Secret Take Over.... 

Hello friends, it is me again Karen, here to do a secret take over and share some time with all of you. 

While I have been working away since the last visit, I have not had anytime, nor made anytime to read for myself. But with Spring break just a few days away for me (I work in a school) I am hoping to add just a little Me time, reading time that is in the coming days.

A good many of my students and their families are using Spring Break to take their families and go somewhere,  to Mexico, some to the Middle East, and Asia. One of my students asked where I was going and I told them honestly I am going to an all inclusive resort called "Couchland"

True story, Couchland is located on the coast of "Livingroom-ina", an all inclusive that boasts endless pots of tea, toast and naps...sounds luxurious right? 

I digress... but I am also thinking of what I might catch up on to read... I have a to be read pile that I may never get through, on a variety of subjects close to my heart....

Tea, Cooking, Witchcraft, Crafts, and of course my cozy mysteries, that pile is slightly larger than the rest and filled with names of treasured friends who are authors, and new to me authors and can't wait to read authors....

Here is a sneak peek at some of my to be read pile candidates...

I have had this precariously on my bedside table for months now and this one has pretty much everything I want in a paranormal cozy, just on the cover. Yes I do judge books by their covers and this one excites me...

When a guest dies in the B&B she helps her aunts run, a young witch must rely on some good old-fashioned investigating to clear her aunt's name in this magical and charming new cozy mystery.

For four hundred years, the Warren witches have used their magic to quietly help the citizens of the sleepy New England town of Evenfall thrive. There's never been a problem they couldn't handle. But then Constance Graves--a local known for being argumentative and demanding--dies while staying at the bed and breakfast Brynn Warren maintains with her aunts. At first, it seems like an accident...but it soon becomes clear that there's something more sinister at work, and Aunt Nora is shaping up to be the prime suspect.

There's nothing Brynn wants more than to prove Nora's innocence, and it hurts her to know that even two years ago that might have been easier. Brynn, after all, is a witch of the dead--a witch who can commune with ghosts. Ghosts never remember much about their deaths, but Constance might remember something about her life that would help crack the case. But Brynn hasn't used her powers since her husband died, and isn't even sure she still can. Brynn will just have to hope that her aunts' magic and her own investigative skills will lead her to answers--and maybe back to the gift she once thought herself ready to give up forever

In the latest Domestic Diva mystery from New York Times bestselling author, Krista Davis, entertaining maven Sophie Winston must cut to the core of another murder investigation when members of an international tour group begin dropping like flies all over Old Town, Virginia . . .
 
With Old Town’s DIY Home Decorating Festival in full swing, Sophie’s swamped, juggling a bumper crop of artisans, antique dealers, and decorators for the busy street fair. Still, when her best friend Nina suddenly needs a ride from the airport, Sophie is happy to help . . . until she sees Nina disembarking in a state of disarray. It’s obvious the trip to Portugal soured somewhere along the way. But after one of Nina’s traveling companions turns up murdered the following day, Sophie knows something is truly rotten . . .
 
Though the crime scene is staged to look like an accident, Sophie isn’t fooled and peels off to conduct her own investigation. Her only clue is a strange image the victim scratched into the soil before dying. Could it point to a cryptic killer in Old Town? A bitter travel adversary? Or a cursed artifact smuggled back from the trip? As the mystery grows, so does the body count, and if Sophie doesn’t pluck the murderer soon, her best friend may be the next to fall . . .

In the new Merry Muffin Mystery, baker Merry Wynter must solve a disturbing crime among opera singers before the culprit decides it’s curtains for her . . .

When a reality TV show for aspiring opera singers descends on Wynter Castle, Merry’s got her hands full catering to the endless demands of the distinguished judges and ambitious contestants. Then mysterious rumors about the cast and crew begin to surface, suggesting that some of their performances may be filled with false notes. When a dogged reporter with an eye for scandal who’s been covering the competition is attacked and left for dead, Merry’s determined to discover who orchestrated the heinous deed.

Her long list of suspects is filled with eccentric personalities, including a promiscuous tenor known for making unwanted overtures, a pampered young prodigy and her meddlesome mother, and a quiet up-and-comer whose shadowy uncle may have ties to the underworld. As the musical contest and Merry’s investigation near their finale, she’ll have to act fast to keep a conniving contestant from plotting out her final act . . .

I would love to know which of these three you would read first, and I would love to know if you have read these yet??? The above image is of me at 2:45 on Friday this week, rushing out to catch my ride to Couchland....I know I will have safe travels, I also hope some of you might be able to spend part of your next two weeks "with me" in Couchland.

Thanks for letting me check in today and I will be sharing a bit more with you tomorrow....

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