Bibliophile Mysteries

 The Bibliophile Mysteries by Kate Carlisle

Book 2 If Books could Kill

4 Stars

This is another series that I started out of order. Thank goodness or I'd never have read more if I had started with the first one. I DNF the first book when I got it. I hated it. But I enjoyed the book I had read before so I got the second and it restored my faith.

All the mysteries start with a book. Brooklyn, the FMC, is a book restorer and she gets dragged into a murder mystery when she encounters special rare editions. Books people will kill to get for one reason or another. Lucky for her her Significant Other(the MMC) is a security expert. 

These books are nice easy reads with a touch of danger. 

Antique Bookshop Mysteries

 Murder by the Bookend by Laura Gail Black

Link: Book2

4 Stars

This series is just beginning and just with this one book I can tell I'm going to be a fan.

The MC runs a bookshop and her new boyfriend is a police detective. One of my favorite pairings in cozy mysteries. At the grand opening of her shop, there is a murder which she discovers of course, leading her to want to sleuth out what happened. She's not a typical damsel in distress either when confronted with the killer. She doesn't fall apart and she tries to get herself out of danger. If the writer keeps that up I'll definitely be a fan. 

I ran across the series in the Also Bought area of another cozy series. But was iffy on buying the first book as it is over the price of a used hardback or new paperback and I promised myself I would never buy an ebook for that price instead of just buying the hardcover/paperback. However the second book was reasonable ebook price so I got it.

I am not one to be OCD about reading books in order. When I grew up you went to the used bookstore and got whatever book they had that you liked, whether it was book 1 or book 7. If you never got book 1 you didn't cry or feel you missed out. You were happy you had a book you liked and could read. You used your imagination to fill in the gaps that you couldn't gleam from the books you did read.

So when I say I may never get book 1 of this series unless it reduces price, I'm just stating a fact and am not ranting about anything. I did however pre-ordered book 3 and it was priced at more than Book 1.

At pre-ordering I'm not actually spending the money right now. So I'm not actually buying. Or so I'm telling myself.