1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Anny and smitha and all the stuff 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: I've never told you a prediction of iHeart radio. 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 2: And we are starting this year's book club with a 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: cozy novelty book. Okay I say it like that, which, 5 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: by the way, it was a TikTok purchased andy. I 6 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 2: saw it on TikTok, thought it was really cute, loved 7 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,319 Speaker 2: the idea, and I was like, I'm gonna get this 8 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: as part of Annie's Christmas gift this year. And then 9 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 2: as I went through and thought it through, I was like, oh, 10 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: maybe we should do it as a book club because 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 2: in my head when I give you gifts, and I 12 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: don't know if the listeners know this, I like to 13 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: theme it with very specific themes throughout the year. I 14 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: know you do the same for me. But like and 15 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 2: like this year, you have talked about how much you 16 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: love like solving mist and I was like, this good, 17 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: this is this is a cute thing to do, and 18 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: so I thought, why not try this book out which 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: is considered a cozy mystery. I didn't know that was 20 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 2: a category. Mm hmmm, did you know this? 21 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: I didn't, But a listener wrote in after I said, 22 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: is there such thing as like cozy murder mystery. 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 2: And there is. 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: She was like, yes, obviously, kind of like huge. 25 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: It's apparently specifically this author that we're your featuring. So 26 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: the first book. So first, the book is titled Murder 27 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: among the Stacks, and it's written by Rosie a Point, 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 2: which I thought maybe a pseudonym. She does write under 29 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: a different person's name. I don't know which one's the pseudonym. 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie, because Rosie a Point seems very specific. 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: But she has hundreds, apparently of different types of theme books. 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: They usually, uh, it's something to do with adventure or food. 33 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: She has a lot of food mysteries or bookstores. And 34 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: she always involved a cat, I believe because she has 35 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: a cute cat, so it was really cute. And this 36 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: book is her first word search mystery book, I believe, 37 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: because there are four, well three right now. So it 38 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: is with the help of puzzle creator Charles Timmerman, so 39 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: he does the actual word puzzle, which, by the way, 40 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: not to say that he's not doing it an amazing job, 41 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: but I did figure out when I was in college, 42 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 2: so twenty years ago. You can put it into a 43 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 2: website and create your own word searches. 44 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: Well, you have done more word searches than I have, 45 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: so you can say I am incorrect, But I feel 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: like mister Timimran here used a lot of deployed a 47 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: lot of techniques that threw me off, Like three diagonal 48 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: words in a row, yeah, so I kind of might 49 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: miss the one in the middle there. 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: So they gave you at the beginning of the book 51 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: strategies to use if you need to, and those were 52 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: the similar strategies I used growing up, because I'm like, 53 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: you have to use this in this combo. He did 54 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: throw in a lot of tricks where he had like 55 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 2: partial words in some of them. Yeah, because I used to. 56 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: They used to do that, and I used to mess 57 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: me up a lot because I would started out. I 58 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: was like, oh, no, that's not the word. Yeah, you 59 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: have to you have to be careful. But he did 60 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 2: a good job, I will say so. Like this is 61 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: also when I found out one of my friends was dyslexic, 62 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: because she's amazing at word searches, and apparently that is 63 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: like a superpower word searches if you're dyslexic. And I 64 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: started wondering if I was, because I'm like, you, I 65 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: can see the words like upside down better than I 66 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: can straightforward, and I'm like, oh oh, that's okay. We 67 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: all love them, uh huh yeah. So with this, she 68 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: has again two others as a part of the series, 69 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: with one more to be released in May of this year, 70 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: and the new the third one she just released this month. 71 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: So it's coming, it's coming along, and I believe they're 72 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: all based on the based on this character, and Cranberry Creek, 73 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: or at least Like is a Cranberry Creek series, which 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: is the location of where this mystery is happening. So 75 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: she is referred to as a cozy mystery writer. She 76 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: actually referred first to herself as that as well as 77 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: others classicfire her as that who loves bookstores and cats, 78 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 2: which she includes in a lot of her writings. So 79 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: this is from a Writer's Digest dot com. ROSIEA. Point 80 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: is a USA Today best selling cozy mystery author of 81 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 2: more than ninety novels and novella's set in fictional small 82 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 2: towns across the United States. She loves writing about food, 83 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: amateur sleuths, cats, and secrets. Her favorite books are ones 84 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 2: you can snuggle up with under a cozy blanket. On 85 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 2: a winter's day like today. Rosie lives in Cape Town, 86 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 2: South Africa, with her son, husband, an adorable kitten, Shiva 87 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: the Destroyer. I like that's as long. So in that 88 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: same article, this is the elevator pitch for the current 89 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 2: book are featuring, So this is what they write. Abby 90 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: Jones's dream bookstore opening in Craneberry Creek turns deadly when 91 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: a famous author is murdered, putting her new life at risk. 92 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 2: In this interactive, cozy mystery, readers can follow Abby's clues 93 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: and solve the who done it themselves through themed word 94 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: search puzzles. So there you go. That'st the entirety of 95 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 2: the book. It's very short, so you can do it 96 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: pretty quickly. The reading, like the chapter is one page 97 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 2: per chapter, and then you get one puzzle per chapter. 98 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 2: So this half and half. So the longest part is 99 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: doing the actual word search, which I love word searches. 100 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: So again, I guess this was more for me than you. 101 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 2: It was a combo. Any it was a combo. 102 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: Oh, I thought it was great. I do love You're right, 103 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: I love solving mysteries. I thought it was very cute. Also, 104 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: I come from we've talked about all the time. Come 105 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: from a very small town. There is a very cute 106 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: store in our town or there used to be called 107 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: Cranberry Corners. So I kept thinking about that the whole 108 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: time I was reading this, And they have a like 109 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: map in the beginning of the book. 110 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 2: Super cute. The illustrations are really fun. 111 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, very fun, very fun. 112 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: Okay, So this includes a lot of word searches, which 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: I again I think I've said at the beginning. I've 114 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: said it before. I love word searches. Those were my 115 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: like go to, like before I started doing the little 116 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 2: coloring books, easy coloring books with the markers, and my 117 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 2: favorite thing to do is get different color highlighters to 118 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 2: find the words so I can make beautiful, colorful strikes 119 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 2: through my puzzles. So I would alternate different colors each word. 120 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 2: Uh huh, yeah, I love that, and but I can't 121 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 2: do that much because most of the word puzzles I 122 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 2: think this book may have been. I would have been 123 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 2: able to do it, but I didn't because I used 124 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: the pen. Well, no, that's not true. I tried to 125 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: use the pen that you bought me for Christmas last year, 126 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 2: and as I was taking it downstairs in between me 127 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: come from upstairs to downstairs. I lost it. I don't 128 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 2: I don't know where that pen is. 129 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: It's in the multiverse, No, I just never see. 130 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: I went hunting for it, but I used another fun 131 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 2: like really thin, because I'm a lover of pens and markers, 132 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: if you don't know, but a different pen. But I 133 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 2: didn't do it this time round because I probably could have. 134 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: I think it's thick enough. But most of the word searches, 135 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 2: if you buy them at a grocery store, they're too thin, 136 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: and so it bleeds through and it makes me very sad. 137 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: So I can't. I can't do that. But I have 138 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 2: to ask what this thought? What are your thoughts on 139 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: word searches? 140 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: Annie, Well, it's been a long time since I've done one, 141 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: and I actually had to go find a pencil, and 142 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: I realized I haven't used a pencil in a long time. 143 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a long yeah. 144 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: Because I was thinking like you, and well, I don't 145 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: want it to bleed through. Hopefully I don't need to 146 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: use an eraser, but if I do, fair So I 147 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: had to go searching in my D and D E 148 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: quick box for a pencil. But I actually am really glad. 149 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: I found it because one of my favorite parts of 150 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: it was I did find doing the word search like 151 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: a nice break, like a good way to just kind 152 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: of turn off my brain for a little second. And 153 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: then I really liked the sound of the pencil crossing 154 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: through the word when I found it. It was very satisfying. 155 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: If you can do a straight line, the perfect circle 156 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 2: like that is the trick. When you can, you're like, oh, 157 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 2: and I figured out I can't do up and down 158 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: very well. Up and down. It's really hard for me. Diagonal, Yes, across, yes, 159 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: up and down not so much. 160 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: Really, yeah, diagonal. 161 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 2: I'm queen, I am so do you like we were 162 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: talking about the fact that they do tell you kind 163 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: of strategies. Do you have any strategies when it comes 164 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 2: to ward searches. 165 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: Yes, so I usually do pretty much what they said. 166 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: But if there's multiple words that start with A, for example, 167 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: then I try to get every like A, then you 168 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: or A and then T or so I'm looking for 169 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: like three words at once. Yeah, and I go horizontal first, 170 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: and then if I hate it when if I haven't 171 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: found it by the end, then I go vertical, uh 172 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: to check that way, and then if I still have 173 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: not found it. Then I do the other thing they said, 174 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: which is like does it have an X in it? 175 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: Or does it have a It's very rare I have 176 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: to resort to that. But sometimes, yes, it didn't happen 177 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: to me. Oh. 178 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: Sometimes that's the key sept strategy. Double letters or letters 179 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: that yeah, are like together, you're like that. You don't 180 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: see Often my first ins need is to still look 181 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: at the page and find all the obvious words like 182 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 2: things said to jump out of it. Yeah, I gotta 183 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 2: get all that done. That's our satisfactory. And then after that, 184 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: if I have a hard word, I'll go to the 185 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: next word, knowing that I'll probably find that one word 186 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 2: trying to find the next word. 187 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: Oh nice. 188 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: It's kind of one of those oh yeah yeah type 189 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: of moments. So those are my strategies. And I think 190 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 2: I already know this answer because the way you already answered. 191 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: But are you a person who circles the words or 192 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 2: do you strike through it or straight line? 193 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: I circle? I thought I thought you. 194 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: Oh, I actually thought you were a strike through. 195 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: I feel like I wanted to strike through, but I 196 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: thought you're supposed to circle. 197 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: You can't. 198 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: I thought that was the right way to do it. 199 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: There's no right or wrong. There's no right or wrong. 200 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: This is why I also like The High Ladder because 201 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: it almost does both, Like you just envolve the entire 202 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 2: word and you're like, yes, But I am a strike 203 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: through person because circles, I am actually not good at those, 204 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 2: Like I'm all over the place. I might have probably 205 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: taken three words that doesn't make sense into one bubble 206 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 2: and that just annoys me. 207 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: So maybe my diagonal is not so bad. 208 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: And maybe when it comes to the circle exactly, because 209 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: then that's the difference. But I do it. I'm a 210 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 2: strike through. Always happened? Oh boys will Wow? 211 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: That sounds really intense and final. 212 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 2: It does, and it takes this very serious life as 213 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: you should. Who are you? 214 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: Where did you come from? 215 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 2: Okay, we're going to talk about kind of a summary 216 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: of the book again. The concept of this book is 217 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 2: super cute, and I actually try to do some research 218 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 2: I don't to see if this was the first of 219 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 2: its con like this, because this is honestly the first 220 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 2: I've seen where it actually has storytelling within the word 221 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 2: search and with the word search included. And again, you 222 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 2: don't really I don't know why you wouldn't. You don't 223 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 2: have to do the word searches except for one specific one, 224 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,839 Speaker 2: and the rest is just like kind of adds to it. 225 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 2: It doesn't necessarily give you clues about anything, but just 226 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: adds to the story a little bit. But yeah, you 227 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 2: can just read through it if you want to and 228 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 2: go through there. I didn't see any of the books 229 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 2: like that other than her own. But I did find 230 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 2: a book that uses word search as a way to 231 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 2: get clues. But I again, which isn't this book. You're 232 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 2: not going to get the clues from most of these 233 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 2: except for one until the end, like I said, But 234 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 2: I don't think then those books there are narratives. I 235 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: could be wrong. I could be wrong. I just saw 236 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 2: one where it's like you unsolve the mystery or get 237 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 2: these clues through these word search and I was like, oh, 238 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 2: that's interesting. Not the same thing to me. So it 239 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 2: is a little different one of us kind that I saw. 240 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 2: I didn't see her talk much about the puzzle mystery 241 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: part to it outside of like the cozy parts. She 242 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 2: talks about how yes, she has to get quick to 243 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: the point and make it interesting but short, and you 244 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 2: get a lot without a lot of detail. But a 245 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: little personality here and there, and which is probably a 246 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 2: good thing in like having a series type of things. 247 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: So you know, I'll say it like that again, easy read, 248 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 2: very fast read. Teenagers kids probably would be fine reading 249 00:12:58,440 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 2: this book. I I don't know there's a rating syst 250 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 2: It does mention murder obviously, no cursing, Yeah, no cursing, 251 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: nothing gratuitous. No, okay, it's like, eh, you know, he's 252 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: like I do. So anyway, going on, We're going to 253 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 2: do a quick summary without spoilers. I'm not doing the ending. 254 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 2: I feel like that would ruin the purpose of this 255 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 2: puzzle book for you to participate in, so we're not 256 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: going to do that. I'm just going to give you 257 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 2: kind of a rundown of things that we know and 258 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 2: then moving on. So we have Abby who has decided 259 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 2: to come to this new town with her contankers Kat Reggie, 260 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 2: to open a small bookstore. The town, Cranberry Creek, is 261 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 2: not so welcoming of this newcomer, but she hopes that 262 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 2: will change after the success of her first book signing 263 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 2: with popular romance novelist Brooke Pines, who is a resident 264 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: of that area. With the help of her friend Rose 265 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 2: she is preparing for the day as Brooke and her 266 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 2: assistant Haley, come to make sure everything is ready for 267 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: the big day the next day, specifically with the list 268 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 2: of demands for the author that has to be in place. 269 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: So she's like, these are the things I require for 270 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: me to be happy here, including scheduled coffee service and 271 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 2: the bottled Nivian water, very specific As the big day 272 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 2: is happening. During the chaos of it all and the 273 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 2: constant complaining from the mamager Nessa her mom, the day 274 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: is quite busy and as Abby hans Brooke her coffee 275 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 2: and her mother hands her her special bottle of water, 276 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: Brooke begins to choke and falls unconscious, and then she 277 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: later dies. We figured out she dies pretty quickly. Brooke 278 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 2: has been murdered and Minnis suspect that's poison, and we 279 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 2: find Abby is the prime suspect. As Sheriff Swift seems 280 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 2: to indicate he does not care. He does not care 281 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 2: at all. It seems throughout the book it's like it's you. 282 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: I don't know why it's you, but it's you. Again. 283 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: Not a big fan of Outsiders. Thus begins the investigation 284 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: for Abby to clear her own name, with the help 285 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 2: of her only two friends, Rose, who is the baker 286 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 2: who owns the bakery near that area who apparently has 287 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: great muffins, and her landlord Marna with her three Dotson's 288 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: Really we love the chaos she she is chaos apparently 289 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 2: with the leashes, she narrows down the suspects. Who is 290 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 2: Brook's mother, Nessa Brooks assistant Hayley, and her best friend Frank. 291 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: So those are her like top three we know immediately 292 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 2: who she suspects. Throughout her investigation. She also meets the 293 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: handsome deputy Nathan. We just throw them in there just 294 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 2: for good measure, to have romance obviously, who she's like, Oh, hey, 295 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 2: how are you? He immediately asks her out, and her 296 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: response is to run away, which I feel like is fair. Yeah, 297 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 2: it's a good response. Yeah. 298 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: Sure, she's she's had a bad breakup recently. 299 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 2: Exactly, that's why she moved in the first place. And 300 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 2: he's like, immediately after meeting number one during a murder trial, 301 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 2: by the way, what's up? She runs away. So during 302 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: this time, we find out that the water the Nivion 303 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 2: had been poison and at the same time, there's an 304 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: internet anti fan named Last fall who's been criticizing all 305 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 2: of Brooks books and that it revealed it to be 306 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 2: a he nessa has been standing in the way of 307 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 2: Hayley's writing career somehow, because you know, Haley says that, 308 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 2: and the sheriff has not investigated at all, but still 309 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 2: thinks Abby is the main suspect. The town has turned 310 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,119 Speaker 2: on her, including a brick being thrown in her poor bookstore, 311 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: all the things, And of course nobody's investigating that because 312 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 2: no one apparently cares who mhy not. Oh, and Brooke 313 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 2: had written a tell all book which makes her mother 314 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: look pretty pretty bad, real bad. So as we come 315 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 2: to the end of the book, we as the reader 316 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: help get to help solve the mystery within the word 317 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: search puzzle. And yes, there is a happy ending and 318 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 2: apparently more books to come. So that's how I'm going 319 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 2: to leave it readers. So if you want to know, 320 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: go purchase this book. You can find it everywhere on 321 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 2: the sites. So, Annie, were you able to guess before 322 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 2: the ending? 323 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: Yes, you were halp with this. Well, I want to 324 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: ask a follow up question to you because I, due 325 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: to time constraints at work, I only did half of 326 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: the word searches and then the final one that you 327 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: have to do, and so there's kind of a I'm 328 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: curious if I was able to guess it, because if 329 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: I was just reading the I was just reading the 330 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,479 Speaker 1: chapter and not doing the puzzle, it was much more 331 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: quickly where things becoming clear to me. But also that 332 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 1: was at the back half of the book, so there 333 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: was more information. So I don't know if the like 334 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: word searches kind of slow you down. And I'm not 335 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: sure did you do every puzzle I did? 336 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 2: I did do every puzzle For me, I am too 337 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 2: used to twisting turns, like big twists and turns and 338 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 2: making up things because I had a whole different scenario 339 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 2: and I really made up this entire or other scenario. 340 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 2: And I remember looking a chapter thirty eight and saying, oh, 341 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 2: I know who in this I was wrong. 342 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: It's fifty chapters by the way, listen, yeah. 343 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. So because I kept going back and forth, I'm 344 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 2: like this, no, that can't be right, all these things, 345 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 2: and then I'm like, okay, this is a simple, sweet book. 346 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 2: I think I overthought this. 347 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: I have to say, this is hard to talk about 348 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: without spoiling things. 349 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 2: Mm hmm. 350 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: But I was immediately comically, very tellingly suspicious of the 351 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: handsome deputy. But I think that was my own issues. 352 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 2: Like what would men be here? Like that was when 353 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: he was introduced. I immediately was like, it's either him, 354 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 2: but also Shareff. I was like, also, yeah, these two 355 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: are the worst. 356 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we have. We had a lot more 357 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: like conspiracy theories going on. 358 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 2: Also men like apparently that's their whole narrative in this thing. 359 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 2: But yeah, so I did the same thing again. Like 360 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 2: I said, I guess wrong again, way too much conspiracy 361 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 2: in mind. I had too much time to think about this. 362 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: Very funny to me, I can't wait till you'll have 363 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 1: to tell you. 364 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 2: But I was like, oh, this is okay, all right, 365 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 2: my bad, I'm back now again. Love this cozy way 366 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 2: of doing a word search. I will definitely look into 367 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 2: the other books as well. There are themes. Obviously, it's 368 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 2: trying to find a new life, like she up and left. 369 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 2: We don't know much about her past. I wonder if 370 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: we're going to come back to that because it obviously 371 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 2: was so bad because the dude cheated on her with 372 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 2: three of his office coworkers, and I was like, oh 373 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 2: my god, how do you have time for that. 374 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, just gives me a headache. 375 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 2: Right right, So immediately like that was okay, she needed 376 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 2: to come through, and then being welcomed by Rose and 377 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 2: Marna was very sweet. I love also the cat he 378 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 2: is also chaos. Reggiet is very upset about his dinner. 379 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 2: She takes it for walks. That was my favorite part. 380 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 2: I'm like, I know that's more and more common now, 381 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 2: but I love that this has become a thing in 382 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 2: here because she took it for a walk while she 383 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 2: went to try to figure out what was going on. 384 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 2: Then she took it to the bakery. 385 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: Didn't she attack? Didn't Reggie attack Nessa? Reggie attacked somebody. 386 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 2: Reggie attacked a few people. We're not gonna lie. It 387 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 2: went after a few was not a fan of a 388 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 2: lot of things, and Nessa was not the nicest of 389 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 2: people and caused a lot of chaos in the town 390 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 2: as well. All of Vanessa and her daughter both had 391 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 2: pretty bad reputations in the town as being overly controlling 392 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: and Karen's of the of the neighborhood or the community, 393 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 2: but very rich because there was mentions of mansions involved 394 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 2: in here. Lots of mansions. We do again see a 395 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 2: small romance possibly forming and against again the very handsome 396 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 2: deputy Nathan. Mm hmmm, kind of comes out of left field. Sure, 397 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 2: why not, let's let's do that again. Mentions of great muffins. 398 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, because it's such a short book, a 399 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: lot of these things do move very quickly. Yes, So 400 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: one of the things that I was struck by was 401 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: also rose like the friendship with Brose kind of came 402 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: up really quickly. I was like, oh, but I'm glad 403 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: there's great friendship. I'm very happy for it. But a 404 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: lot of it does me very quickly. Yeah, And I 405 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: know listeners have heard at least me talk about I 406 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 1: do love a good mystery. I do love solving puzzles. 407 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: I love the tropes of it. And so this was 408 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: also an interesting way to very quickly go through a 409 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 1: lot of the tropes because you had your three main suspects, yep, 410 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: and they kind of each filled a certain trope, and 411 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: they would each come to her and be like, actually, 412 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: this is the person you should be looking into because 413 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: of this reason, and so that that was fun to 414 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: see them in such quick succession of you caught me. 415 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: I did do that, but I didn't do this. 416 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 2: It was her, but I was still her friend, but 417 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: I still cared. Yeah, it was interesting because we do 418 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 2: have each one of them telling her they don't believe 419 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: she would murder Brook and then the sheriff was like, no, yeah, 420 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 2: but you used to. I have no other reason to 421 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 2: believe it. But no one else believes it. But I do. 422 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: I know because I mean it kind of talked them. 423 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 2: Oh sorry, but then they each one of them said 424 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 2: he refused to listen or he refused to look into 425 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: Every single one of them said this, which made me 426 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 2: a little suspicious. I was like, wait, But also he 427 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 2: gets to be the hero in the end too, I'm like, wait. 428 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, what Yeah. I also love that she kind of 429 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: runs from the cops at one point. That was great. 430 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: I can't blame her, but are we sure? 431 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 2: Because I thought this is gonna be one of those 432 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 2: miscommunication where he's like, you're in danger type of thing, 433 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 2: or tried to help her, but she's running away from 434 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 2: fear of I also love that she ends up banging 435 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 2: on the bakery at five am with her hand, like 436 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,199 Speaker 2: the way that the scripture is. I was like, you 437 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 2: know what, that desperation is real? Yeah, I get it. Yeah. 438 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: There's a scene where Abby and Rose are at like 439 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: a nice dinner and then Nessa like crashed. Yeah, and 440 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: it's like drenking champagne or something and ordering escarco. 441 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 2: Not lackling wine. That's what dare you. 442 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: And I there was something very funny about that seemed 443 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: to me just because you know, Nessa's been horrible to Addy, 444 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: to like everybody. But she's there saying I think they're 445 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: trying to kill me too, and here's why and I 446 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: didn't do it. But just having like these three women 447 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: around the table and that kind of overbearing mom trope. 448 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: But also she was so kind of comically unaware about 449 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: she was coming across. 450 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: Also talking about how delicious Nathan is. Deputy Nathan is 451 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 2: she can I'm like, that's I guess when we're driving 452 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 2: all the point. 453 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: He looks good. Real you made your point, Cleary, Yes, 454 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: she's That's why she was like, Okay, maybe I will 455 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: date him. I don't know now that Nansa's told me 456 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 1: he's a catch. 457 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 2: He's a catch apparently. Oh yes, this entire book it's 458 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 2: actually really cute. I really love the illustrations there. There's 459 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 2: like pictures of the cat throughout the beginning has a 460 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 2: wonderful map of the town map of Cranberry Creek, and 461 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 2: then yeah, you get to see little tidbits of illustrations throughout. 462 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 2: The cat is the main draw again, it's also the 463 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 2: low key hero of the book. He kind of solves 464 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 2: the whole thing. I feel like the R two two Yeah, 465 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 2: maybe definitely, definitely, don't you say that? And then it 466 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 2: does have again, like I said, the end has all 467 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: of the answers if you do get stumped or need 468 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 2: some help or just an overlap and check. They circle everything, 469 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 2: so they are circlers. Yeah. 470 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: I saw that when I was like flipping through the 471 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: pages and circle. Yeah, the circle that's in the key 472 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: in the back, yes, key. 473 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,479 Speaker 2: So like it's very cute. So the other books are 474 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 2: murdered by Muffin, which you can get it right now, 475 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 2: and apparently I was wrong the Murder before I Do, 476 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 2: which is the third book I was talking about that's 477 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 2: released this month. It's not released yet. It's not gonna 478 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 2: be released till twenty seventh. So if you're listening when 479 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 2: this is released, which will be January twenty third, twenty 480 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: twenty six, then you're too early. You gotta wait till 481 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 2: the end of this month to get this book, and 482 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 2: then in March of twenty twenty six that will be 483 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 2: Murder on Vacation. Oh yeah, yeah, it's so very cute. 484 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 2: Murder by Muffin maybe my favorite title though. 485 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: It's fun. It's alliterative. Yeah, it's so so. I mean, 486 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: this was a nice This is very cozy. It's a bookstore. 487 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: It was like autumnal vibes. It's cats, this bakery. Uh, 488 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: there's coffee. 489 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 2: Yeah again. And she has so like the different series 490 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 2: that I see her. Have a very murder mystery, the 491 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 2: Beach Bay Mystery, which is, like the title is a 492 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 2: very flavored obituary. I love a good pun. I do 493 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 2: a fudge flavored grudge. 494 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: Oh that's fun as well. 495 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 2: And then a lime flavored crime we love. 496 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: There's a lot of foods death by food. Anytime somebody, 497 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: you know, like mystery says I have a food allergy, 498 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 1: I'm like, that's it. 499 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 2: That's the death. Also just death by She has the 500 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,719 Speaker 2: Bees Bakery Mysteries, and it's death and donuts, death by 501 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 2: a cookie, dough, Devil's food cake and death and death 502 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 2: Danish pastry and death like it's succinct nothing else. There's 503 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 2: a book called The butter Cream Murder. Oh no, there's 504 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: also a murder By Milkshake. So we got a lot. 505 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 2: We got a lot of options. We've got burger mysteries. Okay, 506 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 2: all right, she really does like food, you know what. 507 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 2: And then there's a oh so I believe her other 508 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 2: names she publishes under as Allied Cat. 509 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I like it though. 510 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,239 Speaker 2: All right, all right, so I feel like this is 511 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 2: really cute. I love that this is what she does. 512 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 2: I love the best of our genre because it does 513 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 2: feel very cozy to be able to do mysteries. You know, 514 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 2: this kind of like very throwback old school touch grass 515 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 2: type of literature because you can kind of come back 516 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 2: to the old school. The word search because they've been 517 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 2: around for a long while and they are really soothing, 518 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 2: Like I have stories. My aunt and I would race 519 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 2: each other trying to be each other's time and how 520 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 2: quickly we can solve word searches. Oh yeah, oh yeah, 521 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 2: this is what I did for a summer, for a 522 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 2: few summers. 523 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: I love how I do this too, But I love 524 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: how you took a relaxing activity and turned it into 525 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: a race. 526 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 2: I think this is her way of trying to tire 527 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 2: me out, also to put me in my place and 528 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 2: be like, you're not smarter than me, kid, I was 529 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 2: probably like ten. Anyway, I think this is really cute. 530 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 2: This was kind of a break from or coming back 531 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 2: in easily with something fun and relaxing, with everything going 532 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 2: to hell in a handbasket as it fills. I'm sure. 533 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 2: I mean, we're gonna have some amazing books this year. 534 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: We're gonna have some great options. If you have any suggestions, 535 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 2: you know we also love themes, please let us know. 536 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 2: If you have anything like this that's kind of new 537 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 2: wish to us, please let us know because we love 538 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 2: finding novelty things like this. 539 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, absolutely, and thank you for the gift, Samantha. 540 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: I'm definitely thinking about getting one from my mom because 541 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: she also loves mysteries and more searches. 542 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 2: At least well I guess they're not all out, but 543 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 2: at least get two of them. 544 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think she would really like it. So it 545 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: was fun. 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