Michelle's Musings

30 January 2022

February audiobook book pick

I wanted to choose an audiobook for you that was fun, quick, something that would make you laugh or smile. This one is perfect for a car ride, cleaning the house, or a good walk.

"Me and Patsy" is all about Loretta Lynn and her good pal, Patsy Cline. You can tell by the title that there was nothing boring about these two girls when they got together. If they weren't causing a scene in a bar, they were trying on makeup or talking about sex.

I have not read Coal Miner's Daughter in a long time, so I can't remember, but this book is very candid and honest. Loretta doesn't leave anything (and I mean anything) out. I am not a fan of country music, and probably can't name any Loretta song other than the ones she mentioned in the book, but I found this book fun. The whole time I was reading it I kept thinking about how my friends would LOVE this one! I will tell you that I read the book and it was a very quick read, and then I followed it up with the audiobook. I am encouraging you to try the audio version as well. The narrator tries to sound like Loretta, her accent is perfect for this book!!!

I hope you enjoy this one! Let me know what you think.

24 January 2022

Review: Punch, Pastries, and Poison

Punch, Pastries, and Poison by Harper Lin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love a Harper Lin. Fran plans a joint birthday party for Matt and herself and invites the entire town.....be careful of who you invite to your birthday party, even if your town is full of people you say are your friends.

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22 January 2022

February Book Pick

I am in a book club where just about everyone in the group simply adores a Fiona Davis book. It is pretty much a given that our club will read this book and I hope you will too.

If you have never read a Fiona book, please get started right now! If you have read the entire catalog you will find that this one fits in nicely with all the others. As usual, Fiona gives us a book set in an NYC landmark, in two time periods. This book gives us Angelica/Lillian who is trying to rebuild her life after the Spanish flu ruined everything for her. She is a woman who will drop a false identity of a nude model and live life anew under her legal name, Lillian, as a personal secretary to Helen Frick. Helen's dad is Henry Clay Frick, a very wealthy man who has put it in his will that on his death his home and his thrilling art collection will become a museum.

The modern part of the story has another model that finds herself on a job at the site of the Frick Museum. Here she meets an intern who will help her solve a mystery that dates back to the days of the infamous Angelica. As a reader, we are pulled back and forth between the two time periods watching a murder mystery unfold before our very eyes.

You're going to love this one!!