Friday, January 31, 2025

My January 2025 Reads

🚢🏽‍♀️ Audiobook That I Listen To While Walking:
✅ πŸ•Š️ Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One) by Blake Pierce (Goodreads Author), Abigail Reno (Narrator)


πŸ“– My Personal Reads:
✅ [🌡Maricopa County Library District (MCLD)🌡] ☕ Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery (18)) by Cleo Coyle (Goodreads Author)
✅ [☀️PHOENIX LIBRARY Libby☀️] 🏠 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
✅ πŸ•΅πŸ»‍♀️ Spygirl: Date Night (Spygirl, #0) by C.S. Johnson (Goodreads Author)

Phoenix Beanstack Prizes! LOL XD

They said that they ran out of the prizes for this challenge, so they said that I could get a free book from the sale they always have. I struck the library jackpot with this CD find! I have always wanted a CD from the library book sale section and I have finally found a great find for FREE! HEHE! XD
This "cool prize" is so cute! Lolz. He might live in my car.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Review: Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery

Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I finished reading this book on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 4:37 p.m. I liked the characters enough. I thought that it was a clever enough mystery. I wish the city of New York was more of a character in this story.

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Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery (18)) by Cleo Coyle (Goodreads Author)


I first came across this book when I went to visit the Litchfield Park Library. I work in that town, so I wanted to get my Winter Reading Program book choice from another library branch in the Maricopa County Library District system. I drove there before work and browsed the shelves. I went to the large print shelves first and this book was displayed wonderfully. I immediately loved this book cover. I really loved the vibe! I continued browsing the shelves and found no other contender. I went to their self-checkout machines. They had three. I think that I might make a Chrome theme from this book cover. I love it so much! Update: I did make a theme based around this book cover. You can check it out here! I don’t really like the original book cover. It’s too cartoonish. I am really enjoying my time with this Winter read!




“I closed my eyes. Somewhere out there, people cared about me, and a fresh hot pot of ‘stimulant’ was brewing.

God, I’d give anything for a cup of it” (72).


* The cover of this book reminds me of a liquid coffee creamer I used to use in high school called Cafe Complements coffee creamer, hazelnut.



“Despite the gloomy weather, once I saw the Manhattan skyline, shining through the murky shadows, I was filled with a sense of well-being. It felt like a homecoming, even if I couldn’t recall every memory about this particular home” (439).


* There is a website mentioned at the end of this book called coffeehousemystery.com. I visited it for a brief moment and I love it already lolz <3


* This picture of my reading setup is so lovely, I think. I was drinking Krispy Kreme coffee! Yum! Mom and I got those for her work coffee pods. They are so smooth and delicious! They’re quite possibly my favorite or one of my new favorites!

Saturday, January 11, 2025

My December 2024 Reads

πŸ“– My Personal Reads:

✅ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World #1) by Alexis Hall (Goodreads Author)
✅ [☀️PHOENIX LIBRARY☀️] ➰ The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 8 by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Jean (Goodreads Author) (Artist)

Tuesday, January 7, 2025