A Front Page Affair | 
so-soSadly, I was a bit underwhelmed with this one. The premise is interesting—female journalist in WWI era stumbles upon a dead body, and she is determined to find out whodunit. While I appreciate the historical facts placed into the narrative, it leaves the flow of the story a bit disjointed. I may consider reading book two at some point, but am not in a hurry to pick it up.
1. Sharon, Stephanie, Barbara, Lily
2. Kili is the first cat I have named.
3. Capability (“Kitty”) Weeks from the tagged series. #wondrouswednesday
pickHer father Julian has landed in NYC, so Kitty has come to join him after finishing boarding school. She gets a job at a local paper on the Ladies‘ Page and is thus covering an event where a man is killed. It‘s 1915, so it‘s tricky for a woman to investigate, but she doesn‘t think the police are on the right track. This is a fun historical mystery that does a good job of establishing the era. I enjoyed it.
pickAfter thinking how to rate this book, this is what I came up with…. Y‘know those weeknight dinners that aren‘t gourmet but aren‘t terrible either; they do the job of nourishing you and that‘s it. Well, that‘s kind of how this book left me when I finished it. It wasn‘t terrible at all, but not a 5 star read nor was it a so-so. It was leftover homemade meatloaf. Good, did the job and now onto the next read 👍
Continuing with the theme of Indian Independence Day, this historical cozy mystery series was written by an Indian-American author. At least I hope it‘s a series! So far I‘m only aware of two books.
Fun fact: the younger sister in The Henna Artist is named Radha just like the author of this series.
#20series20days
#Top20series
pickAn enjoyable historical (WWI era) mystery starring an aspiring female reporter and surprisingly, no romance.
Found this on an MMD list a couple weeks ago (“20 historical mysteries featuring feisty female protagonists” http://bit.ly/2MqFC9E). I‘m looking forward to reading more of the books she mentioned.
+1 for #ScaryScavengerHunt: Where a character dies ✔️
+2 for a mystery
#TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon
After a day walking all over Manhattan (7.2 miles!) and even celebrated Lunar New Year in Chinatown for a little while, my feet are up and I'm catching up on this so far so good mystery that takes place in the same places I was walking today only 100 years earlier!
Reading this historical mystery while my son was at book club at the library today. #raisingreadera
Ran some errands and watched a lot of tv today. Now I‘m curled up in my reading corner and about to start a new book.
pickI liked this one - it‘s set in NYC at the beginning of World War I, with the young girl newspaper reporter being in the right place at the right time. It was a fun read. #13inThree
This fills the bill for #cozymystery for #Booked2018 and I really enjoyed it. Play on words in the title, “amateur” investigator, and minimal violence on the page. It‘s also well researched in terms of the #fashion in clothes and home furnishings, the political atmosphere, and popular songs and books of the time. I‘m definitely adding the next book in the series to my #TBR list. #readingresolutuons
Thank you for hosting #letsgetcozy and for these lovely gifts, @cobwebmoth! I've been wanting to read these for so long, it's like you read my mind. I was *just* thinking about these gorgeous bookmarks by @BookBabe and of ordering them to my sister's US address and then asking her to forward them, and ta-da! One falls into my lap 😘 Love the socks, cup sleeve and notebook! I had to include the cute owl wrapper in the pic 🤗Thank you so much! ❤️
🔔📚🔔 I love this series! Kitty Weeks is an awesome character. While the 1st in the series (this book) is a bit lighter on the mystery part it's worth getting to know Kitty + it's a rare book in that women aren't the murder victims! $1.99 ebook!
pickThis was a cute, fast read. I don't know if this is considered a cozy mystery, but it's a very stress-free read!
??? I love this mystery series! Set in early 1900s NY Capability "Kitty" Weeks wants to be a newspaper reporter but the whole being a woman is kind of a problem. But she's determined af & ends up at an event where there is a murder and she can't leave it alone needing to solve it. (Great if you want a historical mystery that isn't violence against women). #recommendsday even though it isn't Wednesday
This cover is pretty silly, but it's cute and entertaining so far.
panPardon my language, but fuck this book. 12 pages from the end the villain declares one of the characters is a "faggot" and committed suicide out of fear of being outed. No. Just no. It was bullshit that added nothing to the story and ruined the book for me. I'm tired of straight authors using gay suicide as a convenient plot point.
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This is very readable but I don't quite know what to think of it yet. Hmmmm.
pickEntertaining historical fic great for anyone who shies away from mystery bc they don't know where to start or want to avoid violence against women. Set in NY during WWI Capability "Kitty" Weeks is a women's fashion reporter trying to solve a murder that occurred at an event she attended. While she's more than capable (heh) she's living in a time where women aren't even allowed to vote. (Bit of info dumping w/ historical info but still good.)
Then: 👆🏽
Now: we can't have a woman president she'll get her period and nuke another country!
Can't decide so I'll let you guys pick my next read please :)
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