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    On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.  Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Beat The Backlist 2025 books,  The Haunting of Blackwood House  ( The Haunting of Blackwood House  #1)   by Darcy Coates .  Darcy Coates has quickly become one of my favorites and I'm looking forwa...

            Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book The Devil in Music ( Julian Kestrel Mysteries #4) by Kate Ross Published: September 1, 1997 Genre: Historical Mystery My Copy:  Format: Mass Market Paperback  Pages: 496 Where I Acquired It: Library Book Sale Summary (From Goodreads): Julian Kestrel, gentleman sleuth and dandy, becomes fascinated with the unsolved case of the murder of a Milanese aristocrat and the disappearance of his protégé, a brilliant young English opera singer. What has become of the singer’s fiancée and the aristocrat’s notoriously surly manservant? Could the murder...

Happy Wednesday everyone and happy New Year!  Welcome to the 2024 End of Year Book Survey, originally hosted by  Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner !  This is actually my 10th time taking part - check out my posts from  2015 ,  2016 ,  2017 ,  2018 ,  2019 ,  2020 ,  2021 , 2022 , and 2023 if you dare.  Anyway, without further ado, let's get to the tag: 1. Best Book You Read In 2024?  Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear  by Robin Wasley  - Of all of the 2024 releases I read this year, this one really stuck with me the most. 2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn't Notorious Sorcerer ( The Burnished City #1) by Davinia Evans - Maybe my expectations were too high, but I just couldn't get into this one. 3. Most Surprising (in a good way or bad way) Book You Read? Artificial Condition ( The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells - I enjoyed the first book, but I didn't q...