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Themes: Book 2 in a series, Mystery, Funny but dark

Book 1 of 2026 is in the books (hehe 🤪) and it was AMAZING! I loved this second book in the ‘Peculiar Crimes Unit‘ series, maybe even a bit more than the first one which is always fun ☺️ I bought Book 3 and will definitely read it sooner rather than later.

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London - highly recommend this book

First book of the year was a rare re read. I very seldom reread as there‘s just sooo many good books on my lists. But I love Sarah waters - one of my favourite authors of all time and 2026 maybe the year I revisit all of her books 🙏

First #5JoysFriday of 2026!

1. Monday—Wednesday I had NOTHING on the calendar and I just read and puzzled
2. Reading Emma M. Lion Volumes 1 & 2 in the last couple days of the year
3. Finishing #BookSpin and #192025 challenges on NYE
4. Husband and I made a delicious New Year‘s Eve dinner (Everything-crusted tuna steaks with snap peas and tahini-gochujang sauce)
5. Coffee hangout today with my husband and a good friend

#FridayHappyReadingHour arrived! Drinking wine that my Mom got me (it‘s called ‘Readers‘ 👓) in the glass she gifted me. I‘m snacking on crab rangoon from our Chinese takeout dinner cuz 1. We needed spicy food and 2. I had zero desire to cook 😆
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If the first of the month falls on a day where I am not working or am going in late, I treat myself to breakfast. I‘m letting myself read over coffee this morning!

I needed something lighter to alternate with Baldwin‘s Go Tell it on the Mountain and A Separate Peace by John Knowles—and this fit the bill. A lighthearted, delightful dessert of a book… I might have to treat myself to Volume 2 tonight as a unicorn chaser after finishing A Separate Peace.

My five-star reads in June were rereads, so I picked one of my four-star reads instead. The competition was definitely the Solo Leveling manhwa, but... a good mystery series deserves a spotlight. I really liked the setting, and ended up surprisingly keen on the main character, who seems at the start like he'd be stuffy.

#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo

Like so many others, I‘m continuing to enjoy this series. Where volume 3 was plot driven, this one was more focused on advancing character development. There is plot, but not a single cohesive narrative as in the previous book. I like that variety—it keeps the series interesting.