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A light read/listen. Hannah finds a dead body of a town trouble maker in a ditch outside one of her favorite restaurants. One of her best friends is a suspect, so of course she has to investigate. I found the culprit less believable than usual

This was my #doublespin for September! This was one of my aunt's favorite series and reading them always makes me feel close to her ❤

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It's a cosy Christmas book. It wasn't good or bad, just an easy read. I don't think I'll seek out the others in the series

Book 134 & 135🎧
I will firstly admit - this is not my genre😂 I miss spooky thrillers😩

A Christmas Secret was lucky I finished😂👎🏻

A Joanne Fluke mystery is always light hearted and includes delicious recipes (which I may attempt)👍🏻🍫

Ornament scavenger hunt🎄 - Sparkly(one of my surviving snowbabies😭)& Oldest (‘97)

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Todays Points: 186

Total Points: 464

Book 2 of the day finished. I really want to make the chocolate caramels but of course I don‘t have everything to make them. #DashingDecember #Readathon #24B4Monday #WinterSolstice #WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer

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Perfectly fun cozy mystery. Recipes all sound delicious and made me want to bake. Then I remembered that I have no desire to do that! Really loved the Christmas Carol homage in this one. Made this book even sweeter (pun intentional). 26 pts #WinterGames2020 #MerryResders

Edit: +26 points to team #MerryReaders #WinterGames2020

Ok, I'm still fuzzy on how points work. Can one book be counted in multiple categories to total up the points from all of them? I finished this book yesterday and it is a holiday read, a TBR read, as well as marking off my first square for A Very Merry Bingo. So, how many points does it count as? Sorry, this is my first time participating in any games on Litsy!

Waited 6 weeks for this book, the only copy I could find was in the UK!

Well, I can‘t think of anything positive to say about this story. Except, the raspberry muffin recipe sounds pretty good!

The dialogue seemed stilted, and the plot far-fetched, so only a so-so read for me. #holidayreads #wintergames #tmskellington @Crimson613 @Clwojick @StayCurious

I did it! I actually made pancakes from scratch from a recipe in a fiction book! I am not a good pancake maker, that is my husbands talent. I made gingerbread pancakes recipe from this book. I used a skillet that forms silver dollar sized pancakes with Christmas shapes on them. I recommend adding more cinnamon and serving with cool whip. I also made brown sugar ham and eggs. @Clwojick @StayCurious @Bookworm54 #wintergames #teamnutcracker 31 pts

I am preparing for a 48 hr shift by hanging out at my local coffee hangout, reading and shopping. C.R.S makes life worth living...

Starting this sweet cosy mystery to get in the Christmas spirit!

Book 16 #cozyinthesun @Librarybelle @ferskner finished one more in the nick of time. I think the Christmas Carol plot devise is over done in cozies but I enjoyed learning more about Hannah‘s father. We need a solution to the love triangle too. I am going to try the gingerbread pancake recipe as soon as I can. I found some leftover candy canes in my pantry when I was purging it yesterday, maybe that is why I was in the mood for a Christmas cozy.

This was one of the weaker books in the series. After you deduct the recipes, it probably tops out at about 140 pages (much of which is dialogue used strictly as a device to set up the recipes). There's very little in the way of actual plot. It was all right, but it certainly wasn't great and despite the title didn't feel the least bit festive. It's a big meh for me.

This was a quick enjoyable read with very yummy recipes that I can't wait to try. This is part of a series but I had no trouble reading it without having read all of the other books leading up to it. #cozymystery #christmas

If you need a quick easy and a lil sappy holiday read you can check it out. I've read 20 of her sweet murder mysteries and this one ranks at the bottom for me, but I like holiday reads so I jumped on it. #Christmasread #sweetmurdermystery

During the Holidays, do you read Holiday books that are part of a series if you have not read the series? I read a few of the Joanne Fluke books many years ago and there are others released since then that I haven't read. Wondering how much that effects the readability of the Holiday books. Also, has anyone read either of these? Trying fo figure out which to read first, lol.

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Reading rut, so breaking it up with a fluffy kindle read to see if that helps.

I love the Hanna Swensen books. Love. them.... I‘ve spent this month catching up on them. 6 books in the last 5 weeks, then I got to this one. I really disliked this book. It made no sense in the placement of books. It really missed the mark with me. I‘m well into the next one now and it seems back on track and her new one comes out at the end of February. Looking forward to it.

Although lighthearted, fun and an extremely fast read (with some great looking recipes thrown in), there was just a little too much fluff for my taste. But it works for the #booked2018 #cozymystery prompt and is the first book read for my #mounttbr climb, so for that I‘m grateful. 😊 #book1 #climbingmountvancouver

Just catching up on this series before her new book comes out in February. One more to go. 😊

Last couple of books in this series makes me think the author is losing interest. Really short. No Andrea at all; Norman makes token appearance.

I love this time of year and all of the festive book options that are out there! This was another fun holiday read... And I will be trying at least one of the recipes included for sure!!

Enjoying another Christmas read at silent bookclub... @Little_Reader @BookyMcBookface @maddieursitz @Jane226

"I'm just going out to the Corner Tavern.... I'll be perfectly fine." The End

In this latest Hannah Swensen mystery, Hannah recounts a murder that took place in Lake Eden the previous Christmas. Lots of recipes in this short story. Always great to visit the characters of Lake Eden, Minnesota. Can't wait for the next in the series!

Short story of Hannah telling Ross about the murder the Christmas before they got married. I really wished she had married Mike or Norman.