Thursday, April 10, 2025

Review: Death on Tap

Death on Tap Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

wonderful first in a new series. I enjoyed how strong of a MC Sloan is. Her back story is intriguing and will provide fodder for side storylines throughout the series if i had to guess. The mystery is full of possible suspects and it wasn't obvious who the guilty party was until the very end of the story. Beer lovers will enjoy all the details of brewing and flavor profiles. There is a large amount of detail on the German town of Leavenworth, WA included as well so those interested in Germanic details will enjoy those tidbits. I look forward to the next installment in the series to see how Sloan's life evolves.

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  # 34  

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    33

TBR 25 in 25  #38

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   # 34


Genre Specific

    Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #13

    Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #      30

    Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #  24 

    Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 5

    Medical Examiner Challenge-   1 Toe Tags


    Prompt Based Challenges

    Cover Lovers   #  50. A flag, pennant, or banner

     52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #  13) Title is ten letters or less

    Board Game Prompts   #  37. Rummikub Face on the cover

    Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   # 37 silhouette on the cover

    HP Professions   #  33 Leaky cauldron.  Bar/pub

    Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #  25 Book you've been putting off:

    Pick your Poison    #69  Cheers: A book set in a bar


    Monthly Criteria


    Connect 5  challenge  Jan  Feb  Mar Book 3

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    Review: Pleading the Fish

    Pleading the Fish Pleading the Fish by Bree Baker
    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    What a fabulous ending to a fun series. The mystery was well constructed and I never suspected the guilty party. The story wrapped up the relationship between Everly and Grady. The epilogues provided a cool way to finish the stories and learn of their futures.

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    General Tracking Challenges

     Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   33 

    Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023      #  32  

    TBR 25 in 25  #37

    Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   # 33

    Book Voyage  #bookvoyagechallenge  Islands

    Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    yes

    Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     yes


    Genre Specific

      Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #12

      Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #  29    

      Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   23

      Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 3

      Medical Examiner Challenge-   8 Toe Tags


      Prompt Based Challenges

      Around the Year in 52 Books    #  4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld

      HP Professions   #  30 Curse breaking-Includes the breaking of a curse or a cycle

      PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge    #  16 Set in or around a body of water

      Pick your Poison    #  50 A book by an author whose name is an occupation

      Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #  46 Book you've been putting off:


        Monthly Criteria


        Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠   APR- “Spring Cleaning”

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        Sunday, April 6, 2025

        Review: The Next Deadly Chapter

        The Next Deadly Chapter The Next Deadly Chapter by V.M. Burns
        My rating: 4 of 5 stars

        always enjoyable

        The series is so much fun especially given there are 2 mysteries within each book due to the books being written as part of the plot. In this book we meet the future mother in law. The meeting of the family is a common theme between the main book and the novel and its subplot. The crazy supporting cast is as crazy as ever and make a fun set of detectives I love how the series gives older protagonists a strong role


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        General Tracking Challenges

         Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   32

        Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023          #31   

         Literary Escapes  (Destination)  MI

        Alphabet Soup #AlphabetSoupChallenge   N

        Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    y

        Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025  y   


        Genre Specific

        Bookish Books challenge   #    11

        What an Animal     # 18

          Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #11

          Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   # 28     

          Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   22

          Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 2

          Medical Examiner Challenge-  1 Toe Tags

          Marathon Challenge- 273


          Prompt Based Challenges

          Let's Play Cards  # black or red on cover

           52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #  4) Title starts with letter “N”

          Around the Year in 52 Books    #  11. A book set in a fictional location

          Board Game Prompts   #  44. Sorry A book you wish you hadn't read

            Bookworm    #  33 Read a book with a title that starts with the letter "N."

            BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenchallenge25 # 45  2025 new release

            Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   #17 companion novel

            Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #  47 #ownvoices: 

            Pick your Poison    #  48 A book cover that reminds you of one of the seven deadly sins



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              Tuesday, April 1, 2025

              Chapter Break Bingo Mar 25

                We’re starting a new feature here on Chapter Break to play a little bookish BINGO! We’ll have a new card each month and the goal is to get the most squares filled in, blackout style.

              Rules:

              • You may use the same book to fill multiple squares
              • You must have read (finished) the book in that month to count for that particular month’s card

              Share your bingo card at the end of each month and list the of books you used to fill in each of the squares. Link up your post and we’ll plug the winner for each month’s bingo card. For funsies, we’ll also do a quarterly raffle for all participants.


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