📚 Do YOU Have Any FAVORITE Books? What FORMAT?

[Monday 9/14/26]

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What book "formats" do you prefer?

I like HARD COVERS so I can use my "cute" CAT BOOKMARKER. Never found out who ordered it for me, but they sure knew what to get me. 👍

On my "sleepless" nights or "busy" days, I listen to COZY MYSTERY audio books.

Nicole!

[Thursday 9/3/26]

Started to "listen" to this audio book just now as I prepare to "chop" up some carrots for dinner. Anyone else read or listened to it? Nicole!

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Death By Coffee by Alex Erickson.

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When Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki decide to open a bookstore café in their new town of Pine Hills, they decide to call it "Death by Coffee," after Krissy’s father’s most famous mystery novel. Little do they know how well the name fits…

On their very first day of business, Brendon Lawyer huffily takes his coffee…to the grave. It seems he had a severe allergy to peanuts…but how could there have been nuts in his coffee? And who stole his emergency allergy medication?

Fortunately, Krissy’s love of puzzles and mysteries leads her not only to Officer Paul Dalton, but also to many of her new neighbors, who aren’t terribly upset that the book is closed on Brendon. But one of them is a killer, and Krissy needs to read between the lies if she wants to save her new store—and live to see how this story ends…

Share the name of the book; please do not post links 

Yes, I have a new book out: " Life After Death" Resilience, Identity, and Revelations During Grief and After Loss. by Shirley Smith.  It is in all three formats on Amazon:  Ebook, paperback and Hardcopy. It was a number one new release for several days in January!  

📎  [2/25/25] What are you reading? 🤔

I am FINALLY ready to get back to my LUV for reading. 👍

Lol, now to see WHAT is out there that catches my interest.

Happy Reading!!! 🙃

Thanks,

Nicole 👵

 "Life After Death" Resilience, Identity, and Revelations During Grief and After Loss is a new book coming to Amazon this month. First in digital form and later paperback and hardback formats.

Many times we feel as if we have lost our identity in many different situations: divorce, death, career loss, and unfair treatment.  This book is for you if you have experienced any of these losses.  It will help us to separate roles we play in life from our true identity. We are introduced to ourselves as we figure out our true identity.

I would love your support reading the book and reviewing it on Amazon.

Blessings,

Shirley Smith, Author Please let me know that you are planning to review:  Shirley@AksumLiterarySociety.com

I've recently discovered crime novelist, comedian, podcaster Mark Billingham.

His "The Last Dance" was one of the best I've read. It's weird because he is so diverse it's hard to pin him down as author. Good news is there's a 2nd Declan novel (supposedly): "The Wrong Hands"

I've used ebooks even before COVID (I smoke and don't want to ruin books with that). I think post-covid, elderly and susceptible should be considered, yes?

So, there are my choices/recommendations...

  Stephen White is a clinical psychologist/author who lives in Boulder Colorado.  He has written a series of 20 books with a recurring main character named Dr Alan Gregory.  Dr Gregory is a fictional Clinical Psychologist who lives and practices in Boulder, Colorado.  These books are psychological thrillers.   In the books - Dr Gregory's wife has MS.  In real life - Stephen White has MS.

  He is my favorite author. 

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Anyone a member of a BOOK CLUB? Online or In Person? I have NEVER been but since retiring it is a possibilty.

Nicole  👵

   here's a good reading, my grandmother's favorite novel - - - - 

Thomas Mann's "Magic Mountain"

My grandmother was German and read it in the original German, but the English version is very good also...