A book a month 2017

So it's been said that people are reading less.  I've been guilty of it.  So I challenged Bob and myself into a reading challenge. We have to read at least one book a month for a year, with giving the name of the book and author and a review of what we thought of the book on our blog. 

With having dyslexia it's difficult to really want to sit down and read a book.  Half the time it takes me forever to read just one book.  Thus this being a real challenge for me.

The reading scale vote will be 1-10 with ten being the highest amount of points/recommendation given.  I think we both might throw in some old favorites in this challenge also.  It's always fun to walk down memory lane again.

I've started to read a series so thus the reason I have books already listed in the months to come.  I'm in hopes to try to read at least two books a month, but at the time I'm going to continue with a book a month.

My readings.

January ~ Blue Buried Muffins Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 1 10 out of 10 The author has managed to draw me into Annie's world with just reading the first sentence of the book. A little bit about the book. The ending was a surprise. Seems a tad bit rushed at the end.

February ~ A Straw Buried in Chocolate Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 2.   8.6 out of 10 A little slow to start off with.  But Lyndsey Cole still drags you into the book. Liked the build-up of the story, but would have liked more on the ending.  Maybe the next book will tell more.

March ~ Black Buried Pie Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 3. I personally felt that this book was a bit rushed but it was still an amazing book. Love that the characters stay the same. 5 out of 10 is my rating.

April~ Very Buried Cheesecake Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 4.  8.2 out of 10. Felt that this was rushed at the end.  Chapters could have been easily added.

May ~ Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Rasp Buried Book 5 9.4 out of 10 I have to say this was one of my favorites out of the five books that I have read in this series.  I was trying to guess who the killer was, but it wasn't who I thought it was going to be.  Amazing twist and turns.  

VACATION:  Books sort of took a back seat while on vacation but have started back up again.

June ~ Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Prison buried Punch Book 6  10 out of 10 The best one yet I believe.  I didn't feel as though this one was rushed.  The suspense was a built up until the very end.  It also left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. 

Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Cran buried Coffee Cake Book 7 8 out of 10. While this one was very suspenseful, the last chapter was very rushed.  Almost like the author gave up on the book.  However, I will admit I didn't see the killer as who she made the killer out to be.

July ~ Black Cat Cafe Cozy Wine Buried Wedding Book 8 9.5 out of 10 I wish that this one wasn't rushed at the end.  Although, I will admit that I didn't see the killer as who it was.  I totally suspected someone else as the killer.

Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Jingle buried Cookies Mystery Book 9 10 out of 10.  I so didn't see the killer as the killer.  This book wasn't rushed at all.  I loved how it started out and how it was finished. 

August ~ Easter Buried Cookies Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery  Book 10 10 out of 10 beginning Ending 3 out of 10.  I felt as though the ending of this book was very rushed.  It's almost like she was passed her deadline for turning in the finished product.   The beginning, however, was amazing.  It was the last few chapters that turned out to be hugely rushed as I said.  All of a sudden you have the killer.  No huge explanation as to why, and why all of a sudden was a certain item(s) were found on the killer.  

Gunpowder Chowder (A hooked & cooked Cozy Mystery Book 1)Once again, she has written this one to be slow starting yet again, but the ending became hugely rushed.  However, I have to admit that I wasn't sure who the killer was.  I had a list of five possible people.  But I really didn't see the person who she killed off as the killer. 

September ~ Mobsters, and Lobsters (A Hooked & Cooked Cozy Mystery Series Book 2). In the beginning, I would have given this book a 2 out of 10.  But since the ending had an amazing twist to it I have to give it a 10 out of 10.  Talk about way out of left field of who the killer was.  I really didn't see that one coming yet again.  I'm having trouble with this series of book.  It's just difficult to being a tad bit boring in the middle of the book, so I lose interest in reading the book/series. But an amazing twist as to who the killer really is.

October ~  Boo Buried Cupcakes (Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery ) Book 11 This one started out amazing.  Giving it a 10 out of 10.  It grabs your imagination quickly.  However, once again it brings a disappointment towards the end. :( Giving it a .5 out of 10.  It was rushed at the end.  setting it up for being an okay book.  I was excited because this book is about Halloween and well it happens to fall in October for my reading schedule. I had a feeling about midway through the book who the killer was.  But with some twist and turns, I was flopping between characters.  My midway choice was the correct choice.  The so-so ending was written well.  But I thought more could have been written.  I'm not sure if Ms. Lyndsey Cole was reaching a deadline and had to rush, or she just became bored with writing this book.  But I believe it does show more so than her other books.

November ~ A fishy Dish (A Hooked & Cooked Cozy Mystery Series Book 3) 9 out of 10. A twist into who the killer is.  Totally didn't see the person who the killer was. An interesting twist. A kidnapping, a killing just Wow.  Why not a 10 out of 10 you may ask? I felt as though more could have been said.

Crook, Line, and Singer (A Hooke & Cooked Cozy Mystery Book 4) 9 out of 10. Wow! This one really had me guessing who the killer was.  I kept jumping back and forth between three people who I thought the killer was.  Was nice to have a slow-moving but yet fast moving at the same time plot line.  I really didn't suspect the person who did the killing as the killer. He was so cool and collective.

December ~ Merry Buried Christmas (Black Cat Cafe Cozy Mystery Series Book 12) 10 out of 10. I so did not see who the killer was in this book. I had someone else in mind. But the author turned around and made someone else into the killer. I just couldn't believe that the killer was who it was.  She made the killer out to be so sweet and couldn't possibly be the killer. One of the best books yet of this series. I really can't wait to read more.

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