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This must be one of my biggest IMM posts ever. I won Birgit’s Old books in a new home giveaway with a stack of cozy mysteries. I am totally made up because I only started reading those recently and my shelf needed a re-fill. Thank you, Birgit!
I swapped
- Panem et Circenses by Carl Wilhelm Weber, a German non-fiction book about mass entertainment in ancient Rome
- Hector and the search for happiness by François Lelord
- Hector and the secrets of love by François Lelord
I got the last two in German. They were written in French originally so I thought I might as well read them in my own language for a change.
I bought
- Bodies Politic by David Wishart. This is the latest instalment in the Marcus Corvinus series set in Ancient Rome. David Wishart, whose earlier books used to be published by Hodder and Stoughton, has now changed to a print-on-demand publisher and also chose to publish this as an e-book on Smashwords, DRM free and all. I am pretty excited about this. I already posted its book beginning.
I won
- The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Omnibus 1 by Charlaine Harris which includes the first four books in the series “Real Murders”, “A bone to pick”, “Three bedrooms, one corpse” and “The Julius House”. Aurora Teagarden is a librarian and the series has been on my mental TBR list for a while.
- Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
- Shades of Earl Grey by Laura Childs
Two books from The Tea Shop Mystery series - Murder most frothy by Cleo Coyle
- Latte trouble by Cleo Coyle
- Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle
- French pressed by Cleo Coyle
Four books from the Coffeehouse mysery series - Everything I never wanted to be by Dina Kucera. Birgit sent this as a bonus book because she thought I might like it. It sounds interesting, but you have to be in the right mood for the topic, I think.
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BTW it’s pretty amazing that someone would switch from a big publishing house to POD and have books available on Smashwords – for eBooks this is definitely the place to be!
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Isn’t it? I was very surprised when I read this. In an interview D.W. siad he was only a small fish with H&S and decided to switch. I especially like that he also made it available on Smashwords for very little and without DRM and all that crap. He already is one of my favourite authors in the detective genre, but this moved him up another notch.
Started reading “Murder most frothy” today….
Those Cleo Coyle books definitely look interesting. I like their covers! I also love the cover of Everything I never wanted to be. It looks eerie but intriguing.
Take a look at what’s in my mailbox!
I agree, tha last cover looks spooky!
I will have a look at your IMM post, I see you are featuring Smashwords which I only recently discovered.
Nice list! Looks like there are some nice reads for the summer here. Or a warm spring day, relaxing with a book. Have fun with the new loot.
Leeswammes (Judith)’s last post ..Book Review: The Reconstructionist by Nick Arvin
Definitely, Judith, those cozies are just the perfect light, entertaining and quick summer reads.
That’s a lot of books to be “had” for just a week
I am getting jealous 
Happy reading!
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I haven’t read the Aurora Teagarden series yet but plan to. I love Sookie and enjoyed her other series.
I also liked Sookie and am looking forward to Aurora Teagarden, even though, I am sure, it must be quite different.
Wow, you won a lot!
Happy Easter & Happy Reading,
Patricia // My IMM
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@Ally and Patricia, I know, lots of books for one week. I am made up!
love the titles of the coffee house books ,all the best stu
stujallen’s last post ..Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz
Wow, you won a ton this week! Those coffeehouse mysteries look so cute! I hope you enjoy all you got
Here’s my IMM!
Looks like you have a nice haul for this week!
Happy reading,
Dani
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@Stu and Jessica, yes, those coffeehouse mysteries look rather nice.
@Dani, this is the exception, usually I only have a few books to show.
I bought The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Omnibus 1 by Charlaine Harris a while back as it was a bargain on The Book People website, but I still haven’t got around to reading it yet. I really must!
I hope you enjoy your new books
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The downside of the omnibus is that it is so big and heavy. Impossible to take in your bag or read in the bathtub. But we will persevere….:)