Review: You Belong To Me

You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

always a roller coaster ride

As with any MHC book this one is full of twists and turns. Lots of hints at who is guilty and several suspects to keep the reader on their toes. I wish there were an infinite supply of her thrillers out there to read

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #    39

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    38

TBR 25 in 25  #44

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  39

Genre Specific

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #  35     

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 1

Medical Examiner Challenge-  10 Toe Tags

Prompt Based Challenges

 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #33) A standalone novel

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years

Board Game Prompts   #  38. Scattergories Published in the 1980s

Pick your Poison    #  28  A book by an author who has "made it big"

Monthly Criteria

Connect 5  challenge  Jan  Feb  April 

Review: Stuart Woods' Smolder

Stuart Woods' Smolder by Brett Battles
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another thrilling adventure with Stone and his friends. Along with the mystery and car chases there is the standard bedroom adventures. Stone certainly has his luck with the ladies. I’m hoping the series continues after Woods’ passing

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #    40

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    39

TBR 25 in 25  #45

 Literary Escapes  (Destination) New Mexico

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    #4 series complete

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025      #4 series complete

Genre Specific

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #  36

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 4

Medical Examiner Challenge-  5 Toe Tags

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  46. A proper noun in the title or design

 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #  29) Shares universe with prompt 28

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  47. A book relating to fire

Board Game Prompts   #  53. Uno One-word title:

Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   #26 more than 30 chapters

HP Professions   # 24  Elements. Incl 1 of 4 elements in title

Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #  51 Two or more authors:

Review: Disney After Dark

Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

disney lovers will absolutely geek out over this book. it is full of sci fi ideas and disney magic kingdom as the setting. looking forward to reading more in the series for sure.

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   38

Mount TBR   #MountTBR2023 #   7

TBR 25 in 25  # 45

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  38

Audiobook  #2024AudiobookChallenge #  9

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge  R

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    y

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     y

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  28. The words "light" and/or "dark" in the title

Let's Play Cards  king 

 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  # 12) Has a moon on the cover

Around the Year in 52 Books    #61  2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year

BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenchallenge25 #20  Book that took a while to read

Monthly Criteria

Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠  Apr  TBR for 2 plus years

Review: The Star Dunes

The Star Dunes by Trudi Trueit
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an interesting middle grade sci fi type series. It does a great job of combining futuristic technologies with adventure. Aldo mixed into the series is information about different aspects of science and exploration. This particular book focuses on animal conservation and is set in Africa- in Uganda and Namibia. The gorillas and Cheetahs are the main focus but there are other species included as well in particular the pangolin play a role in the story. The series is interesting and engaging.

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   37

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    37

TBR 25 in 25  #42

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  37

 Literary Escapes  (Destination) Uganda

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    y

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     y

Genre Specific

What an Animal     #23

Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #16

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   # 34     

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   28

Prompt Based Challenges

Board Game Prompts   #  18. Cranium Title contains the word "cat", "head", "star", or "word"

Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #  5 You and author share first initial: 

Review: Sleep in Heavenly Pizza

Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another well structured installment. Lots of plot twists and yummy recipe descriptions. Those familiar with Lake Geneva will relate to the setting of the book and the wealth described. The mystery was a bit solvable but the why was not and ended up being quite elaborate

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   36

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    36

TBR 25 in 25  #41

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    #3

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     #3

Genre Specific

What an Animal     #22

Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #15

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #   33   

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   27

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 3

Medical Examiner Challenge- 5  Toe Tags

Creative Tracking Challenges

Picture Bingo    Row #  Column #  12. A cluster of four mushrooms

Review: Public Anchovy #1

Public Anchovy #1 by Mindy Quigley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A twist on the locked room mystery of Agatha Christie fame. Quigley sets the stage for a house party fundraiser gone wrong. The Grand dame of mysteries is not the only literary references she leaned into in this latest installment. She utilizes the Maltese Falcon and The man Who Knew Too Much as plot components as well. While I sussed out the guilty party the ending was still quite dramatic and engaging. Looking forward to the next book to see where Delilah’s life turns next.

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General Tracking Challenges

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    35

TBR 25 in 25  #40

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  36

 Literary Escapes  (Destination) WI

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge  Q

Clock Challenge 0/12  #ClockReadingChallenge  repeat of 1

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     

Genre Specific

Bookish Books challenge   #  12  

What an Animal     #21

Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #14

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #    32  

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   26

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 2

Medical Examiner Challenge-  2 Toe Tags

Prompt Based Challenges

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1

HP Professions   #  1 Includes a special drink or poison

Review: Beagles Love Muffin But Murder

Beagles Love Muffin But Murder by C.A. Phipps
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lyra has a knack for getting caught up in murder. Even when trying to keep a low profile and stay out of the press mysteries still find her. This next book incorporates her whole team of friends and family in an engaging manner. The mystery itself was intriguing even if she does take some unnecessary risks at times. Her beagle, Cinnamon, is a perfect sidekick. any dog owner will love their connection

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   35

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    34

TBR 25 in 25  #39

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  35

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     

Genre Specific

What an Animal     #20

Cruisin thru Cozies  animal  #2

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #   31   

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   25

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 3

Medical Examiner Challenge- 2  Toe Tags

Prompt Based Challenges

Around the Year in 52 Books    #57  2020: A book with an emotion in the title

Review: 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

Review: 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

What an Animal     #19

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”

Review: 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

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.

Chapter Break Bingo  Jan   Feb 

Row 1:

• Column 1:  Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25
• Column 2:   A Girl Like Us by Anna Sophia McLoughlin
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/23/25
• Column 3: Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25
• Column 4: Love from Paddington (Paddington #14) by Michael Bond
•  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/11/25
• Column 5:  A Girl Like Us by Anna Sophia McLoughlin
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/23/25

Row 2:

• Column 1:  Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25
• Column 2:   
• Column 3: A Girl Like Us by Anna Sophia McLoughlin
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/23/25
• Column 4: A Girl Like Us by Anna Sophia McLoughlin
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/23/25
• Column 5:  Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25

Row 3:

• Column 1:  Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25
• Column 2:   The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/31/25
• Column 3: Free Space
• Column 4: 
• Column 5:  Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25

Row 4:

• Column 1:  
• Column 2:   
• Column 3: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/31/25
• Column 4: Silent Nights are Murder (Poppy McAllister #9 ) by Libby Klein
•  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/18/25
• Column 5:  The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/31/25

Row 5:

• Column 1:  
• Column 2:   
• Column 3:  The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/31/25
• Column 4: Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/5/25
• Column 5:   The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/31/25