The Ultimate Trivia Volume 1 is an excellent compendium of more than 800 trivia questions. This volume contains these topics: Animals and Nature Arts and Literature Food and Drink US and World History There are also three types of questions: multiple choice, Q&A, and sequencing. Question Examples Multiple choice isContinue Reading
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It’s about time that the British Library Crime Classics had a challenger from across the pond. American Mystery Classics is republishing Dread Journey from 1945. It is an excellent example of an American golden-age mystery. It begins with a murder on a luxurious train speeding across the US with aContinue Reading
Riley Wolfe has a problem. He is just too good at what he does. And what is that you ask? Riley is a cold-blooded master thief. When he sees a $15 billion Iranian diamond is coming to an American museum, he decides to steal it. Even with state-of-the-art electronic security,Continue Reading
Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery) by Cleo Coyle My Review I have read almost all of the Coffeehouse Mysteries. Brewed Awakening is my favorite so far. Using an innovative plot device like amnesia refreshes the series because Claire is thrust back to the beginning. She only remembers what happened tenContinue Reading
In the first in a new thriller series, Thin Ice, Beth Rivers is a popular thriller writer, who has just escaped a crazed fan. During her escape, she was injured and her stalker vanished. To avoid him, Beth moves to remote Benedict, Alaska. When a local woman is killed, BethContinue Reading
I have found my future retirement community in Fairhope Alaska. While there are a lot of deaths at Harbor Village, that is a boon for a cozy mystery fan such as me. I want to be Cleo Mack. She has such an exciting life even though her job helping retiredContinue Reading
So what’s so important about 1973 to rock? A lot of bands and cultural icons began that year. From the first Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve to the first albums of diverse acts like Bruce Springsteen, Queen, the New York Dolls, and Aerosmith, music had plenty to celebrate whileContinue Reading
No one would wish their worst enemy to Have a Deadly New Year. However, for the employees of the Country Seat restaurant and the reunited members of a 1990s band, it looks to be a dangerous holiday season! Angie and Felicia own a small farm-to-fork restaurant. Felicia has a collegeContinue Reading
Do you know the feeling you get when you pick up a new cookbook and realize it will be your new go-to cookbook? The ingredients are the food you already love and always have on hand? The recipes teach innovative ways to combine the ingredients for completely new flavor experiences?Continue Reading
What happens to Mean Girls and Pretty Little Liars when they grow up? They become concerned about their Reputation. “Good reputations land jobs, find you a spouse, earn you the right friends. But have a bad reputation—well. Here come the whispers. Here come the slammed doors. So it makes senseContinue Reading
Baby boomers loved the original show and Gen Xers loved the reruns as children and teens. Adults not so much. For a relatively low-rated show, how does everyone still remember every characters’ name? How We All Became the Brady Bunch attempts to explain the show’s enduring popularity. Every American hasContinue Reading
Agatha Raisin is back in fine style literally (or in a book would it be literarily?) Beating about the Bush and finding a severed leg. Or is it severed? Or is it even a leg? Raisin Investigations is hired by an electric car battery company to determine who is perpetratingContinue Reading