Journal Entry 1 by cathepsut from Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Monday, March 03, 2008

Amazon Editorial Review:
"Though a small town at heart, Lawrenceton, Georgia, has its dark side-and crime buffs. One of whom is librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, a member of the Real Murders Club, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. It's a harmless pastime-until the night she finds a member killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. And as other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Roe will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects-or potential victims."


Think Sookie Stackhouse without the supernatural. Nice little, cosy mystery. Affable characters, not too violent (just a little, in the description of the murder victims), and Roe is courted by two good-looking guys. So hopefully more to come in the next volume about this love triangle. Nice, quick read for the weekend.


Bookray, shipping order so far:

Lemonitsa, Canada, ships anywhere
Donduckandy, Pennsylvania, USA, shipping in US preferred
blackadder75, Pennsylvania, USA, shipping in US or Canada preferred
rebeccaljames, Ohio, USA, shipping in US preferred
krin511, Maryland, USA, ships anywhere asked to be skipped.
poezepeet, Netherlands, ships anywhere
LeishaCamden, Norway, ships anywhere
Findabair, Norway, ships anywhere
scotsbookie, UK, ships anywhere, towards end of the ray

Please journal when you get the book, so we know it's safe. Check with the next one if they still want the book, before sending it on. Let us know, when you sent it on and a little comment how you liked it would be great! Please try not to keep the book longer than 4 to 6 weeks. And if life gets in the way and it does take longer, let us know. Snail mail is fine. And most of all - enjoy the book!

Update March 29: Finally sending this out to Canada by snail mail. 

Journal Entry 2 by Lemonitsa from Montréal, Québec Canada on Friday, April 04, 2008

Arrived this morning, only taking 6 days (including a weekend!) I wish all snail mail would be so slow! Haha!

Thanks very much for sending it my way, will start this weekend and hopefully have it out by the end of the week!

cheers! 

Journal Entry 3 by Lemonitsa from Montréal, Québec Canada on Saturday, April 05, 2008

Spent my day at work reading this and had a grand time! It is an easy read and it kept me turning the pages to find out what would happen next. I am fairly new to the cozies and this is making me want to read more. I've only read one other Aurora Teagarden mystery (Last Scene Alive). Now I must read them all :)

I've got Donduckandy's addy so I'll mail this out Monday or Tuesday.

(finished) 

Journal Entry 4 by Lemonitsa at To the next participant in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, April 08, 2008

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Off to Donduckandy this morning. :)
Happy travels to you! 

Journal Entry 5 by Donduckandy from Hazleton, Pennsylvania USA on Saturday, April 12, 2008

Received this book today and am eager to start reading it in about a day or 2. Hope to read it by Tuesday, so I can pass it along to blackadder75 when I go visiting. 

Journal Entry 6 by Donduckandy from Hazleton, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, April 14, 2008

This was good. Suspenseful and hard to pick out who?
Looking forward to reading the second book in this series. 

Journal Entry 7 by blackadder75 from Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Got this from donduckandy today. I will start reading it today or tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 8 by blackadder75 from Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA on Friday, April 18, 2008

A really good cozy mystery! This had me guessing until the very end. I had no clue who the murderer was and why. I will be looking for the other books in this series. Thanks for sharing cathepsut! I'm just waiting now for the next person's address and then it will continue it's travels! 

Journal Entry 9 by blackadder75 at BookRing in Book Ring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, April 21, 2008

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Sending to rebeccaljames. 

Journal Entry 10 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Saturday, April 26, 2008

I receoved this book a couple of days ago. I will get to it as soon as possible and then pass it along to the next in line. 

Journal Entry 11 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Wednesday, September 03, 2008

I am on a three week break from school so I finally got to read this book. I enjoyed it very much. I will be sending this to the next person once I get an address. Thank you for sharing. 

Journal Entry 12 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Sunday, October 05, 2008

Since I have not heard from poezepeet after 3 or 4 tries I will move on to the next person. Hopefully, I will be able to get this out soon.
 

Journal Entry 13 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Saturday, October 25, 2008

This will be going out Monday. 

Journal Entry 14 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Wednesday, November 05, 2008

This book arrived this weekend while I was out of town, so I'm only getting around to journalling it now. I'm looking forward to reading this - I'm a fan of Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series, but I've never read anything else by her, so this will be interesting. :-)

I'll journal again when I've read the book. 

Journal Entry 15 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, January 04, 2009

I've read this book, I'm just so slow to journal and let you all know about it ... ! I'm sorry. Better late than never. :-( I read this book in December, partly at my parents' house where I spent my Christmas holidays. A nice relaxing read. :-)

Generally though this book wasn't much more than that. It was OK entertainment for me and that's pretty much it. I like the Sookie books much more than this, and I don't think I'll be reading any more of this series anytime soon. It wasn't that well written (I know she can do better :-), the characters were a little one-dimensional and the plot was ... well, not too creative, let me put it like that. :-) It was entertaining enough but not in any way a standout.

I'm really glad I got the chance to read it, though, because I've been really curious about Harris' other books, after reading the Sookie series. Now I know what Aurora Teagarden's world is like too. :-) Thanks for sharing, catshepsut!! I'll be handing this book over to Findabair at the Oslo meetup on Wednesday. 

Journal Entry 16 by LeishaCamden at to the next participant, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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The book's with Findabair. Happy reading! :-) 

Journal Entry 17 by Findabair from St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Thursday, January 08, 2009

Got the book from Leisha at the Oslo meetup yesterday. Looking forward to reading it! =) 

Journal Entry 18 by Findabair from St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, February 01, 2009

Certainly this was an entertaining, light read, but it wasn't anything more than that, either. In particular I thought there were too many minor characters that weren't properly fleshed out and therefore difficult to keep track of. I also agree with Leisha Camden that the language wasn't the best (she certainly can do better!). But I'm glad to have read it - thanks for sharing, cathepsut!

I've pm'ed scotsbookie for her address and will be sending the book out as soon as I can.