We’re celebrating the upcoming release of my third Food Lovers’ Village mystery, BUTTER OFF DEAD (July 7—save the suspense and pre-order it now!), with a glimpse of some of your favorite authors’ prized collections.
Today, we get a glimpse of one of those unintended collections with Kate Carlisle, author of the Bibliophile Mysteries—her newest paperback is THE BOOK STOPS HERE (I read it last winter and it’s terrific!) and RIPPED FROM THE PAGES will be out in hardcover June 2. Her new series is the Fixer-Upper Mysteries, starting with HIGH-END FINISH and THIS OLD HOMICIDE.
“Boy, is Leslie ever right when she says “Collecting can be murder!” While my collections haven’t led to homicide (yet), they’ve gotten seriously out of hand. Okay, you total get why I collect old books, right? After all, I write the Bibliophile Mysteries. But the beavers? My protagonist, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright, would advise me to keep my book collection away from beavers, but somehow, I wound up collecting both. There’s a story behind the beavers, and I’m sure many of you can relate. Once upon a time, I told a friend I thought beavers were cute. Shortly thereafter, she saw a beaver tchotchke and gave it to me as a joke. Another friend saw it, didn’t realize it was a joke, and gave me a second. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera…
And there you go… beavers and books. Natural enemies.
The moral of the story? If you think something is cute, keep it to yourself!”
Keep up with Kate on her website, www.katecarlisle.com, on Twitter: @katecarlisle, or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KateCarlisleBooks.
Leave a comment on my Facebook page or blog, for a chance to win a signed copy of HIGH-END FINISH. Ruff the Cat will choose a winner at random—check back in the morning to find out!
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This book sounds awesome. I love this series
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Thanks, Candace! 🙂
Great idea, isn’t it? Makes me wish I’d thought of it!
Books and beavers is unique. I collect several things but books and elephants are two of them. Thanks for chance to win.
I think you’re not alone in collecting elephants. I’ve seen some beautiful elephant collections at estate sales and auctions.
My hunny has a few elephants. Thank goodness they’re small!
I have a whole lot of animal figurines because my parents started bringing me back some when they traveled and then other people started giving them to me too.
All different animals? That’s charming!
Beavers? The good part is that you don’t find them just anyplace. Funny how those collections take off. Great story!
That’s true! I’m always amazed when someone manages to find a beaver I don’t already have. LOL
There’s one in Wolf Creek down the road from me. I’m sure the neighbors would be happy to let you collect him.
I hate when that happens!!! I think those beavers are really cute, but I like… actually I’ll take Kates advice and keep it to myself! I read the Bibliophile books, but I have never read any of the Fixxer-Upper books so I would love to win a copy! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hi, Abby! You can read an excerpt of A HIGH-END FINISH on my website: http://katecarlisle.com/high-end-finish.php I hope it’ll whet your appetite! 😉
One of my favorite authors—I’d love to win this.
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I’m honored, Sue!
Sounds like a good read for me . Would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway
I collect beads and books.
I think we all have books in common as a collection! LOL You are clearly my people. 😉
I love these books! They are definitely habit forming! 🙂
Yay! I love being an addictive substance. 😀
These books are unique and intriguing.
Would love the chance to win a fixer upper series book! Thanks for the contest!
Would love to win. Thanks for the chance. Have a great day.
Sounds interesting, on my tbr list!
I’m new to the series, so I need to catch up.
I only collect books. I live in a small house and don’t have room for a lot of knickknacks. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of this book!
If I could only collect one thing, it would be books for me, too! 🙂 Good luck, Barbara.
WoUld love to read A High End Finish. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love Kate Carlisle’s books!
Thank you, Ann! I can’t tell you how much it means to hear that.
Never would have thought to combine books and beavers ;-), but now that I think about it I have an odd assortment of things nestled in among my books and on a large tray on my desk. Good advice to keep it to yourself! Enjoy all your series and having fun with these collection blogs, Leslie.
The tray is a great idea — a way to corral those bits that seem to find their way to us. And to put a favorite tray to use at the same time!
Glad you’re enjoying the glimpse of authors’ collections — more to come!
I love the beaver story. Thank goodness my only collections are books and concert ticket stubs. I hate dusting, so knick knacks aren’t my thing. Thanks for the chance to win!
May I presume that you only collect tickets stubs from contests you’ve personally attended? Or will you collect any stub someone gives you?
LOL, Kate!
This book is on my TBR list. Thank you for the chance. I just signed up for your newsletter.
This Book is on a wish list and I wish I could win it! Thanks for the chance…
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Posted for Jenne Turner:
My mother has a similar story to your beaver story but hers had a twist. She received one owl and wanted to place it so the gift giver would see that she liked it but she didn’t want to have to see it all the time so she placed it in the guest bathroom. So other guests to our home would see the owl and think that they should get my mother an owl. Soon that bathroom and about 25 owls on the counter top. One guest soon commented that it was tough to go with all those eyes watching her and so soon after, the flock started disappearing or outright breaking until the counter was clear again.
What a funny twist to the story — thanks for sharing it!
LOL!!!! What a great story!
I love Kate Carlise’s books! They are just delightful to read. Have a great evening! Doodlesink@hotmail.com
Thank you, Kathe! 🙂
I have a large collection of paperbacks. No more room to store them, now I depend on our library for your books