August Book Wrap

August Book Wrap

Hello Southernistas! I don’t know if I’ve shared with y’all that I love to read. I have had a love affair with books since my first book The Little Red Caboose. My favorite genre are mysteries to be more specific I love cozy mysteries. I am a sucker a great whodunit but I’m not a big fan of the gritty crime novels that would be my dear sweet mama. Cozy mysteries always happen in a small town, feature an amateur sleuth who usually works as a librarian or baker or some other field outside of law enforcement, there is no especially gory scenes, usually no profanity, and there is usually a love interest.

So I thought I would share with you books I read in August and hopefully this will either introduce you to new a new author/series or spark your interest in mysteries.

Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings by Liz Ireland (4 stars)

I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for a light and funny read. This is the first book in the Mrs. Claus series and I can’t wait for the second book in this series to come out at the end of this month. I mean who wouldn’t want to see what actually goes on in Santaland and how the new Mrs. Claus solves this murder. The author does a wonderful job with character development and world building Santaland.

The Rocky Road to Ruin (Ice Cream Shop Mystery) by Meri Allen (3 stars)

This is another new series and it involves ice cream (YUM). I loved the fact that in a former life Riley Rhodes worked for the CIA as…