It's a Pop-Up Summer Reading Giveaway

 

Two of these books will be wending their way to a Coffee Light reader this week! 

This week's mystery is: Will it be you? 

I know I've sadly neglected this sweet blog, and a big apology. I'm hoping to blog more regularly this summer and in an effort to kick off summer reading with a splash I'm doing a giveaway to readers of both Coffee Light and my alternate blog, Buttercup Counts Her Blessings. 

I was gifted a collection of fun mystery novels and I know I won't get to reading all of them. In the interest of perking up Saturday (Sunday and Monday) nights around the country I'm going to do not one, but two, blog giveaways for two mystery novels each. One will be here in Coffee Light, and one is posted in Buttercupland. There will be one winner chosen from each blog.  Leaving a comment on both blogs increases your chances of winning. So please stop by at Buttercupland  and leave that sweet blog a little mystery love. 

There's some good summer mystery reading here with The Terrible Tide, set in New Brunswick, Amends for Murder, a Peggy O'Neill mystery, Murder at the Masque, a Victorian mystery and The Becket Factor, the first book in a series that takes place in Canterbury Cathedral.

Entering is easy-peasy. Just leave a comment about which book sounds most interesting to you. This is a quick giveaway and there's just 72 hours to enter. Entries close at 11:59 PM on Tuesday and I'll announce both winners on Wednesday, June 30. 

I hope everyone is having a good summer. New York City is returning to its usually livelier pace and while it's taking a little (or more than a little!) getting used to, I'm grateful for all that's going on. 

Take good care and happy and healthy reading! 

And the Winner Is...

The winner of this advance copy of The Big Empty is Lavender Dreams. 

 

I wish I had four copies to share and I appreciate every entry and every visitor.  

 

It's been a beautiful day in New York City and I spent time with my college roommate, went to the gym and took a long and lovely walk. Now it's reading time. There's a post later in the week featuring the Mystery of the Week and I've still got a few chapters to finish. 

 

Best wishes and happy reading!  

This Week's Mystery is No Mystery

It's the first giveaway for Coffee Light readers,

a copy of The Big Empty

 

A few weeks ago I featured The Big Empty as the first Mystery of the Week for Coffee Light. I enjoyed it a lot and thought our band of mystery readers would like the opportunity to read it, too. One Coffee Light reader will receive an advance reader copy, thanks to my buddies at Soho Press.

It's an easy entry. Please be a follower of Coffee Light and leave a comment with your favorite mystery novel. To receive an extra entry, dear blogger buddies, a shout out on your blog would be great. If you're not a blogger, you can earn an extra entry by Facebook/Instagram/Google+ mention. Just let me know in a comment if you posted for an extra entry. The giveaway will be open until Sunday, September 2 and on Monday, September 3 I will do a blog post with the winner's name.

In the interim I'm getting ready for next week's Mystery of the Week and finishing Elly Griffiths' The Chalk Pit. It's a favorite series and I'm enjoying it very much.

I feel that the last days of August are the last days of summer, though I do know that summer doesn't technically end for a few more weeks. But school started for years on the Wednesday after Labor Day and the last week of August was the last week of summer. Old habits still linger and I'm savoring shorts, no socks, t-shirts and of course, iced coffee light. What are you savoring this week?

Thanks for visiting and happy reading!