So glad I found you. Love my mysteries 😊

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I like you because you tell it like it is.

I love your voice.

Just found your channel and I love it. I love your enthusiasm.❤ I love mysteries.

That tea cup looks like a great ice cream dish!

Do you read Preston/ Childs ?

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This sounds like a good one. 😂 we know we're going to reuse our plastic bags!

Outside getting that Vitamin D. It’s been too hot here in SC to go outside. LOL. I added The Lion’s Den to my TBR.

I have The Lion's Den on my TBR too. Happy reading!

All we were promised was sent to me by the publishers and I haven't attempted it yet but you're making me want to try it.Happy reading!😍

Heyyyyy Troi. This sounds exciting.

I’ll have to check this book out 👀

it's fiction

I’m checking you out because of being listed by Black Girl Reads but also because I read this book and struggled and finished it like you did.

I love this series.

Echoes of Honor was the book that I picked up in a grocery store to read on night shift back in ‘99. I quickly bought everything surrounding it at the time. A great series!

Thanks for giving me some new authors to try.

So true about dei. It’s exhausting

Hope you had a good library trip!

👋🏽 Why am I just now finding your channel?? You’re probably the first black male booktuber that I’ve seen that’s still active

So good (though my wallet might not agree...). Interested in what you think of the Tyora Moody series with Joss Miller. I enjoy her writing but feel like it takes a book or 2 for me to get into the character. I read Double Mocha and it was okay. I have the next one - A Latte Mayhem on deck. Have you read any of her other series? I love the Eugeenia Patterson ones that feature a retired Black couple solving mysteries. Very gentle reads. I also like her Serena Manchester ones. I'm excited about Its Elementary! I've read some of her YA which were enjoyable so looking forward to her first mystery! Looking forward to your thoughts on that one. Great post with some really intriguing entries!!

Some great recs! Just added the Nadine Matheson The Jigsaw Man to my list! Maaaaan one can really go broke with these books! I'm trying to use my library more especially for the first books and then invest later when I know I love an author. Trying......

YAY! That was fast. I was expecting to wait at least a day for this video. Thanks, Troi! Making a spread in my journal as your speak.

Really loved this review. And although I AM old, I appreciate as you do, an author's unapologetic political stance against injustice of all kinds. Added!

Yes! Added to my tbr and look forward to the next video on the women authors. Now to visit your videos that have not been coming up on my feed for some reason. Thanks, Troi.

Just checked out Liquid Eye of a Moon. Getting back on a mystery kick and I think this one will be great!

Thank you so much for this review! I first impulse bought this novel and was immediately disappointed when the narrator began fetishizing black men in like the first 4 lines haha. I had to put the book down after reading all the objectifying and fetishizing terms in the first 3 pages. I've read a bit more now and it is getting better, but I was afraid that in the end it would be a book without substance. So thank you so much for reaffirming that this IS worth reading! By the looks of it, it seems that William the character is purposefully problematic and not the author. So that calms me down quite a bit haha

Delia Pitts is one of my favorite authors and I’ve read all of her backlist! I hope you enjoy her new release as much as I did.

I need to do a book video.. I’m in a slump! I’m a collector too .. especially older books ❤

Hello and always lovely to see you. I also got It’s Elementary.

You just reminded me why i don't ever read past book 12. I was done giving her my money 15 years ago

I’m on Chapter 36 and I figured out who that person is at the top of the chain. I knew it awhile ago.

Thanks for this review! I've just put in a reserve for when it comes to my library. Have you read An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon? The author is also Nigerian, and it follows the main character Otto, an intersex child growing up in Nigeria throughout the 90s. It's intense due to the trauma they experience (check the content warnings if you need), but there are lovely moments and relationshps as well. It's beautifully written and Yoruba mythology is woven into the story.

I did enjoy the book and was def a page turner, I was a bit disappointed with the ending but will def continue to read the series of Molly the maid.

Lovely review. I loved the book so much.

Ice latte or cold latte???

❤❤❤ thanks for your reviews.

Susan Albert is a new author to me. Do the books need to be read in order?

Hi Troi!!!! Wow long time no see! Look at you in nature. I love it! I think that I have read some of P.D. James. I have several books though. I will have to check into which ones I have. I have been in a thriller and Romance phase lately. After this video, I might have to pick her books up. I don't know if you have heard of Chris Carter, but he is one of my favorites. He writes thriller/mystery. He is great, and just thought I would share with you. Have a very blessed day Troi. I will try not to be a stranger. I never rang the bell to your channel, go figure. But I did now, so I will get all your new content! Good to see you again! Have a very blessed day!

You have been faithful to this series, and you did it! Such a bittersweet moment, reaching your goal but having to say goodbye to the story. I'm definitely adding this series to my list.

❤❤love Troi in nature!!!

Great review. Having just read Devices and Desires I agree with your overall assessment. What sets James apart from many other mystery writers for me, is the psychological depth of her characterizations. There is always some past incident that a character may brood upon years later, and she shows how that affects the character's behaviour in the present. It makes the story quite a bit more interesting. The dynamics of the police interrogations vary greatly according to the character involved - she handles these elements perfectly. I found the political eco-terrorist subplot to be a bit out of left field, honestly. But the attempts by the young boyfriend to snoop into Caroline Amphlett's past, and especially the conversation with the old housekeeper, Mrs. Beasley were a highlight. You're right that James is a very literate, and at times even literary writer, which is a breath of fresh air when it comes to mystery novels. I had to re-read some passages, and found myself reaching for the dictionary more than a few times. Thanks for the review!

Currently about a third of the way through it and I’m not loving it. It’s a little cheesy so far. I’m going to finish it and hopefully it will improve. So far, I don’t get the great reviews it’s getting, but maybe I just don’t like the “cozy mystery” genre very much. I’m having a hard time with some things that seem unrealistic or too simplified for the sake of the plot. It makes more sense now that I know it’s a character driven story. Thanks for your honest review.

This is my all time favorite book! Lilith don’t play

Wow, you did it in May, lots of interesting books. That is so nice that your 19-year reread turned out to still be good. So yes, Troi from the past knew how to pick em! And I see you... cooking light and getting that movement in. You bout to be summer-ready!

Those bookmarks are sooo cute!

Wow, that is so cool Troi! You are a great reader to recommend to the people. I loved Finding Me... so good, so inspiring. Hope you are doing well. And that is something else that you see folks from LAMH in those streets!

I need to read TLOTR. I really do! Glad you enjoyed it. And love this nature scene.