Bewitching Books

I've been on a reading spree this last week. First I've found a new gal, whose books I simply adore. Her name is Sara Addison Allen. She's an author from Asheville, NC and the first book I read was called "Garden Spells"! I fell in love with the book because first of all, it is set in the South..so of course any Southern gal like myself is going to like that. And secondly, because it infuses some 'magic' into everyday life. (That happens to be my favorite reading recipe.) I loved it so much, that the very next day I went out and bought her second book, "The Sugar Queen", and I loved it equally as much. The cashier at Barnes & Noble and I, were noting how her books have the same 'magic' formula as "Practical Magic", which I thought was just a movie. But it turns out the movie was based on the book of the same name, by Sarah Hoffman. So I promptly bought that one as well, and have finished them all. I loved each of them, and I can't wait for Allen's newest book due out next year, titled "The Girl Who Chased The Moon"!

But then I was thirsty for more, so I went back to the bookstore again. And this time, it was the title and cover that caught my eye. This book literally jumped off the bookshelf at me, from amid a thousand other paperbacks. I wasn't even looking in that particular section of books. But as I was walking by....my eye just went right to this book as if it were calling to me. So "Trick or Treat Murder" by Leslie Meier, had no choice but to be the newest addition to my library. The cover alone was worth the price with it's foil Jack O' Lantern on shiny black. But then I read the back cover and the 'New England in the Fall' setting is one that I am very familiar with, and see in my dreams as I await to travel there every October. It just sounded too wonderful to pass up. I just started this one, and so far, so good. Thought you might enjoy the synopsis off the back because it really gets one in to the Hallowe'en mood! You can pick these books up at any bookstore, or on Amazon.

"Haunted-house parties and ghostly galas...grinning pumpkins, mayhem and murder. It's going to be one heck of a Halloween for Lucy Stone and Tinker's Cove...It's October in Maine, and everyone in Tinker's Cove is preparing for the annual Halloween festival. While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes, recycling tutus for her daughters' Halloween costumes, helping her son with his pre-teen rebellion, and breast-feeding her brand-new baby, an arsonist is loose in Tinker's Cove. When the latest fire claims the life of the owner of the town's oldest house, arson turns into murder...While the townsfolk work to transform a dilapidated mansion into a haunted house for the All-Ghouls festival, the hunt for the culprit heats up. Trick-or-treat turns deadly as a little digging in all the wrong places puts Lucy too close to a shocking discovery that could send all her best-laid plans up in smoke..."