Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell

TITLE:  Yarned and Dangerous (Tangled Web Mystery #1)

AUTHOR:  Hartwell, Sadie
GENRE:  Fiction/Mystery

DATES READ:  2/7/2016 - 2/19/2016

MY RATING:  3/5

My boyfriend bought me this book as a Christmas gift.  It's a knitting mystery!  I didn't realize at first... but he bought me a signed copy!!!  He's just the best...

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Yarned and Dangerous opens with Josie Blair returning to her old hometown of Dorset Falls to take care of her uncle, and sell the contents of her aunt's old knitting shop.  An excellent setting!  For a murder most foul!

This was an adorable knitting/yarn mystery, with a bonus of some knitting patterns in the back of the book!  The mystery was very straight forward, but the characters were fabulous!  I adored Evelyn, Mitch, and of course, cranky old Uncle Eben.

The author talks about "yarn lust", and how right she is!  It exists for all knitters, no matter how much we try to deny.  We just need that one more skein, for that one more project.  Even just reading about that cherry mohair blend had me itching to pull out a project!  Very fun story recommended for knitters, and mystery lovers alike.

Will read and write soon!

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Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

TITLE:  Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4)

AUTHOR:  Gabaldon, Diana
GENRE:  Historical Fiction

DATES READ:  12/15/2015 - 2/7/2016

MY RATING:  4/5

I'm finally reading my Outlander book for the year.  I finished the last one in September 2015, and I think that's a long enough break.

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I finally made it through this one!  America!  What a wild ride!!!  Claire and Jamie find themselves creating new lives in the American colonies.  And now, it's their daughter Brianna's turn for an adventure of her own, into the past. 

Claire, Jamie, Roger, and Brianna, all at once.  So much angst, drama, and time travel.  I guess that's why I can only handle one per year.  I've heard that many readers take them all on at once.  What a feat!

Definitely a read for those who have loved the previous Outlander books.  And a read for those who enjoy historical fiction, magic, love, and adventure.  Kind of hard not to love!

Will read and write soon!

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