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Scooby-Doo! And Krypto Mysteries: The Haunted Dog Park Mystery Book Review
As a fan of Scooby-Doo and Krypto, I had to read this mash-up about a haunted dog park. Aimed at ages 5-6, this story is for any aged fan!
Sarah Ickes
Dec 28, 20242 min read


Cozy Mystery Fete in Mechanicsburg
Had a blast in Mechanicsburg, PA at the Cozy Mystery Fete this past weekend. Thirteen authors, their books, and a room filled with readers!
Sarah Ickes
Oct 16, 20243 min read


Cozy Mystery Fete 2023
When you want to go to a mystery author event that is done well - Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop is the place to go!
Sarah Ickes
Oct 17, 20234 min read


Celebrating Gardening, in Miniature Fashion
We have come here together this month, in order to celebrate the honorable art of gardening, miniature sized. In this blog post, I have a few things to note on the impact of miniature gardens, and their fairy counterparts. In the words of author Sarah Rose, cited from her novel entitled For All the Tea in China, "a gardener is an artist: His canvas is land; his medium, plants." This statement is part of a larger paragraph in describing the man deemed the best plant hunter in
Sarah Ickes
Apr 28, 20234 min read


Vinyl Resting Place Book Review
Where to begin? How about we turntable back two generations and find a family owned record shop in the middle of Cedar River, a small town just a stone’s throw away from Austin, Texas? Now, we skip over a few decades and find ourselves in present day Cedar River, where the three Jessup sisters are reviving their family’s lost business that had since succumbed to online music streaming and digital downloads. With the past becoming the ‘cool’ thing once again, everyone in town
Sarah Ickes
Jan 8, 20232 min read


No Strangers Here Book Review
This novel will take you for a ride into the world of horses and vets in Ireland with a colloquial feel that breathes life into the scenes. If I had to describe this book in one sentence, it would be this: A trinity celtic knot of a mystery with two families and the damaging secret that has woven their pasts and futures together in an inescapable journey. While the setting fits in with one of Carlene O’Connor’s typical cozies, No Strangers Here is fashioned more along the lin
Sarah Ickes
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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