After 2 disappointing holiday cozies I‘m hopeful for this one.
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Read and Gone: A Haunted Library Mystery | 
After 2 disappointing holiday cozies I‘m hopeful for this one.
bailedI was not a fan of book 1 in the series - mainly because I did not really like Carrie the MC - and things did not improve for me. Carrie has to be one of the whiniest MC‘s I‘ve ever read. At about halfway through the book, I‘m calling it quits. The other members of my cozy mystery book discussion group did not agree with me, so my feelings are not what other readers may feel! Life‘s too short to read books I‘m not invested in…
so-soRemember the scene in Moonstruck where Cher slapped Nick Cage and says "Snap Out of It!"? That's what I wanted to do to Carrie, the main character, because of her annoying overreaction to her boyfriend investigating her criminal father. I get she felt betrayed and used, but it was ridiculous how schizophrenic she was about her dad, one minute his staunchest defender, the next lamenting how much he's ruined her life. Continued in the comments ⬇️⬇️
I glanced around my cottage at the thirty or so guests laughing and chatting, and grinned.
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Unexpected library haul on this unexpected day off (newly recognized federal holiday in the US).
pickSurprisingly, not as good as book 1. I got kind of fed up with Carrie getting mad at her new boyfriend for legitimately investigating her crooked dad, even if her Pops is kind of charming. There were lots of deaths, and I enjoyed it, so I will continue and hope book 3 hooks me back in. #WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders #HolidayRead @Clwojick
pickCarrie is busy planning holiday activities at the library when her long-lost larcenous dad pops back into her life. He‘s on the hunt for jewels, but he‘s not the only one. +566 #WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders #FestiveFlicks (Bingo!) #Travelathon #ChristmasSpiritReadathon #LittenListen
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pickI read the 1st book in this series during Scarathlon and this one is just as good. Set at Christmas, Carrie is determined to find stolen gems and solve murders to prove her long absent father is not a killer only a thief. I like this series and will continue to read it.
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Who is this narrator who sides with her estranged criminal father over her own friends and family? Who gets upset that her cat might catch a mouse? She‘s so dumb it‘s ruining the rest of the (actually interesting) story for me.
Am I supposed to sympathize with this woman? That‘s a laugh.
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pickI received this ARC from Netgalley. This is the second book in the series, I have enjoyed them both. Librarian+Haunted Library+library cat= a great cozy. Carrie is just settling in to her new life in this small town when her sketchy father shows up. He is after his partner in a gem heist that took off with the loot! Of course then a body shows up, her dad is arrested and Carrie finds herself in a mystery. All during Christmas!!🎄
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Book two in the Haunted Library Mystery series. I hadn't read the first one, but it didn't really matter other than a spoiler or two if I ever go back and read that one. This was a fun little cozy. A bit predictable, like most cozies, and the main character makes some terrible decisions...like most cozies. Could've done with more of the library ghost, but overall I enjoyed it.
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pickI would give it a 4 out of 5 stars.
Lovely Christmas story, very warm and family oriented, with a mystery - detective side of it!
I couldn't connect to Carrie for some reason - she always made choices that made me cringe.
I loved the detective part and the mystery and tense moments around it, and I wish I read the first book first.
Dragging a toddler with no concept of personal space to various appointments makes for an exhausting day and a few meltdowns (mostly his). My sweet husband offered to do evening duty so I could relax in bed and read, so I'm going to start this #netgalley cozy that I should have gotten to a month or so ago.
What are you reading at the moment? ❤️🌼🍀
