What has Miss Corene Been Up To While Waiting for the Doctor Who Announcement?

Mostly reading cozy mysteries with the MOST RIDICULOUS TITLES:

Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly

In which someone is indeed someone is buried. In a bog.

Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames

Which contains within it the most absurd murder method ever written. Worth reading just to get to the reveal and the hysterical fit that follows.

A Spoonful of Murder by Connie Archer

Sounds like a prescription from an evil doctor: "Take one spoonful of murder and have your grief-stricken relatives call the funeral director in the morning."

But the All-Time Most Ludicrous Cozy Mystery Title has a clear winner:

Assaulted Pretzel by Laura Bradford

When my hold came in at the library for this book, my coworkers and I laughed so hard. So hard.

I love you, cozy mysteries. Never change.

OMG FLAVIA (Speaking from Among the Bones)

GUYS DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A NEW FLAVIA DE LUCE BOOK?

I try to keep up, but as I am not, like Corene, immersed in an environment when the publication dates of all and sundry new tween and YA novels come flying constantly at my face, I often miss them entirely, even when they are awesome amazing incredible clever murder mystery books about genius chemist girl detectives like the most excellent Flavia De Lucie in Alan Bradley's new Speaking from Among the Bones.

This time, I was unaware until some weeks ago when I saw a girl on the SeaBus reading it, and immediately rushed out to buy it.

And then all the bookstores were closed, so the next day I tried to get it out of the library, but all the copies were checked out and I am too impatient for waitlists about 60% of the time.

So I bought it at a tiny local shop on Vancouver Island while visiting my mother.

BUT THE POINT IS I have read it, it's amazing, and guys, this post could be full of so many spoilers, but I'm going to restrain myself because this book is slated to be Book of the Week in our next podcast. Cut for maybe, sort of, vaguely, potentially spoilers.