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Last Books of February
Feb. 27th, 2024 10:06 amI can finally post without having to explain I have been sick. \o/ My whole family has been well for almost two weeks now. I am super pleased by that. Cookie season is in full swing for the Girl Scouts, and we had a couple of booth sales this past weekend. One in front of a pet store and the other in front of a grocery store. They were both fairly busy. Now that GS can take both cash and card (through an app) we get a lot more sales as not everyone carrys cash. We have about a month left and I signed us up for at least a couple of booths every weekend. It is a fun stressful time but usually by the middle of March I am ready to be done. lol I am also on the job hunt again. I had put it aside when my dad got ill as I had to take care of him but now, I am looking around again. The problem is I need either a remote job or one that is local and can work around my schedule. So, I am looking around, but I want to be careful especially with remote jobs as they can be a scam. Other than that, not much has been going on.
This week I read: 1 Historical mystery, 1 Contemporary romance, 1 YA fantasy, and 1 Paranormal mystery.
Poltergeist by Kat Richardson
Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died - for two minutes. Now she's a Greywalker - walking the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she's discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of "strange" cases.
In the days leading up to Halloween, Harper's been hired by a university research group that is attempting to create an artificial poltergeist. The head researcher suspects someone is faking the phenomena, but Harper's investigation reveals something else entirely - they've succeeded. And when one of the group's members is killed in a brutal and inexplicable fashion, Harper must determine whether the killer is the ghost itself, or someone all too human. ~Goodreads Description
I read the first book in the Greywalker series some time ago, and I remember I had very lukewarm feelings about it overall. I ran across the second book in the series and decided to give it a try. I am glad I did. I greatly enjoyed the second much more. I love a good P.I. mystery story and adding in the paranormal is an intriguing bonus. Plus, Harper is a great pov character. I am still a bit confused about how the otherworldly Grey works but so is Harper so I think the author did that on purpose. I love that Harper is a competent detective and does the best she can for her clients. The mystery in this book was interesting and well thought out. I greatly look forward to the next one.
The Devil's Feast by M. J. Carter
The Devil's Feast is a great addition to the Avery & Blake series. I don't think it is quite as good as the first two, but it is still great. I like how Avery is kind of thrown into the deep end as Blake has been detained. As much as I appreciated the change, thankfully that situation didn't last too long as I like these books best when Avery and Blake work together. The mystery was a good one although I did guess whodunnit early on. I love all the historical details the author puts into these books. (It also cemented for me that I would not like to live in Victorian England.) All in all, a great book and I am bummed the author has never written more in this series.
( Two more under the cut )
How is your week going so far?
This week I read: 1 Historical mystery, 1 Contemporary romance, 1 YA fantasy, and 1 Paranormal mystery.
Poltergeist by Kat Richardson
Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died - for two minutes. Now she's a Greywalker - walking the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she's discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of "strange" cases.
In the days leading up to Halloween, Harper's been hired by a university research group that is attempting to create an artificial poltergeist. The head researcher suspects someone is faking the phenomena, but Harper's investigation reveals something else entirely - they've succeeded. And when one of the group's members is killed in a brutal and inexplicable fashion, Harper must determine whether the killer is the ghost itself, or someone all too human. ~Goodreads Description
I read the first book in the Greywalker series some time ago, and I remember I had very lukewarm feelings about it overall. I ran across the second book in the series and decided to give it a try. I am glad I did. I greatly enjoyed the second much more. I love a good P.I. mystery story and adding in the paranormal is an intriguing bonus. Plus, Harper is a great pov character. I am still a bit confused about how the otherworldly Grey works but so is Harper so I think the author did that on purpose. I love that Harper is a competent detective and does the best she can for her clients. The mystery in this book was interesting and well thought out. I greatly look forward to the next one.
The Devil's Feast by M. J. Carter
The Devil's Feast is a great addition to the Avery & Blake series. I don't think it is quite as good as the first two, but it is still great. I like how Avery is kind of thrown into the deep end as Blake has been detained. As much as I appreciated the change, thankfully that situation didn't last too long as I like these books best when Avery and Blake work together. The mystery was a good one although I did guess whodunnit early on. I love all the historical details the author puts into these books. (It also cemented for me that I would not like to live in Victorian England.) All in all, a great book and I am bummed the author has never written more in this series.
( Two more under the cut )
How is your week going so far?
