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With Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty
Wunderpurr greetings fellow book lovers
Welcome to another Wurdy Wednesday in the Library.
Before I furget, mew may remember on Sunday that we started The Wurld-Wide Tour of
The Time-Travelling Bobble Hat
which is being kicked off by the fabulous Florida Furkids on their pawesome blog at:
So said hat is now speeding its way across the Atlantic as I type and should arrive on warmer shores early next week, if mew'd like to join in the tour purrlease do as the more blogs the woolly headgear visits the more money we raise fur our favourite kitty rescue and we will be monitoring its progress on our new page, here.
www.15andmeowing.com and www.dashkitten.com are hopefully joining in and www.erinthecatprincess.blogspot.co.uk has furry kindly offured a donation if we supurr-impose a pink version of the bobble hat on one of her gorgeous foto's - no purroblem we said, as yours truly has a pink one!! MOL
So paws crossed that we can raise a few £'s and help some kitties in need.
And aftur all my cuteness modelling one of the bobble hats and mew have too much of a cuteness overload happening, I think it's time to share this weeks selection.
This week on book reviews with Amber, I'm sharing
[Image @Amazon UK]
I have another furst to share with mew again this week, this is my furry furst cozy mystery written by a U.K. author!
Here's the book blurb courtesy of Amazon UK:
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!
When an American tourist is murdered with a scone in Gemma Rose’s quaint Oxfordshire tearoom, she suddenly finds herself apron-deep in a mystery involving long-buried secrets from Oxford’s past.
Armed with her insider knowledge of the University and with the help of four nosy old ladies from the village (not to mention a cheeky little tabby cat named Muesli), Gemma sets out to solve the mystery—all while dealing with her matchmaking mother and the return of her old college love, Devlin O’Connor, now a dashing CID detective.
But with the body count rising and her business going bust, can Gemma find the killer before things turn to custard?
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My thoughts on the novel are in a
nutshell:- I really did enjoy it, though used to an American narrator as
most of the audio books I choose to listen to are written by American authors;
I have to say this was most enjoyable, the narrator oozed a Miss Marple type of
vibe and being a huge Agatha Christie fan this entertained me muchly!
As I'm back on the cozy mystery genre, obviously there's a cute cat. The cat is called Muesli and while most
cats in books [except Bob & our furry own Basil] are usually fictitious
Muesli isn't, she is the inspiration fur the author and mew can meet Muesli here.
Ok it's time to talk about the
novel. Gemma Rose, recently returned to England after abruptly quitting
her high flying corporate job in Sydney, Australia decides to buy a tea shop in a quaint English village just outside of Oxford. Only three weeks after the
opening a rather brash American chap is murdered by a scone - yes hard to
believe, and Muesli goes missing but mew
know I won't spoilerize anything fur mew.
And that's when it all starts to
get rather good. Additionally there are four old biddies with bouffant hairdo's, who are also
frequent visitors to the tea shop and they become amateur investigators assisting in solving the crime plus they add a
good touch of comedy. I had no clue who the murderer was until the big
reveal aftur much twisting and turning of the plot.
In my humble opinion I think this would be an excellent addition to your library and a must read fur any cozy mystery fan and what makes it even better, there are another four books in the
series, so mew know what I'm reading next! MOL
Paperback copy: 334 pages
Audio Edition: 6 hours 53 mins long
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The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:
Ratings of:
A Scone To Die For
Plot
Characters
Story Development
Narration
Offurall Enjoyment
I do hope mew enjoy this novel and if mew've read it already, tell me did mew like it?
Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time!
Happy reading or listening
Bestest biblio purrs
Amber, you certainly look fetching in that bobble hat! And your review, as always, has made us want to read this book. Thank you, and hugs to you and the rest of the crew! :)
ReplyDeleteHey guys, thank mew so much, I do feel rather speshul when wearing it! MOL So glad mew like today's review :) purrs Amber xox
Deleteamber; we wood loves two purr tizz a pate in yur bobble hat rezz cue help; ewe lookz total lee awesum in yur hat; in fact ya lookz gorgeouz....we iz knot troo lee sure de food servizz gurl can getz a hat on uz tho afturr de scarvez foto shoot; can we copee yur fotoz frum heer & putz R face in it; will that be de same ? pleez add vize sew we can lend a paw; & yur book ree view iz awesum two ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteTabbies and Miss Dai$y, mew don't actually have to wear the bobble hat, it's not compulsory as we know that most kitties don't like 'dress-up' just write a few wurds about it, take a picture of it on an orange or melon MOL and pass it on, but if mew want to copy this one go ahead and use any of the graphics on the Bobble Hat page, whateffur mew need use with our blessing and we'll add mew to the Tour list and Smooch & Parsley will have to cough up another £2.00 - I can't wait to tell them, mew've made my day MOL MOL :) purrs Amber xox
DeleteYou are super cute in the bobble hat. My cats can't wait to try it. That sounds like a great book/series.
ReplyDeleteAwwwww thank mew, and we're all so excited that mew're joining in with the tour, poor Smooch & Parsley - I can't wait to tell them! MOL Purrs Amber xox
DeleteThat sounds like another very good book, Amber. You look very cute in your pink hat.
ReplyDeleteHey Flynn, thanks so much fur the compliment! purrs Amber xox
DeleteThis sounds like quite the mystery! I love that the cat in the story is inspired by an actual cat. :) Cats are great detectives.
ReplyDeleteOh it is a really great read, and I loved that it was inspired by a real kitty too! purrs Amber xox
DeleteI'm not convinced the kitty is enjoying being part of the fashion show... but thanks for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/11/haifa-israel.html
ReplyDeleteMOL I only wear the hat fur a couple of seconds and that is my happy face, trust me if I was grumpy mew'd see it fur sure! purrs Amber xox
DeleteWhat a cute hat, Amber! We can't wait to see it travel the world.
ReplyDeleteHi Island Cats, oh I'm so excited to see where the hat will go, hopefully some bloggers will want to join in the cause :) purrs Amber xox
DeleteGreat Book review, another one on our list of must haves! My virtual Time Travelling Bobble Hat is awesome, Thank You so much Basil, I have doubled my pledge for you as this is definitely this seasons MUST HAVE accessory! purrs ERin
ReplyDeleteHi Erin, oh I'm so happy that mew like the hat! I think mew look gorgeous in it and thank mew so much fur your pledge it means so much to all of us <3 <3 <3 purrs Amber xox
DeleteWe enjoyed this book too. Isn't Muesli the cutest???
ReplyDeleteOh guys, Muesli is the cutest and don't mew just love the bookcover too? purrs Amber xox
DeleteIs Muesli cute enough to eat?? That is breakfast here sometimes, MOL!!
ReplyDeleteOh mew guys are too funny!!! It's breakfast here too on occasion! MOL purrs Amber xox
DeleteThat sounds like a fun read! I like that it's part of a series because I like to keep reading about the characters that I grow attached to.
ReplyDeleteHI Rachel, it is a fun book and like mew, I love a good series and the more book in it the better! MOL purrs Amber xox
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