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I love this trope, sub-genre, setting: Cozy Mysteries!

I Love This Trope, Sub-Genre, Setting is a new feature on my blog in which I discuss a trope, sub-genre or setting that I love and tell you about books that are shining examples of said trope, sub-genre or setting.  Feel free to play along and please let me know about your favorite books in this realm and whether you like this trope, sub-genre and/or setting as much as I do! Today I am spotlighting the sub-genre of:  Cozy Mysteries , which I would loosely define as any mystery, usually a murder mystery, solved by an amateur sleuth.  These books are more thoughtful than scary.  This is one of the best definitions I've seen!  I have to confess that I love a good cozy mystery series!  I've actually started listening to a lot of cozy mystery audiobooks lately and they are so soothing.  Bonus points if good food is included!  I know there are a ton of books that I'm missing/haven't read so please let m...

Review: Sleep Like a Baby (Aurora Teagarden #10) by Charlaine Harris

Sleep Like a Baby (Aurora Teagarden #10)  by Charlaine Harris Blurb from Goodreads : In the latest installment of the #1 New York Times Bestselling Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden series, Robin and Aurora have finally begun their adventure in parenting. With newborn Sophie proving to be quite a handful, Roe's mother pays for a partially trained nurse, Virginia Mitchell, to come help the new parents for a few weeks. Virginia proves to be especially helpful when Robin has to leave town for work and Roe is struck with a bad case of the flu.   One particularly stormy night, Roe wakes to hear her daughter crying and Virginia nowhere to be found. Roe's brother Philip helps her search the house and they happen upon a body outside... but it isn't Virginia's. Now, not only does she have a newborn to care for and a vulnerable new marriage to nurture, Roe also has to conten...

Top Ten Books On My Spring 2013 TBR list!

Top Ten Tuesday  is hosted by the fab ladies at  The Broke and the Bookish ! Top Ten Books On My Spring 2013 TBR list! Essentially, this spring is going to be great because so many of my favorite series are going to have new books released. A few of these books have already come out but they are at the top of my spring TBR. I am probably most excited to read Date Me by Jillian Dodd, JLA's new NA Wait For You and the latest in the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockmann!!