Miraz Jordan

I had so much fun reading Semicolon: How a misunderstood punctuation mark can improve your writing, enrich your reading and even change your life by Cecelia Watson. I feel newly inspired with writing and reading. If you love language or reading or writing then read this book. 📚

I really enjoyed The Complete Merry & Neal Mysteries 6 gripping crime thrillers by Janice Frost. Well-written, they held my interest through all six. Some nice character development. Interesting to unravel the who’s and why’s. Another good British author. 📚

Only $1.14‼️

I loved this cozy mystery: The Case of the Lady in the Luggage by Cheri Baker, @Cheri 📚. After reading an advance copy I said:

what a fabulous read! I loved every minute of this and ended up neglecting other tasks to read it! 😀 This is the best Ellie Tappet yet!

Give it a go!

I was particularly touched yesterday to receive a very unexpected Amazon gift card from a generous person. I see several new books in the future of my new Kindle. 📚🤓

I’ve had my Kindle Paperwhite since January 2013 and it’s been wonderful. I use it heaps. Lately it’s felt a bit slow though and the pages don’t always turn right. I’ve lashed out and ordered the 10th generation 2018 version Paperwhite as a pressie for myself. 📚Waiting…

I really enjoyed reading Murder Among Friends by Janice Frost 📚:

The victim ran a group at university teaching men how to pick up women. Jane and Steph venture into a dark and dangerous world of misogyny.

Also: incels and problems all women face with unwanted male attention.

Woohoo, after I suggested our local Library buy this, the Library replied 📚:

… Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley. The library has reviewed your suggestion today and the item will be ordered as soon as possible.

I’ll get to read it after all. 🤓

It is an absolute mystery to me why I read Driftwood and Death (Innisstead Sands Cozy Mysteries Book 1) to the end and why I didn’t get my money back. Unbelievably silly! 📚

No author info to be found — a 10 year old perhaps?

Darn it, I finished reading Hanging Falls: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima. 📚

An excellent read!

Sometimes I hate reading a really good book such as Hanging Falls: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima. 📚

The more I read, the closer I am to finishing… Then what?

officer Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner Robo stumble upon a body floating at the edge of a lake.

Ambivalent about Murder The Boys (Detective Kate Power Mystery Book 1) by Judith Cutler 📚. The bad guy was obvious to the reader but not the Detective Sergeant who also seemed pretty wimpy for someone of her experience.

Boys are being abducted, abused, murdered on her patch

I enjoyed reading The Death of an Ambitious Woman (Chief Ruth Murphy Mysteries) by Barbara Ross 📚:

the murder of one ambitious woman forces another to decide what price she is willing to pay for success.

Darn: this was only recently published so no more yet in a series.

A looong book, and not for the page count: Corpse Way (The Yorkshire Dales Mysteries Book 1) by Susan Parry. 📚

Ground through 70% then page-flipped just to find out the explanation. Reminiscent of Famous Five.

Reminder to self: don’t buy more in this series. 👎🏼

Another excellent read: Find Me When I’m Lost (A Charlie Mack Motown Mystery Book 5) by Cheryl A. Head. 📚

Charlie Mack is hired by her ex-husband’s new wife when the ex, Franklin, has been charged with his brother-in-law’s murder.

I really enjoyed most of the stories in Voices Carry and Other Stories of Women and Crime by Dayle A. Dermatis. 📚

I didn’t finish the first story, but found the second, Bothering with the Details, specially appealing. I bought this as part of The Mysterious Women bundle.

Another excellent read: Tracking Game: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima. 📚

Two brutal murders, a menacing band of poachers, and a fearsome creature on the loose in the mountains plunge Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner Robo into a sinister vortex.

I very much enjoyed Pretty Little Horses (an Abby Maxon mystery novel) by Annie Reed. 📚 Gripping ending kept me up late reading.

The copy editor needs a better eye though for quite a few trivial annoyances, such as missing words (esp. ‘the’) or ‘the' instead of ‘to’ etc.

Enjoyed Gators and Garters (A Miss Fortune Mystery Book 18) by Jana Deleon. 📚 This story felt more like hanging out with old friends. Didn’t have quite the zing of previous books.

Ida Belle’s wedding to Walter—but the caterer goes missing

Maybe the series has run its course?

I enjoy the Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries by Margaret Mizushima. 📚 Burning Ridge really held my attention and was a great read.

On a rugged Colorado mountain ridge, Mattie Cobb and her police dog partner Robo make a grisly discovery—and become the targets of a ruthless killer.

I bought the Mysterious Women story bundle. I really enjoyed Paper Bullets by Annie Reed. Well written, easy to read, held my attention.

One simple favor for her ex plunges private investigator Abby Maxon into a deadly game of cat and mouse.

I’ll read more of hers. 📚

I’d read this before, but enjoyed it again. An alternate universe novella by Kristine Kathryn Rush: Recovering Apollo 8 📚:

Richard dedicates his life to recovering the lost capsule…causing him to question the meaning of life, the meaning of death and the heroisms in between.

Another excellent read from a favourite author: Judge Me When I’m Wrong (A Charlie Mack Motown Mystery Book 4) 📚

I wondered where this was going at first, but enjoyed the twist.

Charlie reports for jury duty and begins to unravel a disturbing plan to alter the outcome.

As expected, I very much enjoyed Catch Me When I’m Falling (A Charlie Mack Motown Mystery Book 3) 📚:

Someone is murdering the homeless in Detroit’s Cass Corridor… These horrific crimes wouldn’t require an investigation… except one of the bodies is Charlie’s mother’s friend.

I enjoyed From Beer to Eternity (A Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mystery) by Sherry Harris to ~80% through 📚:

A whip smart librarian’s fresh start comes with a tart twist in this perfect cocktail of murder and mystery—with a romance chaser.

Ending was rushed, confusing.

I very much enjoyed reading Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. 📚

The book cover may be execrable, but the book itself was interesting and useful and stunningly readable. He has many many delightful turns of phrase.

Important fact: our brains lie to us all the time.