Dead Men Don't Get the Munchies

I love a good mystery, BUT a good mystery, in my opinion, needs a detective that isn't a ditz. I like a mystery that keeps me guessing until the last page. Sure it can be cute or whatever when a plain-jane accidentally solves a bunch of mysteries through pure chance, but that gets old kinda quick. So that's why I didn't enjoy this book very much. It's the third "Cooking Class Mystery" and I started reading them because I was interested in the recipes and the cover artwork is cutsie, but they are not fulfilling my hunger for an intriguing murder mystery (and I'm a bit upset that Annie hasn't knocked boots with her hunky Scottish restaurant owner boyfriend). They are pretty quick reads though, and I guess if you don't pay too much attention to the plot you could end up surprised in the end, but I think you guys are smarter than that.

Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

This is like the millionth book about Hannah Swensen, cookie shop owner and amateur sleuth. Seriously, how many times can the same person find a dead body, in a small town, in less than two years, all involving baked goods?

This one involves a key lime pie at the fair. If you've read one of these books you know how the rest unfolds. So why do I keep buying these things? Because I'm holding out in the hopes that Hannah will start to act her age (she's only like 30 or something) instead of like the old spinster she's written as, and that she might choose between her TWO boyfriends and finally see some action!!! Seriously, two hot dudes waiting around for a stubborn and often annoying chick who isn't even that hot and is afraid to embrace the technology of the 21st century! I know this is fiction, but come on!! Maybe I missed something and all these books are supposed to take place in the early 90's. Yeah, that's got to be it.

murder on the menu by miranda bliss

You guys are making me feel like a total book nerd, and not in a good way. Is it possible to read too much? I hope not.

Anyways, I finished Murder on the Menu by Miranda Bliss, the second installment in the Cooking Class mysteries. In the first book you meet Annie and Eve, who have very little culinary talent, but a penchant for fstumbling across murder mysteries. They don't really solve the mysteries so much as happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and slowly put two and two together. In this book they try to solve the murder of a friend while managing a new restaurant. These are quick reads and they have recipes in the back that you can try out (not that I have).

Hey DBC ladies!

We can blog now! We can post blogs about the stuff we're reading and other stuff that may be going on. So start posting! And don't forget this month we're supposed to read a sci-fi/fantasy book.

The last book I finished was Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joann Fluke.
It's the 8th book in the Hannah Swensen murder series. Hannah's a bit cheesy and most of the time I think she acts too much like an old lady for a woman in her thirties. Then again, I act like an old lady and I'm in my (is 26 considered late?) twenties. And she acts like she's really smart and everyone else thinks she is, yet it takes her forever to realize who the murderer is. That's kinda lame. Anyways, they're easy books to read and I go through them pretty quickly and I like the recipes that are throughout the books. It's pretty much Murder She Wrote with baking. And those are two things I enjoy.