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mabell
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Meg is in charge of coordinating a charity show house of designers (including her mother). Though each designer has his/her own assigned rooms, Meg has her hands full juggling all their requests - and complaints - especially with a particularly nasty, selfish designer stirring the pot! When murder hits the show as well, Meg tries to get to the bottom of it.
Still a pick, but not my favorite of the Christmas ones - rather darker.

Gissy Love the cover😍dark story? Probably good for me 😂 4mo
mabell @Gissy Maybe not dark enough 🤣 Hers are usually quite lighthearted and relaxing - this one not as much 4mo
Gissy @mabell Ohhh 4mo
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mabell
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The Halloween festival has taken over the town & Meg is in charge of the Goblin Patrol, citizen security. Dr. Smoot, the vampire-loving former medical examiner, is back with his home serving as Caerphilly history museum - and haunted house. 😆 Between the vampire LARPers, trouble at Grandfather‘s zoo, and the twins‘ demand that Tinkerbell and Spike have costumes, Meg has her hands full! Then someone starts a rogue scavenger hunt that turns deadly…

Librarybelle Yay!! 4mo
Gissy I will try the first book in this long series 4mo
mabell @Gissy Oh I hope you do! It‘s my favorite modern cozy series! Quirky, lighthearted, and very well-written! 4mo
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mabell
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An emu round-up with the irascible wildlife conservationist Dr. Blake! And Meg‘s family tree grows ❤️ More new characters to love and a sprinkling of characters you love to hate 😄

#192025 #2014

Librarybelle Yay! I seriously need to read this series! 9mo
mabell @Librarybelle I think you‘d like it! Donna Andrews is such an intelligent writer, with plenty of wackiness and wit. 😄 I tend to get stressed by a lot of cozies with so much drama and nasty characters, these have a little of both, but overall they are positive and relaxing. 9mo
mabell @Librarybelle It is a series that I think is best read somewhat in order. But, breaking my own recommendation, I‘m switching the next two to read Die Like an Eagle next since it‘s baseball/summer and Lord of the Wings is Halloween. 😂 9mo
Librarybelle Haha! I have the first few in the series, so it‘ll be easy for me to start with the first. I am totally one who needs to read in series order. 9mo
mabell @Librarybelle I hope you enjoy them! 9mo
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mabell
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I‘ve gotten so behind in this series, but that means I have lots of fabulous books waiting for me! Every installment is so well-written, with unique additions, and just makes me happy 😊

This one is takes place at the Un-Fair, Caerphilly‘s state/county fair alternative, organized by Meg, naturally. Heritage breed chicken theft, llama showings, county rivalry, and a murder of a philandering husband all combine to make up the goofy plot. 😄

Librarybelle I need to read this series! I have the first few but just have not gotten around to it. And, I think the latest one comes out soon. 9mo
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CarolynM Love those titles! 🤣🤣 9mo
mabell @CarolynM Oh they are all great! Like “We‘ll Always Have Parrots” or “No Nest For The Wicket” (which features Extreme Croquet 🤣) 9mo
CarolynM 🤣🤣 9mo
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BarkingMadRead
Murder With Puffins | Donna Andrews
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Linsy This name! Love it 1y
BarkingMadRead @Linsy the whole series has bird names in the title. So much fun! 1y
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CaitZ
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Caerphilly is celebrating Halloween but their festivities are marred when a dead body is found. Can Meg and her family figure out what going on? It's a cozy mystery so, of course, they can. This is a fun series. #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter #PromptMaze E3 #Spookoween #31by31 #BodyCountBingo #LittenListen #20in4 @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @TheSpineView @Catsandbooks @PuddleJumper @aperfectmjk @Andrew65

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
TheSpineView Awesome 1y
Susanita I love her titles. 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🐈‍⬛🧡 1y
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Mindelan
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For some reason, my pandemic brain will only focus for a few seemingly random things- this month Donna Andrews is one of them. She‘s so good at her cast of characters, and I am enjoying the new ones in this book! Less than halfway, so I don‘t have a prime suspect yet, but there are several I want it to be 😂

Making some progress while I try to re-acclimate Dottie to the bedroom crate with a peanut butter kong.

Mindelan Out of curiosity- any Littens who have small dogs, that have them sleep on their own in winter? She is my first Chihuahua (Boston/Chi, we think) was a pro until it got cold, and then she started crying. She‘s been sleeping in the bed, but I‘m trying to make the crate cozy and appealing again now that it is getting warmer. 2y
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Mindelan
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Still trying to kick the same cold. Too tired to move, but it is so nice today! Enjoying the fresh air and happy bulbs while I read the next Meg Langslow and the dog putters around.

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Mindelan
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I just had a migraine kick in very fast after school, so I‘m waiting for my medicine to kick in enough for me to get up, fill the bath tub and finish this book! Not wild about my 2nd headache this week, but really looking forward to watching the final pieces fall into place and seeing if my suspicions pan out.
My bulbs are going crazy today (the must know we have snow coming tomorrow 😵) and I came home to find the irises had doubled!

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Mindelan
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I swear, I cannot just be reading one book at a time. I needed something easy and fun for our trip to Starved Rock last week, so I grabbed a #cozymystery from the library. It has been a while since I‘ve read a Meg Langslow mystery, and I‘m enjoying jumping back in. Donna Andrews is great at both the small town of recurring characters and fun gimmicks. Looking forward to reading it until Emma tells me it‘s time for dinner- she is very punctual.