Bibliophile Mystery (7 books in series)
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review 1: I enjoyed this cozy little mystery. Our main character was a bookbinder, so I learned a little about the art and craft of rebinding books. I'm such a nerd that I think that would be really awesome to be able to do. Our protagonist was a little goofy, which gave the book some humo...
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review 1: This was fun! Met Brooklyn's sister, blad by choice Savannah and Derek's cryptographer brother, Dalton and these two get along very well from the word go! Savannah who is a Cordon Blle chef requests that Brooklyn rebind a very old cookbook that her ex-boyfriend and chef, Baxter...
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review 1: It took a longtime building up to the main plot points and then had a set of ridiculous and speedy discoveries to wrap it all up. A lot of the discoveries did not really seem built up to or established. To say the least I found the ending wacky and the majority of the book hard t...
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review 1: This was the first book of this series that I've read, and I enjoyed it enough for 3.5 stars, but not quite enough for 4 stars. I really enjoyed the book theme, and would've enjoyed reading more of the book-related plot. The main character, Brooklyn, has some interesting friends ...
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review 1: One Book in the Grave is the sixth in the Bibliophile Mystery series, and I enjoyed it as much as the first one. When Brooklyn Wainwright is given a book to restore, she realizes that it is a book that had been stolen from a friend of hers. While investigating the book, she dis...
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review 1: It makes me want to bind books. It makes me want to read books. It convinces me that I can live without Robert Burns' poetry. It makes me question whether everybody really does love bagpipes or whether a Kilt might be a liberating experience : This book is set in Edinburgh. Did R...
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review 1: Bookbinding expert Brooklyn Wainwright is offered a phenomenal opportunity to appear as the rare book expert on the TV show, This Old Attic. Nervous and excited, she sits with the first guest and examines a rare copy of The Secret Garden. The owner of the book, Vera, tells her th...