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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
I wanted to read something by Charlaine Harris and I hadn't tried anything from this series yet, and it was available from my digital library. It is a nice cozy mystery. Not great, but not bad. I think I enjoy her series more when there is at least some sort of fantastical element, but I'll probably try one or two more books in this series provided my digital library has them - sometimes the first book of a series isn't a great example and these are pretty short.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
fast-paced
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adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder
I loved the Sookie Stackhouse series but just could not get into this novel.
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Just a good fun read! Nothing spectacular just provides an enjoyable afternoon of reading.
I hate to say it, but the series is better. Written in 1990, it doesn’t hold up to he test of time. Characters are unlivable. And random swearing and sexual innuendo seem forced and out of place. I won’t be reading any more.
PopSugar Challenge 2020: A book that passes the Bechdel test.
PopSugar Challenge 2020: A book that passes the Bechdel test.
How much trouble can a book club get into in Lawrenceton, Georgia? Normally not much. For some time, its members have met in the library where Aurora (Roe) Teagarden works. In fact, Roe is one of the club’s members. Its distinguishing characteristic is its fascination with actual true-crime cases and books about those cases. The club includes experts on Victorian England murders, experts on poisons used at various times in history, an expert on Lizzie Bordon and many more.
On one night as the club gathers at its usual spot, Roe notices that one of the more difficult members is missing, and no one seems to know where she is. All too soon, Roe finds the body in the library, and someone has dressed the woman out and posed her in the form of one of the murders up for discussion by the group.
Then additional copycat murders happen, and soon Roe is a suspect as are other members of the book club. It’s a race against time as the young single librarian pits her skills against a killer and sometimes even law enforcement to figure out the truth behind the deaths.
I enjoyed the characters in this book. Aurora is a bit of a free spirit; she has no problem making out with two prominent men in town while she figures out whether she wants to go exclusive with either of them. I’d be concerned that in a small town, the word would get out. She seems ok taking her chances, even though one is the local mayor, a high-school fling, and the other is a new cop in town.
The audio version is nicely narrated, which added to my pleasure with this book.
On one night as the club gathers at its usual spot, Roe notices that one of the more difficult members is missing, and no one seems to know where she is. All too soon, Roe finds the body in the library, and someone has dressed the woman out and posed her in the form of one of the murders up for discussion by the group.
Then additional copycat murders happen, and soon Roe is a suspect as are other members of the book club. It’s a race against time as the young single librarian pits her skills against a killer and sometimes even law enforcement to figure out the truth behind the deaths.
I enjoyed the characters in this book. Aurora is a bit of a free spirit; she has no problem making out with two prominent men in town while she figures out whether she wants to go exclusive with either of them. I’d be concerned that in a small town, the word would get out. She seems ok taking her chances, even though one is the local mayor, a high-school fling, and the other is a new cop in town.
The audio version is nicely narrated, which added to my pleasure with this book.