[Mia6]

I'm also reading a Kindle book by Aldous J. Pennyfarthing with an exceptionally rude title. It shall remain nameless here, but it is funny and irreverent, and the first of four books by him.

I just looked those up, hee, hee!!!

 

[rubysmama]

I'm also reading a Kindle book by Aldous J. Pennyfarthing with an exceptionally rude title. It shall remain nameless here, but it is funny and irreverent, and the first of four books by him.

Googled.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

The problem is that I keep laughing so hard that I get a tummy cramp. I really like this guy. Of course, his real name is not Aldous J. Pennyfarthing, but I correspond with him semi-regular basis on one of my political forums. Still reading that, with "Familiar Tale" as my bathtub book.

 

[jcat]

I've finished the Cat in the Attic mystery series, which comes to a satisfying end after 5 books.
Next up is more true crime: My Daddy is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer by Lena Derhally, an author I'm unfamiliar with.

 

[Tobermory]

I just finished All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny, part of the Inspector Gamache series. It was... beautiful. Yes, it had the usual violence, but the ending was lovely. I would love to know these people, be a part of Three Pines. How lucky they are to have each other.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

The last book I read was The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I loved it, but Matt Haig is one of my favorite authors so it's not surprising. The premise is that a woman tries to kill herself and in this limbo period between life and death, she finds herself in a library where she can pull a book from a shelf that represents her regrets and relive certain parts of her life where she chose or didn't choose some path in her life. It's a good read. Matt Haig writes a lot about depression and being a depression survivor myself, I both appreciate his openness about mental illness and how he's able to craft stories about mental illness with a message of hope.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Have finished "Familiar Tale," which is the last of the Fear Familiar books that I have on hand. They are an amusing, but not compelling, series of books, so I buy 2-3 when I'm looking to round out an order to get free shipping! Still slowing working my way through the Pennyfarthing book, while reading "Finding Liberty," by Blaine Staat, for my local book club. We read all local authors (NC), so we run the gamut on genre.

 

[rubysmama]

Finished Killing Me Softly. Now back to the Cozy Mystery series from September.

 

[aliceneko]

I'm now reading Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala.