Holly Reads Too Much

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  • The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict

    This is a fun book for anyone who likes cozy mysteries and doing puzzles. It’s told from both the killer’s perspective as well as the detective’s. The killer starts sending puzzle pieces to Edie O’Sullivan on December 1st, which helps her solve the crimes. Her nephew is a DI so she gets inside information on…

  • Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop – Otto Penzler

    This is a fun collection of twelve Christmastime stories written for the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC. The requirements to be included in the collection are as follows: be set at Christmastime, involve a crime of some kind, or the suspicion of one, and be set at least partially in the Mysterious Bookshop. I had a…

  • Horror for Weenies by Emily C. Hughes

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In the past few years I’ve tried to start watching scary movies a little bit more, so this book seemed right up my alley. It takes 25 horror movies starting in 1960 up to 2018 and explains the plot and common scary movie tropes that go along with the film. More importantly though, it…

  • The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024 – Penzler

    This collection of stories is more gritty/realistic than my usual favorite type: cozy British person solving a mystery. But it’s still a very good collection of mystery stories that I would recommend any fan of the genre to read. I was super excited that one of the narrators is BJ Harrison, who narrates the Classic…

  • September 2024 Reading Recap

    16 audiobooks for September 2 re-reads (First 2 Lemony Snicket in honor of 25th anniversary of The Bad Beginning) Favorite series of the month: Joseph Spector Locked Room Mystery Most fun listen: The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall (already pre-ordered the sequel 10/22)

  • August 2024 Reading Recap

    14 for August

  • Milverton Mystery Series by G.B. Ralph

    I just fell in love with Addison Harper and the people of Milverton. Listened to the first two in the series on Monday and Tuesday. Can’t wait for October 2nd for the third one 🥰

  • The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a super fun and fast-paced sequel to The Plot. I re-listened to The Plot to prepare for this one and I was glad I did. I think it made for much easier understanding of what was happening since this one picks up right after the events of The Plot. Anna published her…

  • A Swarm of Butterflies by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our favorite crime solving ecologist Dr Nell Ward is back in a new mystery where she and Rav are again in danger from those around them. It’s rare that I feel such actual worry for characters in a book but these two hit me in the feels every time.  This time there is drama…

  • July 2024 Reading Recap

    19 books for July