Favorite Books of 2013

My favorite books read in 2013 (in no particular order)
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Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle
At Wick's End by Tim Myers
Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin
Killer in Crinolines by Duffy Brown
The Lemon Orchard - Luanne Rice
This Time Together by Carol Burnett
Farm City by Novella Carpenter
Beautiful Day by Elin Hildebrand
Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman

The Cakes of Wrath by Jacklyn Brady

I had a nice surprise in the mail this week - The Cakes of Wrath by Jacklyn Brady arrived. I was the winner in a giveaway from the Escape with Dollycas blog.

From the Cover:
Rita Lucero, owner of New Orleans cake shop Zydeco Cakes, can't seem to stop saying "yes." Even though things at the bakery are busy, Rita finds herself accepting a seat on the local small business alliance - a group full of colorful characters like Chopper Shop owner Moose Hazen and his wife, Destiny, whose personal life is messier than a cake someone left out in the rain.
On a street following a heated alliance meeting, Moose pulls Rite out of the path of a speeding van. Shaken and bruised . . .

This is another cozy mystery with a theme and includes delicious recipes. I enjoyed this book and will go back and read the others in this series, although the author did a great job at acquainting the reader with the characters and reading them in order doesn't seem necessary. I also liked the New Orleans setting - a great place for a cozy mystery.

Hop on over to the Dollycas blog - she has lots of great reviews and giveaways. Definitely worth following.

2013 Goals

Like most people, at the top of my list of resolutions is to lose weight, eat healthy and exercise more. I don't know why I feel energized to get started today, but not yesterday or the day before that. For some reason the start of the New Year is a good time for new beginnings, like only starting a diet on a Monday and not on Wednesday.

If eating healthy is on your list of goals, hop on over to my Less of Me Blog. After reading through the posts today, I was surprised at what great advice I have on there. I must have been very enthusiastic when I started the blog nearly three years ago, but you can see from the  blog that both the enthusiasm and posts have sadly fizzled out.

I plan to rectify that and post more frequent updates (at least weekly). I've dusted off the elliptical and dragged it out of the garage, found the weights and now the rain has stopped, I'll be lacing up my trainers and clipping on the pedometer.

What goals do you have for 2013 and will you be blogging about it?