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This was a pleasant listen for #AuthorAMonth

I loved that there was a character that had books just appear when she needed them, and the winter setting let me pretend it‘s not currently 80 degrees in November.

I keep seeing mentions of how charming this book is and I need something like that in my life right now. Starting this one tonight.

A skeleton, a suitcase, & a fedora are discovered under a peach tree in front of the Blue Ridge Madame, just shortly before the gala celebrating the renovation of the grand 76-yo house. The skeleton‘s ghost is unhappy and the cops are, too, trying to find who killed the man with a bashed in head. This brings the two main characters diving into their grandmothers‘ pasts and that of the house. This book is about how to make friends, and what they ⬇️

When Emily is orphaned as a teenager, she goes to live with her only surviving family member: a grandfather she‘s never met who lives in a town her mom was born but that Emily has never visited. Grandpa is a quiet giant, the town wary of Emily, and Grandpa isn‘t explaining why. Emily‘s mother is a consummate do-gooder, so why do the townspeople blame Emily for her mother‘s sins when Emily can‘t imagine her mother ever hurting anyone? And she‘s ⬇️

#DaysDevotedTo #candy
A fanciful, magical read.💖

My next audiobook #authoramonth @Soubhiville

If you know me you know my all-time favorite book is COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE - LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel. Reading about the magic that is the Mexican cuisine won me over as a reader.

This book reminded me of it. This is the amazing and heartbreaking and sweet story of both young and now 80yr old Agusta. It‘s a later-in-life love story filled with my favorite, magical realism.

Apparently I‘ve read this one before. But I‘m reading it again, this time for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

Now that it‘s November, I can stop deferring my hold on this book and just read it already! I wonder what new (and old) #authors we will read next year? #daysdevotedto

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🧙🏻 I had a great spooky season month. And I got a BINGO! #BookSpinBingo

🎃 #SeriesLove2024
🎃 #BookSpin
🎃 #DoubleSpin
🎃 Bingo!
🎃 no 5⭐️ but the tagged book and Lula Dean were 4.5