So, way back at the end of April, I decided I wanted to start filming regular mystery and thriller novel book hauls on my YouTube Channel and Podcast every month. My aim was to share them here on this blog because I'm a bit of a bibliophile and a game nerd, as you can see by the wall of bookshelves behind me in the video. A Classic Over-Thinker As you can see from the content on this blog, I failed to follow through with my plans to film a monthly thriller novel book haul. Well, I did the book purchasing and put them in piles according to purchase dates, then I kept putting it off because I ..read more

In this episode, I read the first three chapters of The Candidate, a murder mystery novella written by me. Before I read the first three chapters, I also read the book description and share a little bit about the series then I dive into the prologue. Show Notes, Podcasts, and Tools Mentioned Show notes Join The Book Nerd Reader Club Facebook Group Got an idea for a podcast episode? Let me know My Amateur Sleuth Mysteries ** The Lawn (Free short story) Suspicion: A James Lalonde Novella (James Lalonde, Book 1) Duplicity: A James Lalonde Novel (James Lalonde, Book 2) The Candidate: A Rookie ..read more

So, things are changing at the Book Nerd Podcast. Why? A few weeks ago, I discovered that another podcast has the exact same name as mine, but they have almost 88 episodes where, whereas I only have nine. So, I decided to do the right thing and change the name of the podcast to The Mystery Novel Nerd from this episode going forward. So without further ado, let's get on with the episode. Show Notes, Podcasts, and Tools Mentioned Join The Book Nerd Reader Club Facebook Group Got an idea for a podcast episode? Let me know My Amateur Sleuth Mysteries ** The Lawn (Free short story) Suspic ..read more

In this episode, I'm going to discuss my favourite mystery and thriller novels that I read in 2021. I know what you're thinking, "It's been a while since the end of 2021," but hear me out. I wanted to put a bit of distance between the end of 2021 and my reading because I wanted to discuss the books that stood out to me the most. From memory, I read close to fifty books in 2021. Actually, I've checked, and it was 49 books read. So without further ado, let's get on with the episode. Show Notes, Podcasts, and Tools Mentioned Show Notes Join The Book Nerd Reader Club Facebook Group Got an ..read more

As you can tell by the super spoiler-y title of this video, I'll be doing the Book Buying Tag created by Megan Olivier. Even though this is quite an old tag, I loved it so much that I clearly couldn't resist filming it.  After much deliberation, I've decided to share this tag with you over on the podcast. For the sake of transparency, I filmed the original video in April 2020. In light of that, I do make a reference to the lockdown. I've tried to delete as much of this as possible so that you don't find it triggering. Here are the questions: Where do you buy your books? Do you ever ..read more

Coming up in this episode, I will share with you an embarrassingly long and overdue crime, mystery and thriller book haul. Perhaps on a not-so-surprising note, I have read some of these novels. As always, I will endeavour to be as spoiler free as possible. The crime, mystery, and thriller books in this haul were purchased over the last six months of 2019. Yes, some of these books have been sitting in a pile on the floor in my office for eighteen months. What can I say? I'm a chronic procrastinator. Way back in March, I planned on releasing this episode, but my husband started working fr ..read more

As you can guess by the spoiler-y title, I’m going to discuss 13 crime, mystery, thriller and Suspense novels featuring characters who are journalists. I’ve decided to divide this episode into two parts, the first is "books I want to read", and the second is "books I’ve read.”  My love of characters who are journalists stems from two places. The first is my love of the Superman story. And the second, which is directly related to the first, is my love of the hit 90’s TV show Lois and Clark.  I’m not going to lie. 14 year old me had a huge crush on Dean Cain. Not Dean Cain as Sup ..read more

As suggested by the title, I’m going to dive into the depths of my Kindle app and share with you the mystery and thriller novels that are lurking and waiting to be read by me. Don’t worry; I’ve managed to narrow this list down to twelve books. While I’m talking about my Kindle app, I will also get a bit nerdy and discuss my organisational habits with you. I also plan to do an episode focused on what’s in my audible library, but I won’t share that next. Why? Because I realise that there will be several shows in a row focused on my reading habits, and I want to start talking about books becaus ..read more

Here are all the books I plan on reading. Since I first uploaded my very first book haul, I've been considering whether I should share a video once a month talking about what's on my TBR list, but I've shied away from this idea because I can't seem to stick to a reading schedule. I always seem to find another book that promises a more exciting read than what I had planned.   Now that I'm eight books behind in my annual reading goal, I've decided to bite the bullet and attempt to stick to my TBR plans.   So, without further ado, let's get into discussing what I plan to read.   ..read more

As you can probably tell by the super spoiler-y title of this video, I’m a writer, and I’m in a reading slump. I find this super embarrassing because, at the moment, all I’m doing is writing, editing, and preparing my books for publication. At the beginning of 2019, I set a reading goal to reach 40 books by the end of the year. My reasoning behind that was to read more books every year. As the years have gone on, I’ve achieved this goal.   So, how do you get out of a reading slump?   Before I answer that question, first, let us take a look at the hole I’ve dug for myself.   T ..read more