Kathiey's World

Quote of the Week  Taking a risk is a scary endeavor. But, sometimes, to achieve the desired goal, we need to take a risk.  It seems since the unwanted separation and divorce in my life, I have taken several risks. I bought a new house. I left my job. I began writing and forged on in blogging.  So here I am, jumping into another risk-taking adventure. I am finishing my second book. That means finding an editor, figuring out how to self publish again. I know I have been through this process once, but it remains an unknown in many ways, and thus it is scary. I find I am most fearful of things I don't completely understand. So to stem the fear of the unknown, I take online classes and watch youtube videos to increase my knowledge and thus decrease my anxiety and fear. You won't find me jumping into a high-risk situation. Instead, you will find me taking calculated risks.  I see this new book as a risk but a risk with reward.  Hopefully, my book will help others as they try to navi

There have been many times that I have come across the term "Cozy Mystery" and even a "Cozy Murder Mystery."  My question was always how can a mystery be cozy, and the biggest question is how can murder be cozy. So I decided to take a closer look at this question, and here is what I found. Here is my YouTube Video on the Topic Most times, in theses cozy books you find amateur sleuths attempting to solve a crime. Many times this sleuth is a woman, although I am not sure why that makes a difference.  You will usually find the setting to be that of a close-knit community where people come together to solve a crime.  Here is how they describe the violence in a cozy mystery on Novel Suspects , "No on-the-page violence, murder, sex, or swearing are the tenets of the cozy mystery genre. While protagonists can and often do encounter some kind of peril in the course of their sleuthing, that peril is never exceptionally violent or dark". "Novel Suspects" a

                      Join me for my five-book reading wrap-up! Here is my Youtube Video (There is an Amazon link to each book.  If you are interested in a bit more information, click on the link.  I am an Amazon Affiliate.  If you click on the link and buy anything at all, I get a percent of the sale at no cost to you...thanks:-) ********************************************************************************* Book 1  "Arsenic and Adobo" by Mia P. Manansala Genre-Mystery, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Food and Drink Good Reads Rating-3.68/5 My Rating is 3.75/5 (click photo below to go to Amazon) Overview I found on GoodReads. The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of