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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Feb 26, 2022  
Read up on the cozy mystery novel OUT OF TEMPER by Amber Royer Author on my blog, and check out all the awesome places that Amber's had some good coffee in her scrapbook page. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a signed copy of her book and a chocolate bar from French Broad Chocolates!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2022/02/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-out-of.html


**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand has been the scene of two murders - both of which she has been instrumental in helping solve. So when she gets invited to demo her chocolate skills aboard a cruise ship sailing out of the local port, she's excited at the chance to get away from the shop long enough to regain her equilibrium. She even brings her best friend along and makes plans for time at the spa. But when she gets on board, she finds out that she's been booked for a mystery-themed cruise, and said best friend, Autumn, has to finally deal with the real reasons she quit writing mysteries. Only - if that wasn't stressful enough - it doesn't take long before there's a real murder on the cruise, and someone Felicity knows becomes the prime suspect. When said suspect asks her for help, she can't exactly say no, can she?

Felicity finds herself surrounded by cruise goers who all had connections to the victim - and finds that both Logan (her business partner, whom she recently kissed) and Arlo (the cop who was once Felicity's first boyfriend, before she moved away from Galveston) are dealing with the case until more official help can arrive. How will Felicity survive the ensuing awkwardness?

One thing that helps: the retired police dog turned therapy dog she meets on board. Satchmo helps Felicity deal with being back on the water after tragedy in her past - and also helps her uncover a vital clue to the case. Can Felicity unmask the killer and keep a friend from being framed before all the suspects leave the ship?
      
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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated The Hawaiian Quilt in Books

Jun 18, 2018  
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The Hawaiian Quilt
Wanda E. Brunstetter | 2016
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Hawaiian Quilt by Wanda E. Brunstetter & Jean Brunstetter is a refreshing new twist on Amish fiction. This is not your typical Amish story. There is such faith, hope, dreams, heartbreak and determination throughout this wonderful story. This one will keep you turning pages right up to the very end so you can see how it ends.

A very different type of Amish story, we are going to Hawaii, and we are using cameras and cell phones, and doing tourist things, we are also on a cruise ship.
Four dear friends decide to take a trip of a lifetime, and decide to take a cruise to Hawaii and Mexico, this is happening before they join the Amish church. Now you can picture these sheltered young women being on this exciting journey, how different for them. Mandy, Ellen, Barbara and Sadie decide early on their trip to each take separate side trips and then share their experiences with each other so that they are able to see more. Mandy and Ellen are late getting back to the ship while in Kawai and when they get to the dock the ship is gone. These girls sure had God’s hand on them, you can imagine all kind of bad things happening, but they end up staying with Christians and this is where the lost quilt comes into the story.

I enjoyed this quick read, questioned some of Mandy’s actions, but then remembering they are in their run around time, but I could see that Ellen was more set in her faith. The ending to me left a lot to be desired, it seemed a bit rushed, but then I didn’t write the book, and as I said this is a very different Amish story.

I received this book from Barbour Publishing and Shiloh Run Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
  
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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated WALL-E (2008) in Movies

Feb 1, 2018  
WALL-E (2008)
WALL-E (2008)
2008 | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
8
7.9 (77 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
A pixar must see
A little garbage robot has remained on earth to do his job and try to clean up our polluted planet while the survivors are one an eternal search for a new life on a luxurious cruise ship where they are in float chairs and have become way to lazy to do anything on their own . Another robot named Eva is tasked of finding proof that the earth has become rehabilitated and people could come home and start over finds a little sprout of a growing plant and it's job is to inform the people on the ship they can come home. Our little Wall-e falls for Eva and wants to follow her everywhere even off the planet where he belongs doing his job goes on a wild adventure to be with her at all costs and help her bring the proof back with Eva. Does the Robot get the girl???

This was a pixar major hit and its a great little love story that gets right in our little hearts each time.
  
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ClareR (5686 KP) rated The Cruise in Books

Mar 17, 2023  
The Cruise
The Cruise
Catherine Cooper | 2022 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Well. That’s another holiday off the list.

That’s the problem when an author writes an attention-grabbing book, with a nice setting and not-so-nice events.

Lola, one of the dancers on a cruise ship, falls to her death over the side of the ship, and her brother Antonio is devastated. But then more things are revealed - and I don’t want to give any of them away!

This book has a dual timeline: we go back in time to find out more about the characters, and it gives the reader some idea of why they’ve behaved the way they have. I do like a dual timeline.

No-one’s blameless or particularly nice in this, and I did wonder if Antonio was actually in possession of all/ any of his faculties.

I’m not going to say anything else about the story. I will say that it was a gripping read with a lot of forehead-slapping moments, and a few “Oh my God”s! (It’s not just me that does this, is it?).

Very enjoyable!
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2173 KP) rated Sunny Side Up in Books

Sep 19, 2018  
Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up
Daniel Stallings | 2018 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Cruise of Murder and Bullies
Liam Johnson is thrilled to have landed a job on the prestigious Howard Cruise Line as a waiter. His family needs the money he will be making. However, he quickly discovers that his boss hates him and some of the customers he must deal with delight in making his life miserable as well. That doesn't prepare him for finding the body of one of the passengers dead on the Sunbathing Deck. The ship's doctor is quick to rule it an accidental death due to sunstroke, but Liam isn't so sure. Several things about the scene are off. Can he prove it was murder before the cruise ends?

I really thought this book sounded like fun, but it turned out to be much more somber than I was expecting it to be. Liam faces quite a bit of abuse and bullying over the course of the story, and I didn't find it that fun to read. Even his friends on the ship turn on him regularly. The mystery is well put together with plenty of clues. I did feel things were a bit overly complex, but the clues were all there when Liam explains things at the end. This books definitely falls on the traditional side of the spectrum with a smattering of language and talk about sex (but nothing on the page) that keep it from being a true cozy. This wasn’t' truly a bad book, but I did hope for something sunnier when I picked it up.