
#FridayFeature Reading Up a Storm by Eve Gates
Woot, it’s Feature Friday time! Today’s book is one I picked up about a week ago at work. The cover stolen me and it was with a bunch of other “fall mysteries”. Woot, i love fall. I will be reading this book over the next 2 weeks along with my reread of Moby Dick.
FEATURE FRIDAY

Cozy Mystery | 336 Pages | Pub. 2016
The national bestselling author of Booked for Trouble returns with another charming mystery set in the most literary lighthouse in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Misfortune blows into North Carolina’s Outer Banks when a dead body in a boat on the shore leaves local librarian Lucy Richardson racing to solve a strange new mystery….
After a successful party at Bodie Island’s Lighthouse Library, librarian Lucy Richardson is ready to curl up with her cat, Charles, and a good book. But her R and R is cut short when she notices some mysterious lights leading a small boat to crash into the coast.
The two shipwrecked seafarers survive the ordeal—but one of them shows up dead ashore a few days later. Lucy finds herself again roped into a murder investigation and navigating a sea of suspects, all of whom had motives to deep-six the deceased. And this time, she has a sinking feeling that finding the real killer won’t be so easy…
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
How do you choose the next book to read?
Totally on impulse! I do make a list of 3 or 4 books I want to read over the next few months…but most often I randomly come across a book at work (i work at the library) and just start reading it. As for the list, those usually consist of books i need to review, books for challenges & newer releases I’ve been waiting to read. I’ve noticed that the impulse reads are usually seasonal type books. Last week i randomly picked up 3 books from our “Cozy Fall Mysteries” displays….they had pumpkins or other harvest type covers… yay!!
This post is part of the “Friday Feature” series, which consists of “First Line Friday”, hosted by Hoarding Books, “Books Beginnings”, hosted by Rose City Reader, and “The Friday 56”, hosted by Freda’s Voice. Each week we feature one books and share it’s first line as well as a line from page 56. The “Question of the Week” is hosted over at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. To see all my #FLF/#BookBeginnings/#Friday56 posts, check out my archive. I’ve also recently published my Reading Stats from 2018 as well as my Blog Stats from 2018!
Thanks for coming by! What book are you featuring this week?


26 Comments
Paula Shreckhise
My first line is from Finding Lady Enderly:
I do not wish for all my dreams to come true. After all, nightmares are one type of dream. -Diary of a Substitute Countess
Spitalfields, London’s East End, 1871
For one blessed moment, I was beautiful.
Books In Bloom
Ohh. Very interesting. 🙂
Colletta
That first line cracked me up! I’d love for you to stop by my First Lines and also consider joining the Fall Into Reading Challenge:
https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-lines-friday-and-56-82319.html
Colletta
Books In Bloom
I know. Iconic first line. 😀 I’ll come check out the challenge. 🙂
Louise @ Foxes and Fairy Tales
This sounds right up my alley!
Books In Bloom
I just finished it today. Great book! Cant wait to start the next in the series. 🙂
Freda
Sounds like a perfect read for this time of year! 🙂 Happy weekend!
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Yes, i was super excited to find it. 🙂
Laurel-Rain Snow
Great excerpt. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
Books In Bloom
Sure. 😀 Thanks for coming by too.
Ellie
I love the cover of that book!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first few lines from An Informal Affair by Heather Gray, which is the book I am currently reading. I’m on chapter 17 so I’ll share that chapter’s first line here. “Lia awoke to sunshine and blue skies.”
Books In Bloom
Ohh, that’s sounds like a lovely start of a day. I hope the rest is so pleasant. 😀
Jessica at Booked J
Enjoy your reread of Moby Dick!
Also, I love that so many people are mood readers or are impulsive re: picking out their next read. It makes things so fun! Also, grinning over the fact that you picked some books that have pumpkins on the cover for the display. That’s 100% what I would do, too, haha!
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Books In Bloom
Hehe. I’m the worse about seasonal/holiday type books. Especially Halloween and Christmas. Same thing with music. Since I’m an “adult” now its the only way I really celebrate. Lol.
Beauty in the Binding
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first lines from You Belong With Me by Tari Faris: “Was she really the only one left who cared about this town?”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-line-fridays-you-belong-with-me.html
Books In Bloom
Hmm, that’s a pretty sad line. I’m picturing a quaint little town with a coffeeshop. 🙂 I hope her neighbors shape up. Lol.
Anneliese Dalaba
On my blog, I’m featuring The Trail Boss’s Bride by Erica Vetsch. Since it’s my current read, I’ll share the first line from Chapter 9. “Kitty had never seen so much rain.” I hope you will have a wonderful weekend.
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Oohh, lots of rain. She must live in my city. It seems to rain everyday here.
BECCA WEIDEL
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I shared the first line from King’s Shadow by Angela Hunt but it’s also my current read so I’ll share the first line from chapter 23 here: “Anyone who studied Herod in the days following Aristobulus’s death would not doubt his deep and sincere grief.” Happy reading!
Books In Bloom
Oh Interesting. Never heard of that book but it sounds like something I’d like. Thanks for sharing.
Ashley S.
A lighthouse library? I need to check out this series. It sounds so good! Happy reading! 🙂
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I love this series. 2 of my favorite things: a library and a beachy nautical setting. The book i’m reading now, the next in the series, is the Halloween edition….so 3 of my favorite things. 😀
Literary Feline
A tried and true opening sentence. 🙂 I love a good cozy mystery. This sounds like a lot of fun!
I do a lot of random picking too, although the type of book often will depend on my mood.
I hope you have a great week!
Books In Bloom
Yes, i was so excited to see it. Iconic! 😀
Lauren @ Always Me
Aww! That kitty! 🙂
Lauren @ Always Me
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His name is Charles. Hehe.