Read It Forward: For the Foodie/Mystery Junkies

I am so excited to participate in my first Read it Forward!  I am seriously a reading junkie.  I have been known to finish a 400 page book in one night (like last week).  Mind you, it helps to also be an insomniac, but still...  I love reading!  Julie at FourSons and Beth At A Work in Progress are co-hosting this fantabulous carnival.








For those of you who are new or don’t remember the rules, Read It Forward is a book carnival in which you review a book on your blog and mail it to the winner in a giveaway for it. Here are the official rules:

1) If you receive a book from another blogger during this book hop, please promise that you'll ultimately pass it on using this blog hop as well. It can be the next month, or two months, or three months down the road-- not everyone has a whole bunch of time to read, so the timeline is yours to decide!

2) Once you receive a book, make sure to add your blog name and URL to the inside cover. That way, the people who receive that book in the future will know where it's been.

3) You can add a book to the blog hop at any time. So if you don't have a book you'd like to give away this month, don't worry! You can add something next month, or the month after, or the month after!



For my first-ever RIF, I am beyond excited to give away not one, but TWO books!  My sweet (and adorably prego) friend Ashley of What's On My Mind, You Ask? sent me these two wonderful books for last month's RIF:

book cover photos courtesy Amazon.com.  You can click on the book picture to link directly to their review page.

This series of books features Goldy, a recently divorced domestic abuse survivor, trying to support herself and her young son in a small Colorado mountain town as the town's only caterer.  Somehow, she manages to get herself mixed up in murders and attempted murders, and works with local sheriff Tom Schulz to solve the crimes. 

I really enjoyed these books.  Author Diane Davidson does a wonderful job intertwining an enjoyable murder mystery with enough culinary fabulousness to make your mouth water.  Oh, did I mention the recipes?  The recipes Goldy creates in the story are printed in the book, for you to try at home.  And, oh my goodness, do they ever look fabulous!  There is enough dry, witty humor to keep the book fun, but poignant, touching moments as well.  They are certainly not serious, deep reading, but I wouldn't classify for bathroom use either.  They are a wonderful afternoon read.


Want to win these books?  All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what your favorite comfort food is.  I will use random.org to select a winner and post that winner in my Friday Letters of Intent.  Have a book you would like to give away?  Just write up a little post about it and link it up to Julie or Beth.