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SheriC

Portable Magic

Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.

Currently reading

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Ursula K. Le Guin
Whisper Network
Chandler Baker
Progress: 54 %
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Progress: 28 %
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Carolyn Keene
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
Gary Raisor, Richard Chizmar, Al Sarrantonio, Avram Davidson
Progress: 70/512 pages
Leading Change
John P. Kotter
Peanuts Classics
Charles M. Schulz
Progress: 66 %
The Bungalow Mystery
Carolyn Keene
Progress: 192/192 pages
The Bungalow Mystery #3
Carolyn Keene
Progress: 192/192 pages
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Russell H. Tandy, Mildred Benson, Carolyn Keene

Cozy mystery readers - anybody read The Calamity Cafe?

The Calamity Café: A Down South Café Mystery - Gayle Leeson

So I finally found a cozy mystery that my library actually has in Overdrive starting with the first book in the series. I've been reading so many cozy mystery reviews here on BL that I'd like to expand beyond my comfort zone and see if I like these, too. But I'm hesitating on this one, because I've just had two bummer experiences with Southern Lit and am feeling a little off the genre as a result. I just hate starting in the middle of a series, even one that's designed to make it easy for you to jump around in.

 

Has anyone read this series? Thoughts?