Author: Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – Whistle by Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social @williammorrowbooks @williammorrowbooks.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whistle #CantWaitWednesday

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Barclay is one of my favorite… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Whistle by Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social @williammorrowbooks @williammorrowbooks.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whistle #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh @melindaleigh1 @melindaleighbooks.bsky.social @fightingfrau @brilliance.publishing #TrackHerDown

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Claire Mason returns home from work late at night and finds an unbelievable scene. Her parents lay murdered in their bed, shot to death. Sheriff Bree Taggert arrives to find the seventeen year old traumatized and alone. What first looks like a burglary gone wrong soon morphs into so much more as she… Continue reading Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh @melindaleigh1 @melindaleighbooks.bsky.social @fightingfrau @brilliance.publishing #TrackHerDown

Audiobook, Historical Fiction

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman @lloigman @gabracadabranyc @gabracadabra.bsky.social @macmillan.audio #TheLoveElixirOfAugustaStern

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Pharmacist Augusta Stern is about to turn eighty and is forced to retire (she’d fudged her age by ten years). She’s lived in Brooklyn her entire life and has no plan for what’s next so her beloved niece Jackie convinces her to relocate to a vibrant senior community in Rallentando Springs, Florida. On… Continue reading The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman @lloigman @gabracadabranyc @gabracadabra.bsky.social @macmillan.audio #TheLoveElixirOfAugustaStern

2025 Challenges

2025 Finishing the Series Challenge! #FinishingTheSeries2025

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

It’s back for another year! This challenge is focused on finally finishing those series that you’ve started but not yet completed. It was previously hosted by Bea’s Book Nook, then by Celebrity Readers since 2018. Now we, Carla Loves to Read & Blue Mood Café, are the new host for this year and excited to… Continue reading 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge! #FinishingTheSeries2025

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale @pipdrysdale @billiefb_voiceover @billiefulfordbrown.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheCloseUp

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Zoe Ann Weiss is an expatriate from London living in Los Angeles. She won a writing competition that brought her worldwide attention, an agent and a two-book deal. Her debut novel failed to catch on and now she’s struggling with the second. Zoe’s dreams of being a writer seem to be fizzling as… Continue reading The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale @pipdrysdale @billiefb_voiceover @billiefulfordbrown.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheCloseUp

2025 Challenges, Bookish Stuff, Meme

2025 Finishing the Series Challenge Sign Up @blue.mood.cafe @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social @carlalovestoread.bsky.social

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

It’s back for another year! This challenge is focused on finally finishing those series that you’ve started but not yet completed. It was previously hosted by Bea’s Book Nook, then by Celebrity Readers since 2018. Now we, Carla Loves to Read & Blue Mood Café, are the new host for this year and excited to… Continue reading 2025 Finishing the Series Challenge Sign Up @blue.mood.cafe @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social @carlalovestoread.bsky.social

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction

Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @kate_rudd_reads @katerudd.bsky.social @brilliancepublishing #RollingTowardClearSkies

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Margaret (Maggie) Blount is a 41-year old physician, divorced and the mother of two teens, Willa and Gemma (sixteen and fourteen, respectively). She and her romantic partner Alex are also part of Doctors on Wheels, an organization he founded and fundraises for, that responds to natural disasters. Her thriving practice allows her to… Continue reading Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @kate_rudd_reads @katerudd.bsky.social @brilliancepublishing #RollingTowardClearSkies

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – One Dark Night by Hannah Richell @hannahrichell @atriabooks @atriabooks.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #OneDarkNight #CantWaitWednesday

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Boy, does this sound spooky. Can’t… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – One Dark Night by Hannah Richell @hannahrichell @atriabooks @atriabooks.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #OneDarkNight #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction

What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange @tracey_lange @snemethparker @demeritt @macmillan.audio #WhatHappenedToTheMcCrarys

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Kyle McCray is back in town. He left Potsdam over two years ago and has returned because his father just had a stroke and needs help. Kyle is reluctant to run into the people he left behind, in particular his ex-wife Casey. They were married for sixteen years and he still loves her.… Continue reading What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange @tracey_lange @snemethparker @demeritt @macmillan.audio #WhatHappenedToTheMcCrarys