Thursday, May 22, 2025

Booked Solid: What I've Been Reading (Plus, I Conquered a Series!)

I'm a big reader, especially books about books! When I go to thrift stores to find old or unusual books for my online shop, I also look for interesting things to read for fun. I found a book called 'Murder is Binding' at a thrift store, and it turned out to be the first in a series I'd never heard of. I enjoyed it a lot! Since then, I've read about twelve books in the series, but I've been reading them in whatever order I find them at thrift stores. However, I recently ordered that last few books on amazon and read them in order. 


The Premise 

The Booktown Mystery Series by Lorna Barrett centers around Tricia Miles, a savvy businesswoman who owns "Haven't Got a Clue," a mystery bookstore in the quaint New Hampshire town of Stoneham. This town has rebranded itself as a "Booktown," attracting bibliophiles and tourists. However, amidst the charming bookstores and literary events, Tricia frequently finds herself entangled in real-life mysteries, often involving murder. As an amateur sleuth, she must navigate the close-knit community, uncover hidden secrets, and clear her name or those of her friends, all while running her bookstore. Essentially, it's a cozy mystery series set in a book-lover's paradise, where fictional mysteries become all too real.

  1. Murder is Binding (2008)
  2. Bookmarked for Death (2009)
  3. Bookplate Special (2009)
  4. Chapter and Hearse (2010)
  5. Sentenced to Death (2011)
  6. Murder on the Half Shelf (2012)
  7. Not the Killing Type (2013)
  8. Book Clubbed (2014)
  9. A Fatal Chapter (2015)
  10. Title Wave (2016)
  11. A Just Clause (2017)
  12. Poisoned Pages (2018)
  13. A Killer Edition (2019)
  14. Handbook for Homicide (2020)
  15. A Deadly Deletion (2021)
  16. Clause of Death (2022)
  17. A Questionable Character (2023)
  18. A Controversial Cover (2024)
  19. A Perilous Plot (2025)
To date I have read ALL of the books in this series with the exception of A Perilous Plot, which will be available later this year. 

Readers check in, what have YOU been reading?

Carolina Dean 

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