Spy x Family, Vol. 14 by Tatsuya Endo, (translator) Casey Loe

Anya earns both a Stella and a Tonitrus Bolt in her end-of-year exams. Loid decides to ignore the bolt for now and celebrate the Stella by taking a skiing trip. While there, they are involved in a locked room mystery when one of the other occupants of the chalet is almost murdered. I wish that story had been longer but there is a limit to how many strips are in a chapter.

There is also the story of Anya's school having a dance. She tries to get close to the younger Desmond but he is not interested (aka he runs away.)

Finally, we get the story of Henry Henderson, the school's headmaster. It seems he had a past with Becky's chauffer/minder, Martha.

Four stars

Follows Vol. 13

Followed by Vol. 15

This book came out September 4, 2024

Borrowed as hard copy from library
Opinions are my own

Read Your Mind by Oz Pearlman

I hadn't heard of this author before, just enjoy reading books about how to be successful. Coming from a mentalist, it makes sense that most of the habits have to do with working with people. Nothing really ground breaking but an interesting way to experience them, through various tricks that he used in both his magic and mentalist shows. I love hearing about memory tricks, but they don't work for everyone. He trains people on the alphabet backward using a storyline and pnemonic but assumes that people will remember that particular device. 

Three and a half stars

This book came out October 30, 2025

Borrowed as audiobook from Libby

Opinions are my own 

The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene, narrator: Laura Linney

An interesting book.  Nancy is portrayed as fearless, getting her friends into a fine mess.  After Bess purchases some expensive perfume, which the shopgirl had tried to dissuade her from buying, she spills it on Nancy setting of a strange chain of events leading to the arrest of counterfeiters posing as a cult.  I don't remember reading this one before, though, like most young girls I feel like I had read the entirety of the original series.  A good read, with some great morals for girls about how to be both humble and helpful, fearless and fun-loving.

Three stars

Nancy Drew #6

Follows The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Followed by The Clue in the Diary

This book came out in 1931

Borrowed as audiobook from Libby

Opinions are my own

Spy x Family, Vol. 12 by Tatsuya Endo, translator Casey Loe

Our favorite family is dealing with a world post-Anya's class being kidnapped. Anya has to go back to schoole while Yor and Lloid go back to work. Yor's coworkers are skeptical when she refuses to speak ill of her husband so she creates problems that don't really exist. Meanwhile, Lloid is also dealing with her brother Yuri as both sides race to get to super spy Winston Wheeler before the other. 

Four stars

Follows Vol. 11

Followed by Vol. 13

This book came out October 4, 2023

Borrowed as hard copy from library

Opinions are my own

Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver

Nolan and Harper are back again. Less killing in this book but they are still having to deal with all of the deaths in the first book. The true crime group who lost two members in the first book are in town trying to figure out what happened to their friends. There was also a big reveal at the end of the last book that is having consequences in this book. Consequences that leave Nolan and Harper at odds at the end of this book.

Three and a half stars

Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #2

Follows by Tourist Season

This book came out June 9, 2026

Borrowed as audiobook from Libby

Opinions are my own

Probable Caws by Donna Andrews

The book is off to a galloping (pun, har) start when Meg gets a phone call from her father. A local horse rescue has been pushed off their land and are being moved to Ragnar's property. All hands are needed. 

There are a few prickly characters in this book including Abel, the man whose land the horses were on, his brother George, who thinks he inherited half the property and wants the horses off, and Helen, the woman who runs the Hoof and Hearth nonprofit. There is a death but it was not anyone I expected at first. 

A lot of our favorite returning characters are away for this book which was fine. The mystery was a bit thin and the solution a bit improbable but I still enjoyed the reading. 

Four stars

Meg Langslow #39

Follows Five Golden Wings

Followed by Jay to the World

ARC of ebook kindly provided by MacMillan and Edelweiss

July 2026 Rereads

A Quiet Life In The Country by T. E. Kinsey

Three and a half stars
Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #1
Followed by In the Market for Murder

This book comes out October 4, 2016

A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton

Four stars

A Narwhal and Jelly Book #8

Follows Narwhalicorn and Jelly 

Followed by Narwhal's Sweet Tooth

This book comes out July 4, 2023

Identity by Nora Roberts

Four stars

This book comes out May 23, 2023

Hard copy from library

Opinions are my own