Imagine you were on an Austen-Escape journey. You are trying to do the walk of no-shame after your ONS with the dashing lord of the manor, but you forgot your car keys. You go looking for them, but you're mind is foggy, and somehow you remember weird snippets of a crime that happened last night. And then the shooting begins - well, not exactly, but there's no escape and a murderer on the loose...

#audiobook with dual narration

Nerdy, wholesome, sweet and exactly what this nerd needed Betwixtmas.

Extra fun: bonus scene and Alexis' commentary on some scenes.

EBook is on sale at Amazon today - £1.99/€2.13. (might be today only)

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Gothic story. Haunted house. Terrible relatives. Second chance at love (M/M). Neurodivergent MC.

Tesla and Shal are on their honeymoon, accompanied by Tesla's service dog Gimlet. A luxury cruise to Mars. The couple is travelling incognito, because Tesla is a famous heiress and her husband a famous detective. When they find a murder victim, Shal becomes the main suspect and is treated as such. Tesla has to get him out of there and they need to find the real murderer.

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#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Sleigh

Boxing Day plans.

There will also be tea, maybe chocolate and/or biscuits, and at least one attention seeking cat (who's sunbathing at the moment).

Christmas tradition: read the St Mary's short story when it drops at midnight, listen to it while preparing food.

Max and Leon are visiting Devon in 1924 to enjoy a quiet few days in the run up to Christmas, only for Leon to end up being the prime suspect when one of the guests is found murdered. An Agatha Christie-esque, only slightly St Mary's and Time Police related, time travel short story where Max gets the chance to be at the centre of ⬇️

Is it really so difficult to look up the pronunciation of a word/name, dear #audiobook narrator?

It's not "Chai-Chester"!

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I'm not tagging the book, because I'm actually enjoying it. This mispronunciation though was like nails on a chalkboard.

Today's #audiobaking - sourdough discard crackers and another sourdough bread (this one is only half done, I took a pic after removing the lid of the cast iron pot).

London Charismatic book 3

#SeriesLove

#audiobaking

No.2 is done too and I have to sit on my hands now, I want to cut both of them already.

#audiobaking

Sourdough bread no.1 fresh out of the oven.

Went to the bookshop while waiting for my daughter to finish her theatre project.

In the English books section was a shelf labeled "Romantasy" but the top shelves contained Sci-fi novels in German. ? I only noticed when Three Body Problem, Mickey 7, and 1984 caught my eye (sorry bad photo quality).

I must have looked lost or very baffled, because one of the staff came over asking how she might help and I pointed it out to her.

I liked the illustrations - and by that the second part of the book, with the compendium of animal-human-hybrids - far more than the biography part/story of the book.

Low pick.

Current read. Wonderful illustrations and an interesting mix of genres.

Only took me three years after buying it to actually read it. 😬

https://reactormag.com/new-kindle-feature-ai-answer-questions-books-authors/

Ugh!!! Why?! Who asked for this?

Quite liked this. Yes, there are some issues and I'm not talking about the stalking, because that's literally in the title of the novel. I was more frustrated with Izzy being a doormat in her relationship with Evan. Girl, everyone and your grandmother is telling you he's an idiot and you still don't dump him? After three years of his douchebaggery™️?

Contemporary #Romance, duet narration #audiobook, 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Sorry for the cropped pic from the author's IG.

Loved being back on the set of Bake Expectations! I enjoyed all the swearing, of course.

#audiobook

Going in!

Happy Book Birthday to Alexis Hall's latest book baby!

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Snuff next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on January 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #WheresMyCow #TheWorldOfPoo #MinutesOfTheMeeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts (in Blink of the Screen)!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

Happy reading!

Just one??? Okay. But actually it's not okay. I have to tag a few more in the comments.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #Thud post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

ARC - Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

and

Brigands & Breadknives

It must be me. 😬🤷🏻‍♀️

This is very predictable. I was hoping it's just red herrings and the big twists were still coming, but nope.

#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Grinch/Scrooge
@Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead

Thank you for this interesting list, @DebinHawaii! I've read a few already and some, like the four on the right, you might have plucked from my TBR.

I'm looking forward to getting to them in January (and probably throughout next year).

#AuldLangSpine @monalyisha

Just like in Nosy Neighbours the cast of characters is made up of quirky people who like to stick their noses into other people's business. Fortunately, they've read their fair share of Miss Marple novels.

Cosy mystery

#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Rudolph 🔴 cover

November wrap up.

Read for a #52bookclub25 challenge prompt.

I actually really liked it. Guess I'm old enough to enjoy memoirs. 😉

#audiobook read by the author.

All Laura wanted was to measure the flat she'd move into in January. All Callum wanted was to avoid trekking home to Scotland for the holidays with his girlfriend. That was before their "meet nude" turned into meet the parents and fake dating.
It's just for a week and Laura has always wanted to see Scotland, it's going to be fun.

#RomCom #NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Already published.

#BookMail - well, I didn't get the special edition of Katabasis I had pre-ordered, but I got this one twice. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#SeriesLove

Today's #BookMail and the sleeve of the cardigan I'm working on.

#LitsyCrafters #KnittersOfLitsy

Skye's Inn in a small town near St Andrews isn't doing well. The last thing she needs right now is a rock star hiding from a scandal, especially when this rock star is the man who broke her heart 15 years ago.

Fortunately, the Book-Bitches know exactly how to handle the situation and give Noah and Skye opportunities to spend time together. There might be a second chance for love, the inn, and the music career.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

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It's the 1930s, Georgie has solved three murders that happened in the small village in the Cotswolds. Quite a lot of murders for this small village. When another member of the community dies a seemingly natural death, Georgie writes to a famous London detective for his help. But the detective sends his young rather handsome and very flirtatious associate instead.

A cosy mystery with a #romance subplot, or a romance with a mystery subplot. 😁

#audiobook

#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Star
@Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead

Decent Sherlock Holmes story, good narration by Derek Jacobi.

Book not in database

Low pick

This is a spicy novella. 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ The emphasis is on spicy as there is very little plot happening.

The duet narration.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Seventh book in the Kate Daniels series.

After several attempts at this series it finally clicked and I listened to at least two of the books in the series while finishing the jigsaw.

#SeriesLove

#ChrismasCrimeChallenge @RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella

Chimney - locked room mystery

True crime podcaster Liza and her corporate financier wife Hanna want to spend Easter in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands. Hanna planned it to rescue their marriage. It soon turns into a Murder Mystery Weekend with real victims.

Very Christie-esque, with chapter headings reminiscent of Cluedo.

#Discworld puzzles from Discworld Emporium

Worryingly, there's no note from the Thieves Guild in the box. 🤔🦧 Maybe they remembered that I got two notes in one package last time I ordered.

Six down on their luck mystery adjacent people are invited to the small village of Midwinter to compete in a fictional murder mystery game organised by the Midwinter Trust. Then two actual murders happen.

I read an excerpt late last year which made this sound like a locked room murder mystery homage to the Golden Age Mysteries where the reader is encouraged to guess the clues together with the amateur sleuths.
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#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Nix has left her past in the past and moved on with her life in the military, or so she thought. Then Kessandra, her former lover and the people's favourite 'royal', hires Nix as her bodyguard on a covert operation. On the way to the mission, on board a Titanic-like submersible, Kess briefs Nix about what is really at stake; and not a minute too soon,... ⬇️

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that, following the DW Reading Guide we'll be reading #WheresMyCow & #MinutesOfTheMeeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts & #TheWorldOfPoo starting December 8th (discussion starts Jan 7th, 2026). Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders!

I've included the schedule for the first half of 2026 and will update you all with the full schedule in January.

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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #Thud!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #NightWatch post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead

My son brought home a "hunting trophy". ??

#NonBookRelated but kind of related, see tag.

#ARC #MountARC #NetGalley

Compared to the first book in the Bristol Keats duology, this was a slow read. The main plot had so many points of view that it felt like it was moving at a snail's pace. In addition, the romance plot leaned very heavily into the miscommunication trope. In the final 20%, though, all the action happened.

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Dante (40-ish) moved from the UK to NZ after retiring from working for MI-6 about 100 days ago. His peace and quiet is destroyed when Charlie, the gardener, knocks on his door. Then Ted, shady rich guy, blackmails Dante into working as his bodyguard. And someone shoots at Ted. The someone is suspected to have been Charlie. Should Dante help clear Charlie's name? Or clean the house, use an alias and leave the country?

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Ellie and Adam, together with Neil and Connie, are in India this time. With the help of Connie's extensive maternal family finding the Arrow of Fortune should be as easy as pie. Obviously it's not as easy, otherwise we'd have got a novella and not a full-sized novel.

This book is full of adventure, humour, romance, a pinch of spice, and a lot of heart.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

#SeriesLove