Button Holed (Button Box Mystery)
Registered by 
yorkshire-lass
of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 4/22/2012
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
yorkshire-lass of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 4/22/2012 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
8 journalers for this copy...
Thank you for picking up this book and logging on to the website, I hope you enjoy reading it, when you have finished it please make a journal entry so that I know what you have decided to do with the book next. If you decide to join BookCrossing (it’s free and completely private your e-mail address is never given out) please say yorkshire-lass sent you. Happy BookCrossing!
Amazon Editorial Review
Working out of her button shop in a Chicago brownstone, Josie Giancola has become one of the country's leading experts on buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to the Button Box to shop for one-of-a-kind buttons to adorn her made-to-order wedding gown.
But after the Button Box is ransacked and the actress murdered, Josie's cozy world is thrown into chaos-and a killer is out to keep Josie's lips buttoned up...permanently.
This was a fun, light read and I would read more in the series if they came my way.
Amazon Editorial Review
Working out of her button shop in a Chicago brownstone, Josie Giancola has become one of the country's leading experts on buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to the Button Box to shop for one-of-a-kind buttons to adorn her made-to-order wedding gown.
But after the Button Box is ransacked and the actress murdered, Josie's cozy world is thrown into chaos-and a killer is out to keep Josie's lips buttoned up...permanently.
This was a fun, light read and I would read more in the series if they came my way.
This is being sent as birthday gift to a fellow Bookcrosser.
I saw that you had this on your wishlist, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Happy birthday!
I saw that you had this on your wishlist, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Happy birthday!
A cozy mystery from my wishlist, what a treat! Thanks Yorkshire-lass! Perhaps having finished the book I'll know what to do with all those buttons I've saved over the years or shall I continue to send them to Vekiki?
Loved it! Best cozy mystery plot I've read - if not ever, at least for ages. It really had twists, turns and excitement and a Poirot-like ending. Will put the second part on my wishlist.
I would think my workmate wants to read this next.
I would think my workmate wants to read this next.
Got this from Kirjakko. Liked the book a lot. It's always nice to "meet" somebody who is passionate with some special area of life, be it buttons or whatever.
First I thought the people seemed a bit "glued" on to the story, but the longer I read the better those people fitted to the story and it got the feel of an old-fashioned mystery book a'la Agatha Christie. Especially the gathering of everybody together at the end was very Dame Agatha -like.
Would read another of her books if I came across them.
Goes back to Kirjakko, who is going to send it across the Big Pond.
First I thought the people seemed a bit "glued" on to the story, but the longer I read the better those people fitted to the story and it got the feel of an old-fashioned mystery book a'la Agatha Christie. Especially the gathering of everybody together at the end was very Dame Agatha -like.
Would read another of her books if I came across them.
Goes back to Kirjakko, who is going to send it across the Big Pond.
The book is briefly back with me and off tomorrow again - a birthday wish fulfilled for eponine38 (at least at the time of posting it was still on her wishlist, let's keep our fingers crossed). Along HAS to go one of Vekiki's buttoned bookmarks...
Just in case somebody else has had the same idea I'm sending her also a Travel Diary called "Are we there yet?", as eponine seems to travel a lot. "One should always have something sensational to read in the train. I never travel without my diary." (Oscar Wilde).
I hope you have a very special birthday - and many hard parcels!!
Just in case somebody else has had the same idea I'm sending her also a Travel Diary called "Are we there yet?", as eponine seems to travel a lot. "One should always have something sensational to read in the train. I never travel without my diary." (Oscar Wilde).
I hope you have a very special birthday - and many hard parcels!!
Off to Eponine38 together with a bit of this and that. If you wonder about the syringe-looking thing it's for giving pills to cats. All is fair in war and love...
Thank you, kirjakko! Indeed it was still on my wishlist. Thanks also for the beautiful bookmark made by Vekiki - they do go perfectly together. And the travel journal is wonderful too. Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness!
I really enjoyed this first-in-series. What a dream to own a button shop - even if it gets off to a rocky start! Josie was an interesting and mostly strong & likeable character, although she does stumble once or twice when dealing with her ex-husband.
I happen to love buttons, but it's not a prerequisite for enjoying this clever mystery. I'm looking forward to the second installment of the series!
I'm going to offer it up in the Mystery/Thriller VBB hosted by bookstogive.
Thanks once again, kirjakko, for sending this! [And I forgot to tell you at the convention (well, I missed most of it, waaahhh) that I brought the travel journal with me on that trip. Love it!]
I happen to love buttons, but it's not a prerequisite for enjoying this clever mystery. I'm looking forward to the second installment of the series!
I'm going to offer it up in the Mystery/Thriller VBB hosted by bookstogive.
Thanks once again, kirjakko, for sending this! [And I forgot to tell you at the convention (well, I missed most of it, waaahhh) that I brought the travel journal with me on that trip. Love it!]
Chosen from Round #10 of bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller VBB. Enjoy, Stephario!
Thanks so much eponine! This just came in today. Can't wait to start reading it. I love cozies, and I especially love first-in-series cozies! Thank you!!
Button Holed is a cozy mystery about Josie Giancola, a button shop owner in Chicago, who winds up on the trail of a superstar's killer and in the crosshairs of a prince's goons. Also involved are Josie's ex-husband, on the run from a loan shark whom he owes a great deal of money, and a semi-handsome, single, socially inept police detective.
Overall, the writing is decent enough that I didn't notice it as either terrible or exceptional, but the plot lines tend to be old and overused. As to whether the author, Kylie Logan, could have done a better job, I don't know as this was my first read by her. While the book wasn't terrible and was fairly entertaining throughout, this is one series I won't be keeping up with as the world of a button collector just doesn't do it for me. This one will probably go into a book box, probably the mystery/thriller one.
Overall, the writing is decent enough that I didn't notice it as either terrible or exceptional, but the plot lines tend to be old and overused. As to whether the author, Kylie Logan, could have done a better job, I don't know as this was my first read by her. While the book wasn't terrible and was fairly entertaining throughout, this is one series I won't be keeping up with as the world of a button collector just doesn't do it for me. This one will probably go into a book box, probably the mystery/thriller one.
Putting this in bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller VBB.
Thanks for sending from Bookstogive's Mystery VBB!
My Review: This is a cute cozy mystery. It's a little bland for my personal taste. The story was interesting, I just wanted the characters to be a bit more interesting and not so cliche.
This book is reserved for: Bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller VBB.
Journal Entry 17 by JennyC1230 at Virtual Book Box, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, August 12, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (8/12/2016 UTC) at Virtual Book Box, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
If you have found this book, welcome to Bookcrossing and thank you for taking the time to let us know about its journey. Feel free to enjoy the book and pass it along to a friend, neighbor, family member or co-worker, or simply leave it somewhere for another lucky reader to enjoy as you did! This book isn’t your type of read? No problem, don't feel obliged to read it, just be kind enough to help it on its journey. If you join, please use my name as your referring member: JennyC1230.
Sending to 6of8 from the Mystery VBB. Enjoy!
Sending to 6of8 from the Mystery VBB. Enjoy!
Excited to find this in my mailbox today! I have swapped mysteries with most of the previous readers at one ttime or another and we tend to like the same things, so I am glad that everyone seems to have enjoyed it.
Well, it took me a lot longer than I anticipated to get through this one. It wasn't bad, it just didn't catch my interest for the first half. The mystery aspect was decent and Jo is a good character, but I am not really that interested in her love life. The ex-husband character didn't interest me and I didn't really buy the possibility of her and Nevin. I liked the button stuff, but there weren't enough descriptions of the various kinds except the boxwood button for me to connect with them. All in all, not bad, but I don't know if I will seek out others in the series.
Putting this into the Mystery VBB maintained by bookstogive
The virtual bookbox has been dormant since bookstogive lost her father in 2019. Since then, her husband has also passed in 2020. Many people have decided to remove books from their hold piles and share them another way until we can decide about restarting the bookbox. I am collecting books for my sister-in-law to read while she recovers from ankle surgery, so I will send this one to her.
This book has quite the pedigree, so I am sure she will enjoy being part of the chain of bookcrossers who have read it.
This book has quite the pedigree, so I am sure she will enjoy being part of the chain of bookcrossers who have read it.
Journal Entry 22 by 
6of8
at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Maryland USA on Tuesday, January 19, 2021
6of8 at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Maryland USA on Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Released 3 yrs ago (1/19/2021 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Maryland USA
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book was in a box with several others that I mailed today, hopefully successfully. The post office was jammed with people and packages. Mine already had the postage on it so I added it to the pile. Hoping it makes it to my sister in law.
Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.
Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.
Fun reading, even if the bottons are spilled. Putting in a box for my neighborhood to browse. Hopefully someone else can enjoy!
Journal Entry 24 by minibear at Little Free Library at 2261 S 1800 W in Syracuse, Utah USA on Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (3/17/2022 UTC) at Little Free Library at 2261 S 1800 W in Syracuse, Utah USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Mostly kids books here, but put several cozy mysteries in.
