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Lisa P. (Sparkle) - Reviews

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Beads of Doubt (Kitzi Camden, Bk 2)
Beads of Doubt (Kitzi Camden, Bk 2)
Author: Karen MacInerney, Barbara Burnett Smith
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 42
Review Date: 8/8/2007
Helpful Score: 6


Enjoyable - great characters, decent mystery. Usually mysteries where they try to work in a specific hobby or something are annoying, but this book and the first Kitzi Camden are really good. I'm sad that there won't be any more.


Better Read Than Dead (Psychic Eye, Bk 2)
Better Read Than Dead (Psychic Eye, Bk 2)
Author: Victoria Laurie
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 427
Review Date: 3/23/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Stayed up way past my bedtime finishing this one last night - it's really good!


Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 3)
Blueberry Muffin Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 3)
Author: Joanne Fluke
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 254
Review Date: 4/13/2006


This is a good cozy series and there are some really good recipes in this one.


The Chocolate Bridal Bash (Chocoholic, Bk 6)
The Chocolate Bridal Bash (Chocoholic, Bk 6)
Author: JoAnna Carl
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 160
Review Date: 9/7/2006


One of the better ones of this cute series.


Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 1)
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 1)
Author: Joanne Fluke
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 223
Review Date: 2/17/2006


A good read and some good recipes too!


Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 5)
Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, Bk 5)
Author: Joanne Fluke
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 335
Review Date: 6/26/2006


Cute mystery as usual and the cupcake recipe is to die for, pun intended!


The Kadin
The Kadin
Author: Bertrice Small
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 86
Review Date: 11/5/2006


Wonderful - a classic!


Killer Insight (Psychic Eye, Bk 4)
Killer Insight (Psychic Eye, Bk 4)
Author: Victoria Laurie
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 361
Review Date: 9/27/2006


EXCELLENT!!! Each book in this series is better than the last.


The Paperwhite Narcissus (Victoria Trumbull, Bk 5)
The Paperwhite Narcissus (Victoria Trumbull, Bk 5)
Author: Cynthia Riggs
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 45
Review Date: 5/17/2007
Helpful Score: 3


This was better than I thought it would be - started off a little slow but was a good mystery with an ending that you won't see coming...


Rubber Stamping: For the First Time
Rubber Stamping: For the First Time
Author: Carol Scheffler
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 4/28/2007
Helpful Score: 1


This is a great book with some really cute ideas. Only reason I'm letting it go is because I got another copy in a box of books I bought at a yard sale - one copy is on my keeper shelf!


S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 19)
S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 19)
Author: Sue Grafton
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 416
Review Date: 3/30/2006


Good - I didn't figure out who did it til almost the end, which is always a plus in a mystery. Kinsey's still stuck in the 80's though - I guess having a cell phone would make it too easy, lol.


Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy, Bk 14)
Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy, Bk 14)
Author: Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 59
Review Date: 9/14/2006
Helpful Score: 2


OK. This series has been going downhill since the author began apparantly using it as a platform for her personal issues. The cuteness and the mystery are still there but you have to work for it, slogging through lengthy discourses on ecoterrorism, viticulture, and oenology. Don't know what these are? You will! I kept wondering if there was going to be a pop quiz.


An Unmentionable Murder (Manor House, Bk 9)
An Unmentionable Murder (Manor House, Bk 9)
Author: Kate Kingsbury
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 56
Review Date: 8/16/2006


A good cozy mystery and a good ending to the series.


A Vision of Murder (Psychic Eye, Bk 3)
A Vision of Murder (Psychic Eye, Bk 3)
Author: Victoria Laurie
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 6/2/2006


Excellent - this series just keeps getting better.


The Windflower
The Windflower
Author: Laura London
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
 25
Review Date: 11/5/2006


This is one of the best books I've ever read (and I've read a LOT!)


A Witch in Time (Bewitching, Bk 6)
A Witch in Time (Bewitching, Bk 6)
Author: Madelyn Alt
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 72
Review Date: 6/1/2010
Helpful Score: 6


I am so sad - this was one of my favorite series. This was awful. It didn't even feel like it was written by the same person! Boring, the "mystery" was pointless and easily figured out. Also, the main character seems to have reverted to junior high. Everything is SO this or SO NOT that. And someone please tell the author that putting. a. period. after. each. word. for. emphasis. is. extremely. annoying. The author also seemed to spend the whole book coming up with ridiculous scenarios to avoid a bedroom scene with the hot boyfriend. I won't be buying the next installment in hardcover, that's for sure.


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