Too Fond of Books#booktube #angelathirkell Find out who won the giveaway for High Rising by Angela Thirkell. If the winner could please email me their mailing address, I will send this book off to you as soon as possible.
Announcing the Winner of the Angela Thirkell GiveawayToo Fond of Books2023-02-22 | #booktube #angelathirkell Find out who won the giveaway for High Rising by Angela Thirkell. If the winner could please email me their mailing address, I will send this book off to you as soon as possible.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareJanelle Will Always Be Too Fond Of BooksToo Fond of Books2023-06-23 | Thank you, #booktube You are an amazing community.Reading Round-Up #75Too Fond of Books2023-05-10 | #booktube Books Mentioned: The Last Widow – Karin Slaughter Fleshmarket Close – Ian Rankin Hardcastle’s Quartet – Graham Ison The Cellist of Sarajevo – Steven Galloway The Bangalore Detectives Clube – Harini Nagendra In Place of Fear – Catriona McPherson Deadly Editions – Paige Shelton
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareDombey and Son by Charles Dickens: An Appreciation [SPOILERS]Too Fond of Books2023-05-05 | #booktube #charlesdickens #dickens #dombeyandson I loved Dombey and Son! In this video, I talk about his use of imagery and repetition. Please be aware that there are spoilers throughout.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareReading Round-Up #74Too Fond of Books2023-04-24 | #booktube #netgalley #deathandcroissants #whocriesforthelost #csharris #followustofairacre 0:00 In these videos I talk about the books I've read recently. Books Mentioned: 0:27 Death and Croissants – Ian Moore 2:35 Who Cries for the Lost? – C.S. Harris How the Dead Speak – Val McDermid Unseen – Karin Slaughter The Body Under the Piano – Marthe Jocelyn Snow-Blind – Ragnar Jonasson Come Death and High Water – Ann Cleeves The Kept Woman – Karin Slaughter No Holly for Miss Quinn – Miss Read A Mountain of Crumbs – Elena Gorokhova Bulldog Drummond – Sapper Rebus’s Scotland – Ian Rankin Headlong – Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareDo Bird Watchers Make Good Detectives? I Hunted Down Some Bird Watcher MysteriesToo Fond of Books2023-04-19 | #booktube Lucy Wayles Series by Lydia Adamson 1. Beware the Tufted Duck (1996)
Birder Murder Mystery series by Steve Burrows 1. A Siege of Bitterns (2014)
Birdwatcher’s Mysteries by Christine Goff 1. A Rant of Ravens (2000)
Bird Lovers Mystery by J.R. Ripley 1. Die, Die Birdie (2016)
George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves 1. A Bird In The Hand (1986)
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_share5 Mysteries I Want to Read Before Our Trip to EDINBURGHToo Fond of Books2023-04-17 | #booktube Aaron and I will be spending a week in Edinburgh, the City of Literature. Here are 5 mysteries I want to read before our trip: Blood in the Water - Gillian Galbraith The Wages of Sin - Kaite Welsh The Goldenacre - Philip Miller Deadly Editions - Paige Shelton In Place of Fear - Catriona McPherson
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareReading Round-Up #73Too Fond of Books2023-04-12 | #booktube Books Mentioned: Night Watch – Stephen Kendrick Criminal – Karin Slaughter The Case of the Missing Servant – Tarquin Hall The Librarian Always Rings Twice – Marty Wingate This is What Happened – Mick Herron Date With Danger – Julia Chapman
Booktubers Mentioned: Tahlia Nerds Out @tahlia__nerds_out
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch BOOK HAULToo Fond of Books2023-04-10 | #booktube #bookhaul #marchmysterymadness I bought some books!! I'm pretty excited about these. Except for one, they are all mysteries. Let March Mystery Madness continue forever!!
Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Check out their catalogue of new and used books here - whodunitbooks.ca
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMy April TBR Picks from the VaultToo Fond of Books2023-04-07 | #booktube The two books that I choose from the Vault to read in April are The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway and A Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareAnnouncing the WINNERS of My March Mystery Madness GIVEAWAYToo Fond of Books2023-04-03 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway. Winners, please email me with your mailing address within 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, I will choose another winner.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareFinal Wrap-Up for March Mystery Madness 2023Too Fond of Books2023-03-31 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #middlegrademarch Books Mentioned: Gone With the Twins - Kylie Logan Old City Hall - Robert Rotenberg Murder, She Wrote: Killer in the Kitchen - Donald Bain Mystery of the Haunted Pool - Phyllis A. Whitney A Witness to Murder - Verity Bright Night Watch - Stephen Kendrick The Leavenworth Case - Anna K. Green Old Detectives Home - Mike Befeler The Chuckling Fingers - Mabel Seeley
Social Media Coordinators Discord, Goodreads, & Twitter: Di @Disis19Hearts Instagram Jenn @RememberedReads
All other Co-Hosts in Alphabetical Order by Channel Name Kevvie - @CestKevvie Courtny - @Courtagonist Kate - @katehowereads Marilyn - @MarilynMayaMendoza Steve - @saintdonoghue Beth - @SoulStainedInk Stormi - @StormReads Tiffany - @theBeachbumbookworm Sarah - @thebookishknitter Tim - @timsreadingroom Janelle - @TooFondofBooksJH
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareArt Crime Mysteries - March Mystery MadnessToo Fond of Books2023-03-30 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness This video was requested by @aekorfker. Thanks for the suggestion! This was fun to put together. Art Crime Mysteries Iain Pears – Jonathan Argyll series • The Art Theft Squad in Rome Derek Wilson – Tim Lacy Artworld series • Tim Lacy, a security expert investigating crime and fraud in the international art world Hailey Lind – Art Lover’s Mysteries • Annie Kincaid, a reformed art forger now in the faux finishing business, in the Art Lover’s mysteries; cozy Janet Laurence - Canaletto • In this series, the painter/artist is the detective. Mid-1700’s The English Assassin/The Rembrandt Affair – Daniel Silva • Gabriel Allon, a world-class art restorer and former member of the Israeli Secret Service A Virgin on the Rocks – Michael Butterworth False Impression – Jeffrey Archer Nothing Ventured – Jeffrey Archer • Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques Unit The Art Thief – Noah Charney Doors Open – Ian Rankin Painted Ladies – Robert B. Parker The Vanishing Man – Charles Finch
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareSleuth by Type: Clerical Sleuths - March Mystery MadnessToo Fond of Books2023-03-29 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Sister Fidelma - Peter Tremayne • Absolution by Murder –1994 Eleanor, Prioress of Tyndal - Priscilla Royal • Wine of Violence 2004 Abbess Helewise – Alys Clare • Fortune Like the Moon 1999 Brother Cadfael – Ellis Peters • A Morbid Taste for Bones 1977 The Name of the Rose – Umberto Echo 1980 Brother Athelston – Paul Doherty • Nightingale Gallery 1990 Sister Frevisse – Margaret Fraser • The Novice’s Tale 1992 Brother Michael – Susanna Gregory • A Plague on Both Your Houses 1996 Abbess of Meaux – Cassandra Clark • Hangman Blind 2008 Joanna Stafford – Nancy Bilyeau • The Crown 2012 Sister Pelagia – Boris Akunin • Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog 2000 Rev. Mother Aquinas – Cora Harrison • A Shameful Murder 2015 Father Brown – G.K. Chesterton • 5 collections of short stories between 1911-1935 SISTER MARY HELEN Series - Sister Carol Anne O’Marie • A Novena for Murder 1984 Father Tom Christmas – C.C. Bennison • Twelve Drummers Drumming 2011 Canon Clement – Rev. Richard Coles • Murder Before Evensong 2022 Father Dowling – Ralph McInercy • Her Death of Cold 1977 Sister Joan – Veronica Black • A Vow of Silence 1990
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareWhy Re Read a Mystery: A March Mystery Madness DiscussionToo Fond of Books2023-03-28 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Do you re-read mysteries? Let's talk about whether there is any value in reading a mystery that you have read before.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Murder Mystery Monday: RepeatToo Fond of Books2023-03-27 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #murdermysterymonday The fourth prompt for March Mystery Madness is Repeat. Today's recommendation is One for the Money by Janey Evanovich.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Week 4 Reading Wrap-UpToo Fond of Books2023-03-26 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Books Mentioned: Murder on the Pilgrim's Way - Julie Wassmer Satan in St. Mary's - P.C Doherty The Moon-Spinners - Mary Stewart Death in Cyprus - M.M. Kaye Tour de Force - Christianna Brand Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn Death at the Dance - Verity Bright The Secret of the Lost Pearls - Darcie Wilde
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Reading SprintsToo Fond of Books2023-03-25 | Let's chat about the books we have been reading for March Mystery Madness (or anything else!) and read together with some live sprints!Would You Rather? Historical Mystery Edition - March Mystery MadnessToo Fond of Books2023-03-24 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Thanks to Art @ArtBookshelfOdyssey for the inspiration for this video. Check out his historical mystery edition video - youtube.com/watch?v=dhCoXq2YK-Y
The Questions: 1. Which Historical would you make into a movie? 2. Which Historical would you use to build a fire in an emergency? 3. Which Historical would you read again in one weekend? 4. Which Historical would you pick to move to the town it takes place in? 5. Which Historical would you pick to never read another in the series? 6. Which Historical would you pick to eat every food mentioned in the story? 7. Which Historical would you pick to take on a 2 week vacation as your only book? 8. Which Historical would you recommend to someone who has never read a historical? 9. Which Historical would you pick to dress and act like the main character? 10. Which Historical would you pick to read the next 3 in the series back to back?
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareSleuth by Type: CleanersToo Fond of Books2023-03-23 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness With the theme, Spring Cleaning, how could I not do a sleuth by type of cleaners!! Books Mentioned: Death at Buckingham Castle - C.C. Bennison The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries - Emily Brightwell Mrs. Hudson and the Spirit’s Curse - Martin Davies The Maid – Nita Prose A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate – Susanna Calkins Maid for Murder – Barbara Colley Murder on Monday – Ann Purser Every Crooked Nanny - Kathy Hogan Trocheck (aka Mary Kay Andrews) Shakespeare’s Landlord – Charlaine Harris The Belles of Solace Glen – Susan S. James Blanche on the Lam – Barbara Neely Scene of the Grime – Suzanne Price
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareThe Final Round of the M&M Game for March Mystery Madness (Sad Face)Too Fond of Books2023-03-22 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness The book I found for this round is Death at the Dance by Verity Bright.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness: Crime Scene Cleaning MysteriesToo Fond of Books2023-03-21 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness 2 tv shows – • The Cleaner (1 series; another coming) – UK; Greg Davies; Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, a state-certified cleaning technician, is responsible for the removal of any signs of death from crime scenes. • Mr. & Mrs. Murder (1 series) – set in Australia; married couple who run a crime scene cleaning business and solve murders on the side.
Mysteries Involving Crime Scene Cleaners: Hazardous Duty – Christy Barritt The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death – Charlie Huston Ghost Dusters series – Wendy Roberts • First in series is The Remains of the Dead - 5 in series Crime Scene Cleaners series – Chris Bauer • PHILO TROUT: Retired Navy SEAL. Former bare-knuckles boxing champ. Current crime scene cleaner. • First in series is Hiding Among the Dead 2019 Aftermath, Inc – Gil Reavill • Non-fiction; Cleaning up after CSI goes home
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Murder Mystery Monday: RinseToo Fond of Books2023-03-20 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #murdermysterymonday In today's video I recommend a book that would fit the prompt of Rinse for March Mystery Madness. The book is The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareWeek 3 Reading Wrap-Up for March Mystery MadnessToo Fond of Books2023-03-19 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Books Mentioned: Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie Seventy-Seven Clocks - Christopher Fowler Pooh's Spring-Cleaning Mystery - Walt Disney Of Manners and Murder - Anastasia Hastings A Trace of Poison - Colleen Cambridge Murder at the National Gallery - Jim Eldridge
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Reading SprintsToo Fond of Books2023-03-18 | Let's read some mysteries on Saturday, March 18th at 12:30pm MST (2:30 EST and 6:30 in England). We can chat about what we've been reading for March Mystery Madness. Can't wait to see you! #marchmysterymadnessAgatha Christie Stand Out Stand AlonesToo Fond of Books2023-03-17 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #agathachristie Here are 6 stand-alones from the Queen of mystery, Agatha Christie, that really stand out: Death Comes As the End Ordeal by Innocence Crooked House The Pale Horse (1961) They Came to Baghdad Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareSenior Sleuths - A Sleuth by Type Video for March Mystery MadnessToo Fond of Books2023-03-16 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Retirement Community • The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman • Getting Old is Murder - Rita Lakin • Whack ‘n’ Roll – Gail Oust • The Hangman’s Row Enquiry – Ann Purser • Death in the Sunshine – Steph Broadribb • The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders - Corinne Holt Sawyer • Death in Sunset Grove – Minna Lindgren • Crash Course - Kathy Hogan Trocheck • Old Detectives Home – Mike Befeler
Unassuming Little Old Lady • 4.50 From Paddington – Agatha Christie • Killer in the Kitchen – Donald Bain • Miss Seeton Draws the Line – Heron Carvic • The Case is Closed – Patricia Wentworth • The Marlow Murder Club - Robert Thorogood • Invisible - Lorena McCourtney • The Condo Kill - Richard Barth • Death Rides the Surf – Nora Charles
Octogenarian (80’s) & Nonagenarian (90’s) • The Windsor Knot – S.J. Bennett • The Famous DAR Murder Mystery - Graham Landrum • Indian Pipes - Cynthia Riggs • Running Out of Road - Daniel Friedman • Hiroshima Boy - Naomi Hirahara • Pretty is as Pretty Does – Elizabeth Spann Craig • Retirement Homes are Murder – Mike Befeler
Unexpected pairings • Ladies Smythe and Westin – Lisa Q. Mathews • HUBBERT & LIL Series - Gallagher Gray (aka Katy Munger • Biggie Weatherford and her 12-year-old grandson – Nancy Bell
Retired Professionals (detectives, assassins) • Killers of a Certain Age – Deanna Raybourn • The Deal Goes Down – Larry Beinhart • Once a Spy - Keith Thompson • The Concrete Pillow - Ronald Tierney • Miss Melville Returns - Evelyn E. Smith • Self’s Punishment - Bernhard Schlink
Recently Retired/Active • Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh – Simon Brett • Scandal in Fair Haven – Carolyn Hart • Arson and Old Lace - Patricia Harwin • Murder at the Falls - Stefanie Matteson • The Elusive Relation - Helen Macie Osterman • Thistle & Twigg - Mary Saums • Murder Talks Turkey – Deb Baker • Tall, Dead, and Handsome - Annie Griffin (aka Sally Chapman) • When Did We Lose Harriet? - Patricia (Houck) Sprinkle • Quaker Silence - Irene Allen • A Prey to Murder – Ann Cleeves • Something Wicked– E.X. Ferrars • Fox Tracks – Rita Mae Brown • The Cart Before the Crime - Joyce Porter • Murder Among the Well-to-Do - Ellen Godfrey • Rotten Apple - Edith Piñero Green
Still Going Strong • The Invisible Code – Christopher Fowler • The Coroner’s Lunch - Colin Cotterill
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareNational pi Day: But its March Mystery Madness so Lets Talk about P.I. sToo Fond of Books2023-03-14 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Private Investigators Sue Grafton • Kinsey Milhone; 1980’s California Robert B. Parker • Spencer; Boston Julie Wassmer • Pearl Nolan; Whitstable Cathy Ace • WISE Enquiries Agency; 4 women (Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English) Wales Conrad Allen (Edward Marston) • George Porter Dillman, private detective for the Cunard Line (set in 1907) John Baker • Sam Turner, a private investigator in York Colin Bateman • The Small Bookseller with No Name becomes an investigator when the detective agency next door goes out of business, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the Mystery Man series Cara Black • Aimee Leduc; owner of a detective agency specializing in corporate security, in Paris Victoria Blake • Samantha (Sam) Falconer, a world judo champion turned private investigator at the Gentle Way investigation agency in London, working in Oxford, England Rhys Bowen • Molly Murphy; turn of the century New York P.J. Brackston (Paula Brackston) • Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now a 35-year-old private investigator, and her brother Hans, in 1770s Bavaria, Germany, in the Brothers Grimm mysteries Miles Burton • Desmond Merrion, a military intelligence officer who becomes a private detective, and Henry Arnold, a Scotland Yard inspector, in England Eileen Dewhurst • Phyllida Moon, an actor playing a detective gets works at a private detective agency, in London, England Anabel Donald • Alex Tanner: freelance TV researcher and part-time private investigator, in London, England, in the Notting Hill mysteries Margaret Duffy • Joanna McKenzie, a former CID turned private investigator in Bath, England Sarah Dunant • Hannah Wolfe, a private investigator in London, England Liz Evans • Grace Smith, a private investigator in Seatoun, England with Vetch’s Investigations Robert Galbraith • Cormoran Strike, a private detective, and his secretary Robin Ellacott, in London, England Ann Granger • Fran Varady, an out-of-work actress turned private investigator, in London, England; Tarquin Hall • Vish Puri, the portly Punjabi founder of Most Private Investigators Ltd., a detective agency in Delhi, India Vaseem Khan • Inspector Chopra; Mumbai Mike Harrison • Eddie Dancer, an ex-cop private investigator in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Veronica Heley • Bea Abbot, recently widowed owner of the Abbot Agency, which specializes in cases where clients want to avoid police involvement, in London, England Peter Helton • Chris Honeysett, an artist and private investigator, in and around Bath, England Mick Herron • Zoë Boehm, a 40-something private investigator in Oxford P.D. James • Cordelia Gray Paul Johnston • Quintilian Dalrymple, a private investigator in 2020s Edinburgh, Scotland; Body Politic (1997) Allan Levine • Sam Klein, a street-wise Jewish immigrant and private investigator, in 1911-1919 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Alexander McCall Smith • Precious Ramotzwe; No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency; Botswana Lisa Lutz • Isabele “Izzy” Spellman, a 28-year old sleuth working for her parents’ private investigation firm, in San Francisco, California Patricia Wentworth • Miss Silver; retired governess Jacqueline Winspear • Maisie Dobbs; 1920’s DESERT FLOWERS MYSTERY Series – Lee Hollis; Main Character: Poppy Harmon, Retired widow, owner of the Desert Flowers Detective Agency, Palm Springs, California World’s End Investigation Bureau – Alys Clare
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Murder Mystery Monday: LatherToo Fond of Books2023-03-13 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #murdermysterymonday In this video I recommend a mystery that would fit the prompt of lather. Slough House by Mick Herron. I couldn't get that book from the library, so I actually read from Spook Street, the 4th book in the series. Don't worry, no spoilers!
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareWeek 2 Reading Wrap-Up for March Mystery MadnessToo Fond of Books2023-03-12 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Booktubers/Bookstagramers Mentioned: @BernasBookishAdventures @DearReaders_thisisJess (find Jess on Instagram)
Books Mentioned: Belshazzar's Daughter - Barara Nadel Bertie and the Tinman - Peter Lovesey The Chuckling Fingers - Mabel Seeley Fallen - Karin Slaughter Patterns in the Dust - Lesley Grant-Adamson A Pinch of Poison - Alyssa Maxwell
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Reading SprintsToo Fond of Books2023-03-12 | I had such a good time reading and chatting with everyone last week! I'm all set to do it again! Saturday, March 11th at 1pm CST (2pm EST; 7pm in England). I can't wait to hear about the mysteries you have been reading!March Mystery Madness: Sleuth by Type - Titled DetectivesToo Fond of Books2023-03-10 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness Sleuth by Type – Titled Detectives Lord Peter Wimsey – Dorothy L. Sayers • Whose Body? 1923; 15 in series; second son of a Duke DI Lynley – Elizabeth George • A Great Deliverance 1988; 21 in series; 8th Earl of Asherton Albert Edward, Prince of Wales - Peter Lovesey • Bertie and the Tin Man 1987; 3 in series; Prince of Wales Her Majesty the Queen Investigates - S.J. Bennett • The Windsor Knot 2020; 3 in series with 4th planned Elizabeth I – Karen Harper • The Poyson Garden 1999; 9 in series Lady Emily – Tasha Alexander • And Only to Deceive 2005; 17 in series; married a viscount Daisy Dalrymple – Carola Dunn • Death at Wentwater Court 1994; 23 in series; Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Her Royal Spyness – Rhys Bowen • Her Royal Spyness 2007; 16 in series; Lady Georgiana Rannoch Blotto, the Honourable Devereux Lyminster, and his sister Twinks, Lady Honoria • Blotto, Twinks, and the Ex-King’s Daughter 2009; 12 in series; son and daughter of Duke Lady Lupin – Joan Coggins • Who Killed the Curate? 1944; 4 in series; daughter of an Earl Sir Henry Merrivale – Carter Dickson • The Plague Court Murders 1934; 22 in series; holder of one of the oldest baronetcies in England, physician, barrister, and head of military intelligence for the war office in England Sebastian St. Cyr – C.S. Harris • What Angels Fear 2005; 18 in series; Viscount Devlin, son of an Earl Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton – Kate Kingsbury • A Bicycle Built for Murder 2001; 9 in series; daughter of an Earl Gideon St Mars – Patricia Wynn • The Birth of Blue Satan 2001; 7 in series; viscount (son of an earl) Lady Rose – Marion Chesney • Snobbery with Violence 2003; 4 in series; daughter of an Earl
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness: BibliomysteriesToo Fond of Books2023-03-09 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #bibliomystery ‘If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a major character is a bookseller or a librarian.’ - Otto Penzler
Books Mentioned: The Haunted Bookshop – Christopher Morley Henry Gamage series – Elizabeth Daly The Godwulf Manuscript – Robert B. Parker Death on Demand series – Carolyn Hart Cliff Janeway series – John Dunning Original Sin – P.D. James Booklover’s series – Julie Kaewart Thursday Next series – Jasper Fforde Mobile Library series – Ian Sansom Booktown series – Lorna Barrett Bibliophile Mysteries series – Kate Carlisle Book Collector series – Victoria Abbott The Bookseller – Mark Pryor The Scottish bookshop series – Paige Shelton First Edition Library series – Marty Wingate Murder by the Book – Martin Edwards
Prompts: 1. Hercule Poirot is a detective who is extremely proud of his achievements. In The Mystery of the Blue Train, he announced “My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.” If not Poirot, who is your favourite detective? (And what book do you recommend featuring your favourite?)
2. Hercule Poirot famously uses his “Little grey cells” to solves cases - have you ever solved an Agatha Christie mystery? If yes, which one? If no, is there an author whose mysteries you have solved?
3. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the introduction to Hercule Poirot. Recommend a first book in a series where you met one of your favourite characters.
4. Murder on the Orient Express: Agatha Christie wrote several Poirot books set on different types of transport. What is your favourite mystery set on a train/ plane/ boat?
5. The ABC Murders features a killer working their way through an alphabet of victims. Recommend a mystery involving a serial killer.
6. Dumb Witness: Bob the dog helps Poirot’s investigation in this one. Can you recommend a book where an animal helps to solve the case?
7. Five Little Pigs (also adapted as a play Go Back for Murder): Poirot solves several cases in his time that have been closed for years. Which is your favourite “cold case” Poirot? If you don’t have one, can you recommend any other authors/ detectives who have solved past cold case?
8. Dead Man’s Folly is famously set at Agatha christie’s own holiday home, Greenway. What is your favourite murder mystery setting?
9. Do you have a favourite Poirot mystery? (If not, tell us a favourite mystery you’ve read recently.)
10. How many Poirot books have you read? (If you’ve not read any or haven’t read many yet, which one do you plan to read next?
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Murder Mystery Monday: Messy/GrittyToo Fond of Books2023-03-06 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #murdermysterymonday I am recommending a book that will fit the first prompt of messy or gritty. It's Now You See Me by Sharon Bolton.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Week 1 Wrap-UpToo Fond of Books2023-03-05 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #TheSecretsofHartwoodHall #NetGalley 0:00 Books Mentioned: 0:17 The Secrets of Hartwood Hall - Katie Lumsden A Picture of Murder - T.E. Kinsey A Calamitous Chinese Killing - Shamini Flint
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Reading SprintsToo Fond of Books2023-03-04 | Join me for some chatting about the mysteries we have been reading for March Mystery Madness and some reading sprints were we get some reading done!March Mystery Madness GIVEAWAY!Too Fond of Books2023-03-03 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
March Mystery Madness Giveaway Details I will be giving away 4 books. The giveaway is open for entire month of March. The giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world.
To enter the giveaway: 1. You have to be subscribed to my channel. 2. Read a mystery and then comment on this video with the name of the book you read and the name of the author and a thumbs up or a thumbs down. It has to be a mystery. I will be using the honour system and therefore reserve the right to ignore comments that do not look legitimate. Every book you leave in the comments is an entry into the giveaway. Each entry increases your chances of winning. However, you can only win one book.
I will post a video in the first week of April announcing the winners • The winners are responsible for contacting my by email (in the description box) with their mailing addresses. I will send the books within a week of receiving your address. Will send by regular post. • If I do not receive an email with a mailing address within 2 weeks, I will draw another winner.
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Old Stuff DayToo Fond of Books2023-03-02 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness #oldstuffday #springcleaning Old Stuff Day (10 Mysteries That Have Languished on My Shelves for 14 Years) 1. The Floating Admiral – The Detection Club 2. The Greek Coffin Mystery – Ellery Queen 3. The Case of the Glamourous Ghost – Erle Stanley Gardiner 4. The Bat – Mary Roberts Rinehart 5. From Doon With Death – Ruth Rendell 6. Pride and Predator – Sally Wright 7. Words for Murder Perhaps – Edward Candy 8. Maigret and the Informer – Simenon 9. A Shilling for Candles – Josephine Tey 10. Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper – Pamela West
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMarch Mystery Madness Kick-OffToo Fond of Books2023-03-01 | Join me and some of the awesome co-hosts for March Mystery Madness as we discuss the theme and prompts and some of the activities you can expect during March. Help us kick-off this fun month-long booktube readathon.Reading Round-Up #72Too Fond of Books2023-02-28 | #booktube #dombeyandson #charlesdickens Books Mentioned: A Spoonful of Murder - J.M. Hall Blotto, Twinks, & the Ex-King's Daughter - Simon Brett Nights of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy The Thomas Street Horror - Raymond Paul Murder at the Majestic Hotel - Clara McKenna A World of Curiosities - Louise Penny Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareReading Round-Up #71Too Fond of Books2023-02-27 | #booktube Books Mentioned: Great Novels: The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie When Christ and His Saints Slept - Sharon Kay Penman Little Minister - J.M. Barrie Murder Before Evensong - Richard Coles Emily Davis - Miss Read A Bride's Guide to Marriage and Murder - Dianne Freeman
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareMy Pile of Possibilities for March Mystery Madness 2023Too Fond of Books2023-02-24 | #booktube #marchmysterymadness The Leavenworth Case – Anna Katherine Green Check out Tim's channel for more info on his readalong @timsreadingroom Murder on the Pilgrims Way – Julie Wassmer @CarolynsReadingRamblings From the Vault – Old City Hall (Read Your Bookshelf Challenge); Patterns in the Dust @ChantelReadsAllDay Murder on the Links – Agatha Christie (ChristieFest)
1. Messy – Read a mystery or thriller that is a bit messy. • Satan in St. Mary’s – Paul Doherty • City of Dark Hearts – James Conan • A Room with Dark Mirrors – Velda Johnston • A Calamitous Chinese Killing – Shamini Flint • A Child’s Garden of Death – Richard Forrest • An Uncertain Place – Fred Vargas
2. Lather - Read about a cop or detective who is "cleaning up." • A Study in Scarlet Women – Sherry Thomas (cleaning up her family name) • Giotto’s Hand – Iain Pears (cold case) • A Wicked Conceit – Anna Lee Huber (cleaning up their reputation)
3. Rinse - Read something on the cozier side of things or read a classic mystery. • The White Priory Murders – Carter Dickson • The Sleeping Sphinx – John Dickson Carr • The Corpse at the Crystal Palace – Carola Dunn • It Walks by Night – John Dickson Carr • An Heir to Murder – Charles Heathcote • Marigolds and Murder – London Lovett • Constable Over the Stile – Nicholas Rhea • The Joy and Light Bus Company – Alexander McCall Smith • The Chuckling Fingers – Mabel Seeley • A Happy English Child – Ursula Zilinsky • A Little Gentle Sleuthing – Betty Rowlands
4. Repeat - Reread a book or read a book by an author you've read before. • Seventy-Seven Clocks – Christopher Fowler • The Black Friar – S.G. MacLean • The Dying Day – Vaseem Khan • The Birth of Blue Satan – Patricia Wynn • The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier • The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag – Alan Bradley • The Indian Man in the Brown Sherwani – Riya Emily Kapoor (homage) • Magpie Murders – Anthony Horowitz (homage) • Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly (repeat investigation)
Find all of our social media links for #marchmysterymadness here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
Co-Creators Elizabeth @lizziefayelovesbooks Troi @TowelTroi
Social Media Coordinators Discord, Goodreads, & Twitter: Di @Disis19Hearts Instagram Jenn @RememberedReads
All other Co-Hosts in Alphabetical Order by Channel Name Kevvie - @CestKevvie Courtny - @Courtagonist Kate - @katehowereads Marilyn - @MarilynMayaMendoza Steve - @saintdonoghue Beth - @SoulStainedInk Stormi - @StormReads Tiffany - @theBeachbumbookworm Sarah - @thebookishknitter Tim - @timsreadingroom Janelle - @TooFondofBooksJH
Theme - Spring Cleaning • Spring Cleaning Murders – Dorothy Cannell • Spring Cleaning – Antonio Manzini 1. Messy/Gritty • Veil of Lies – Jeri Westerson • Wine of Violence - Priscilla Royal • The Seeker – S.G. MacLean • Singapore Sapphire – A.M. Stuart • A Famine of Horses – P.F. Chisholm • Murder at the Brightwell – Ashley Weaver • The Crown – Nancy Bileyeau • Whisky from Small Glasses – Denzil Meyrick • Little Black Lies – Sharon Bolton
2. Lather • Ursula Blanchard series – Fiona Buckley (The Robsart Mystery aka To Shield the Queen) • Rosalind Thorne – Darcie Wilde (The Secret of the Lost Pearls) • Mrs. Hudson and the Spirit’s Curse – Martin Davies • Full Dark House – Christopher Fowler • A Shot in the Dark – Lynne Truss • No Cure for the Dead – Christine Trent • The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries – Emily Brightwell • Her Royal Spyness – Rhys Bowen • A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate – Susanna Calkins • Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains (#5) – Catriona McPherson • Exit – Belinda Bauer • The Bone Garden – Tess Gerristsen • The Daughter of Time – Josephine Tey • Tears of the Giraffe – Alexander McCall Smith • The Complaints – Ian Rankin
3. Rinse - • Towards Zero – Agatha Christie • Footsteps in the Dark – Georgette Heyer • Green for Danger – Christianna Brand • The Moving Toyshop – Edmund Crispin • Trent’s Last Case – E.C. Bentley • The Honjin Murders – Seishi Yokomizo • Death in Captivity – Michael Gilbert • Death in Castle Dark – Veronica Bond • The Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat – James Anderson • Malice in Maggody – Joan Hess • Death at the Dance – Verity Bright • The Case of the Canterfell Codicil – PJ Fitzsimmons • Wouldn’t It Be Deadly? – D.E. Ireland
4. Repeat A case was solved but turns out to wrong; has to be investigated again. • The Case is Closed – Patricia Wentworth • Ordeal by Innocence – Agatha Christie • A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder – Shamini Flint • My Sister’s Grave – Robert Dugoni An Homage or Pastishe • The Decagon House Murders – Yukito Ayatsuji • A Talent for Murder/Death in a Desert Land/I Saw Him Die – Andrew Wilson • The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn – Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
Amazon Wishlist (Birthday October 29): amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/27WNTRY2IZK0N?ref_=wl_shareReading Round Up #70Too Fond of Books2023-02-21 | #booktube Books Mentioned: Homecoming - Kate Morton The Water Room - Christopher Fowler Miss Seeton Draws the Line - Heron Carvic Pilgrim's Rest - Patricia Wentworth Broken - Karin Slaughter May Day Murder - Julie Wassmer Cleaning the Gold - Karin Slaughter and Lee Child The Golden Crucible - Jean Stubbs Silver Blaze - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Murder at the Serpentine Bridge - Andrea Penrose