Sunday Salon - Mid Year Review

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I finished two books this week...

A Canterbury Crime by Brian Kavanagh
Settling by Shelley Workinger (I'll post the review for this during my blog tour on July 2nd - includes a book giveaway - make sure to stop by and enter!)

I'm currently reading The Summoner by Layton Green - Wow, this is a great one and I'm only halfway through! I've had this one to review for awhile and I'm finally getting to it. I wish I had gotten to it sooner. This is an amazing book. Hopefully I'll have a review later in the week.

Now for my mid-year review -

So far,

I've completed 53 books so far, so maybe I'll actually reach 100 by the end of the year. Last year I fell short.

Completed Challenges: 7
Challenges still to go: 13

I guess I haven't done too badly, but I have a long way to go. I'm not sure I'll complete all those challenges but I might get to finish a few more.

So, how did you do for the first half of the year?

Hope everyone has a great week!


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A Canterbury Crime by Brian Kavanagh

Genre:
Cozy Mystery

Publisher:
BeWrite Books

Release Date:
October 2010

Format:
EBook


Hazel Whitby and her colleague Belinda Lawrence are hired to evaluate the contents of Manor House which belonged to the now deceased Professor de Gray. They leave Bath with the intentions of spending some time in Canterbury going through the items. Belinda becomes a bit suspicious when she learns the professor died of a heart attack but was found with blood covering his head. She can’t shake the feeling that something more than a heart attack killed him. Belinda has recently been involved in a few murder investigations so she has become somewhat of a pro about these things.

She learns that many people were interested in a book the professor had been writing which contained secrets involving the death of St. Thomas Beckett. Quite a number of people wanted that book, but did they want it enough to kill him?

Meanwhile, Belinda’s boyfriend, Mark Sallinger, continues to romance her in the hopes she will agree to marry him. When she learns his family is party royalty, she’s more and more convinced she won’t fit in at all. That doesn’t stop Mark from pursuing her.

This is the fourth book of the Belinda Lawrence mysteries. I’m not sure if there are any others coming, but they are nice, quick mysteries. They are written in the same style of an Agatha Christie book. There’s a good mix of romance and mystery in these stories. I must admit, I did et a bit confused towards the end of the book in trying to keep all the different characters straight, but I enjoyed trying to figure it all out.



FTC Disclosure: A review copy was provided by the author in exchange for my honest review.

Find New Friends Weekend Hop - Week 21

I found a new-to-me weekend hop, which looks like a lot of fun. It's hosted by

Tawna's Journey to a Healthier Me
A Time Out for Mommy
My Journey With Candida

I'm looking forward to making new friends!


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Follow Friday 40 and Over

This a fun blog hop hosted by Java at Never Growing Old. It's for all bloggers over 40. Here are the rules...

1. Grab the button
2. Add your link to the list
3. Visit as many other blogs as you can
4. Follow the ones you like (and comment on their blog to say that you are following)

Sign up at Never Growing Old.


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Follow Friday Four Fill-in Fun Blog Hop - Week 16

This is a fun meme and it's hosted by Hilary at Feeling Beachie. Check out her lovely blog, if you'd like to participate.

This week’s statements

1. My closet is full of old clothes. Ha - you all thought I was going to say books, right? Nope, it's old clothes. I'm in the process of donating and getting rid of alot of them, but there are still closets filled.

2. I love coming home from work after a busy day. When it gets crazy at work, I just want to come home and relax.

3. In high school I was bored. I hated high school.

4. I wish I had more time for/to read! I want to read everything in my TBR, but that's not happening...I'd settle for more than I'm reading now, though.