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#ItTakesAllKinds

One of my current series is #WithMurder🩸it‘s actually full of it, as a group of five YA “naturals” (profilers, lie detectors, etc.) work for a below-the-radar FBI operation to solve cold cases. It‘s got me rewatching the series Lie to Me again.

The tagged book is the second & the one I‘m currently reading. Start with the first tagged ⬇️

#SeriesLove2023

I really dropped the ball on #serieslove2023 Never posted a summing up !This is a photo from January last year, I read 8 Connellys , 2, Leons , 1 Silva. Shocking but true, couldn‘t find the next Thompson though as you can see, I own several! I didn‘t put Karin Slaughter in these stacks ,yet I read 3 last year.😁🤷‍♀️ Thanks to @TheSpineView and @Andrew65 for hosting!

#TheInmate #FreidaMcFadden #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023

There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men‘s maximum-security prison:
1) Treat all prisoners with respect.
2) Never reveal any personal information.
3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.
But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules.

My March TBR is aggressive & as usual, I‘m not planning to get to all of it. I‘m still unsure on this month‘s #SundayBuddyRead The Golden Notebook as I‘m only through the intro & not loving it but I‘m going to try for more this weekend. This month I‘m joining in: #ChloeGongReadAlong #JaneAdjacent #NancyDrewBR #ChildrensClassicRead2024 #Naturalitsy #SheSaid #SeasonalCozies #FoodAndLit #Roll100 & a reread of Relish for my virtual foodie book club.⬇️

This was funny, clever, and full of Lord Peter‘s “piffle”—this time put to useful purpose as he goes undercover at an ad agency to investigate a suspicious death. I loved the spot-on caricatures of office personalities, as well as Lord Peter‘s various small “tells”! The mystery was also satisfying—other than one trope at the end that I hate. (Another belated review for a December read!) #CloakandDaggerChristmas - classic mystery #SeriesLove2023

Cute fake dating novel. Connor was a young preteen in the first book and he's all grown up now. There's some internalized homophobia he has to work through while he pretends to date his crush even though everyone thinks he's straight. Reid was a good love interest for him and their relationship growth was enjoyable to watch
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

I never posted the rest of my #WinterGames reviews since I got sick the last week so bear with me here while I catch up
Overall I'm giving this interconnected series a pick, although some were better than others. Silent Knight was my favorite, it had childhood best friends reunited & made the best use of other characters from the series, making the small town setting feel real. There're two more books I didn't get to but will try to read next year

#seriesLove2023 Wrap Up

My goal was to read 24 books between adult and kids series, I managed to read 22 books total. Most of the books I read were middle grade but I managed to start two new series, Thursday Murder Club and Mrs. Morris. Going Rouge kept me current on Evanovich and I read one book, book 3 in the ongoing series of Magical Bakery.

Many thanks to @Andrew65 and @TheSpineView for hosting #SeriesLove2023!

I finished 7 novels and 3 novellas in the October Daye series and will be continuing with the 14th novel for #SeriesLove2024.

I only finished 2 books in the Maigret series and 1 in the Malazan series, but as these were especially challenging (Maigret in French, and Reaper's Gale with 900+ pages), I am pleased enough with the progress!

2023 was an excellent year. I finished the challenges I set out to finish. I read lots more than just books for challenges, such as several books about the history of Italy for my epic trip there and at least one chunkster, Papillon

Thanks to some overlap here are the totals:
#LitsyAtoZ 118
#Foodandlit 20 for 12 countries
#AuthoraMonth 13 for 12 authors
#ReadingtheAmericas at least 50 for 50 countries
#SeriesLove2023 17

Thanks to all the hosts!