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csl4240's review against another edition
I’m over Hannah Swenson honestly. I haven’t read any of Laura’s books, and I hate this compilation format! Just release each book individually! The only one I wanted to listen to was Leslie’s, but I didn’t even finish it. I realized that Suzanne is not the narrator for me. She is soooo slow even with the speed increased and bores the heck out of me. She tends to read all of Joanne Flukes books and I am beginning to wonder if she is part of the reason I don’t like Hannah Swenson. No matter what the characters age, they sound like they are 60 and pretentious.
rebekah95's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
passionatereader78's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a fun read! Three whodunit short stories. I enjoyed all of them. Each story is set around Christmas.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Pregnancy
afalse's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The Hannah Swenson story was pretty good. I hated the Jaine story, she seems to spend most her time shaming herself for wanting to eat, eating something delicious, and then feeling bad about it. The Lucy Stone story was nice.
vplett4's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke
Love this book because it not only is about the Christmas holiday but there are 3 stories in total, with recipes.
The murder/mystery parts are just the added topping to make these a good gift for anyone this year.
Hannah is helping Santa pass out gifts to the children and is dressed up in an elf costume.
Santa is very hoarse but makes it through the presents. He doesn't make it through the night.
Her sister and family come to aid her in gathering information as to who killed Santa.
Love logic they use. Love the ability to swap out ingredients to make your own cookies.
danger of candy canes by laura laveen
Los Angeles around Christmas: A man dies when he is stringing up Christmas candy cane.
Jane's cat Prozac hates holidays and destroys everything to do with it.
She starts investigating about the roof-he forgot to pay his insurance premiums.
LA girlfriends is a mentoring program that Jane looks into while asking neighbors about the
man who fell off his roof. It is a program where a woman is hooked up with a girl without a
mother and they do fun things together. They head to Santa Monica pier-I visited there once
several years ago, quite fascinating. Things get worse as the hour goes by.
Back to the investigation: the neighbors name others as being an enemy so she's got a lot
more people to talk to. She's very crafty when it comes to getting information that is useful.
candy canes of Christmas past by leslie myers
Lucy and Bill in their house in Maine with Toby their child
Mrs. Telly, whose oven they used to make Christmas cookies, Lucy gave her a glass candy cane and they talked of things that happened in the past. Lucy hopes to find out what happened to her mother, could've been TB.
Bill is fixing up the house to save money from having a contractor do it.
The tradition to read a story every Christmas makes her cry as her mom sent her to book.
Spritz pressed cookies, handmade crochet afghans, open houses are just some of the things that occur in the New England area around the holidays.
Lucy gets the older people to help her solve the mystery by listening to stories they have of days gone by.
After Bill almost burns the house down they are consiering going back to New York as they can't make a go of it there.
The neighbors come to the rescue and even his parents help in a way they had no idea was much needed.
She solves the mystery from a book her husband gave her
Love this book because it not only is about the Christmas holiday but there are 3 stories in total, with recipes.
The murder/mystery parts are just the added topping to make these a good gift for anyone this year.
Hannah is helping Santa pass out gifts to the children and is dressed up in an elf costume.
Santa is very hoarse but makes it through the presents. He doesn't make it through the night.
Her sister and family come to aid her in gathering information as to who killed Santa.
Love logic they use. Love the ability to swap out ingredients to make your own cookies.
danger of candy canes by laura laveen
Los Angeles around Christmas: A man dies when he is stringing up Christmas candy cane.
Jane's cat Prozac hates holidays and destroys everything to do with it.
She starts investigating about the roof-he forgot to pay his insurance premiums.
LA girlfriends is a mentoring program that Jane looks into while asking neighbors about the
man who fell off his roof. It is a program where a woman is hooked up with a girl without a
mother and they do fun things together. They head to Santa Monica pier-I visited there once
several years ago, quite fascinating. Things get worse as the hour goes by.
Back to the investigation: the neighbors name others as being an enemy so she's got a lot
more people to talk to. She's very crafty when it comes to getting information that is useful.
candy canes of Christmas past by leslie myers
Lucy and Bill in their house in Maine with Toby their child
Mrs. Telly, whose oven they used to make Christmas cookies, Lucy gave her a glass candy cane and they talked of things that happened in the past. Lucy hopes to find out what happened to her mother, could've been TB.
Bill is fixing up the house to save money from having a contractor do it.
The tradition to read a story every Christmas makes her cry as her mom sent her to book.
Spritz pressed cookies, handmade crochet afghans, open houses are just some of the things that occur in the New England area around the holidays.
Lucy gets the older people to help her solve the mystery by listening to stories they have of days gone by.
After Bill almost burns the house down they are consiering going back to New York as they can't make a go of it there.
The neighbors come to the rescue and even his parents help in a way they had no idea was much needed.
She solves the mystery from a book her husband gave her
sarah_reading_party's review against another edition
3.0
okay, so i read this because i am reading the hannah swensen books (ridiculous but lovable anyways). i was pleased to find that the second story featured janie austen, and was hilarious. she cracks me up. the third series included was new to me, and was so-so. basically all these cozy mysteries are the same, but they're a good light read.
b00kl0v3r86's review against another edition
3.0
I felt like the story was rushed and confusing in some parts. I also have found it hard to get into the other stories and hold interest and was unable to finish the other two stories.
tobyyy's review against another edition
4.0
Unread shelf project 2022: book 44.
Candy Cane Murder, by Joanne Fluke: 4/5 stars. Fun, fluffy, and it felt good to be back in Hannah Swensen’s world.
The Dangers of Candy Canes, by Laura Levine: 3.5/5 stars — but I will be exploring this series further since this introduced me to Levine’s writing! It was fun and seemed somewhat on par with Stephanie Plum, except a bit vozier and less raunchy.
Candy Canes of Christmas Past, by Leslie Meier: 4.5/5 stars. I do love stories that involve the protagonist revisiting memory lane! This was like revisiting memory lane’s memory lane which was bizarre and the murder mystery was abnormal but I enjoyed it. Meier writes well.
Candy Cane Murder, by Joanne Fluke: 4/5 stars. Fun, fluffy, and it felt good to be back in Hannah Swensen’s world.
The Dangers of Candy Canes, by Laura Levine: 3.5/5 stars — but I will be exploring this series further since this introduced me to Levine’s writing! It was fun and seemed somewhat on par with Stephanie Plum, except a bit vozier and less raunchy.
Candy Canes of Christmas Past, by Leslie Meier: 4.5/5 stars. I do love stories that involve the protagonist revisiting memory lane! This was like revisiting memory lane’s memory lane which was bizarre and the murder mystery was abnormal but I enjoyed it. Meier writes well.