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solid mystery, though dated a bit with some viewpoints like suggesting ayearold was “seduced” by her stepfather when even the descriptions suggest molestation and the insistence that feminists occasionally called “militant feminists” dont shave as a vital plot point.
Plus there is a quite independentyearold, gosh I miss that, Mildly conservative bent, several good sounding recipes, and a very goodmystery proving it to be from the lateth century golden age of mysteries, Deliciously read by Barbara Rosenblat and borrowed from my public library through the Digital Library of Illinois/Overdrive, Very interesting. I liked that there was actually two culprits in the crimes, I didnt expect the killer or the other person either! Stellar series that I will continue,stars.
I feel like I need a doublecategory rating system: one for rating books that I find insightful, enlightening, and intellectually stimulating, plus another for rating books based on sheer reading pleasurethe smiles, the silly jokes, description of foods, intriguing mystery.

Do I feel guilty for giving this culinarythemed cozy mystery the same rating as Pillars of the Earth
Nope, I have a great love of book series, I love to get plenty of time to get to know all the characters and immerse myself in their world, So Im glad to get a start with this one,
So Goldy is a divorced mom trying to make ends meet while pursuing her dream of running a catering company, But after a person gets poisoned at her affair she is forced to shut down, When you barely make ends meet, being without one paycheck can sink your ship,
This leads Goldy to find the real culprit, I can understand how a caterer got involved in solving crime this time, It will be interesting to see what justifies it in future books, It was alright. Little to religious for my tastes I made it to the end, but I probably shouldn't have since bad books make me cranky,
The book should have been titled "Catering to Everybody: The Story of a Doormat in a Village of Idiots", This is one of my guilty pleasures, I love light mysteries. I want to see a body in the firstpages, lots of clues in the middle, and the solution in the lastpages, I never try to figure it out, I just skim the surface, suspend disbelief how many dead bodies is a caterer likely to find, really, and enjoy the ride, This was a fast, fun read for a few days of escapism, If you're expecting a crime novel or a thriller, keep looking, This is a straightup cozy mystery, with quirky characters and a smalltown whodunit plot that kept me engaged enough to flip the pages, There was a time or two that the scenes were a tiny bit over the top the driver's ed scene comes to mind, but nothing my willing suspension of disbelief didn't cover.
It's not meant to be a procedural thriller it's meant to be a quick, entertaining read, And despite the presence of dark thematic elements, it was, Overall, good for a day of tuckedin reading, DNF

I just can't work up the motivation to listen to an audiobook that has done nothing but frustrate me, I don't understand why a the protagonist gets shit from everyone around her particularly the men from her exhusband, to her new LI, to the littley/o shit she calls her son, b or why the entire town is filled with idiots.


The writing seems odd and the protagonist is annoyingly repetitive and as subtle as a slap on the face with her 'interrogations, ' It's also disappointing that the one interesting thing about her: formerly being in an abusive marriage, has left no visible, major scars: physical, emotional or mental on her.
I was hoping for a little more depth in her personality, Yes, time heals wounds and she might've decided to find joy in the present rather than think about her past, but as often as she comes in contact with her ex, I was hoping for more serious insight of her mental state during her marriage, rather than jokes about having cooking utensils thrown at her.
Audio: This is thest in the series, but therd that I've read or listened to, and I still pretty much the same, it's just overall o.
k. with some good moments, some installments have more than others, Of the, this isnd I listened to and both have same narrator who is just ok but something dull about the narratingI don't know if it's voice, tone, lack of inflections or whatever, it's just tolerable.
The plot and characters weren't too bad in this one, but glad because of how things turned out, won't cry over some of those that can't be coming back.
However, for foodies or people that love listening to detailed cooking and ingredients of everything catered along with your mystery, you will probably love this more than me.
So unless it's a BOTM, Buddy Read or for a challenge, I won't be reading more in this series until I finish numerous other ones first, It's not bad, I just don't love or even really like, sitelinkDiane Mott Davidson's "Goldy Bear/Schultz" series was one of the first cozy books I began reading, I started with sitelinkLilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who" series and found myself intrigued by the genre, As I began doing background research, I realized it all stemmed from my early love of sitelinkAgatha Christie back in school days,

The Goldy series was a fun read that created a world of characters I enjoyed learning about, Understanding the relationship between the protagonist sleuth and the local police detectives, I quickly fell in line with loving this series, In this first book, the author draws you in and leaves you wanting more providing just enough quirky settings, I think it's a good approach to have two best friends both recently divorced from the same man the conflict setup is perfect, As the series continues, more characters appear and the stories get stronger,

Cozy readers will like this series!,

A unique cozy with real problems with flawed women I loved the characters for the most part, Sometimes Goldy was obnoxiously nosy but I enjoyed being in her head, her son is adorable, and the mystery has a lot of complicated layers, The cop is point blank unrealistic with a lot of information reveal and discussing her doing so much of the case, but he's likable enough, I can't wait to try her Mayonnaise, Dream Cake, and Holy Moly Guacamole recipes, Full review to come. I love whodunnits, so I'm giving Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson three, . . though I found myself hovering between two and three, The big reason wasn't that I'd figured the murder out before hand: I frequently do, even in the hands of Agatha Christie, the whodunnit master,

What troubled me was the psychology of Goldy Bear, the novel's detective, She lacks many talents that would make a career as an amature sleuth impossible, For instance, her former motherinlaw is a drunk who carried a flask in her purse, The best literary detectives, like Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple and Ellery Queen, would have noticed this, inferring much of the woman's character from the act of hiding her vice, but being compelled to indulge.
Instead, Goldy misses this and needs to be told, And Goldy misses sever other glaring clues along the way, This places her in the role of a "sidekick," like Poirot's Hastings, who misses the clues that the master sleuth hones in on,

Thing is, there's no Holmes to piece things together, And yet, somehow, Davidson wants us to accept the dim as far as detecting goes Goldy as the next Miss Marple,

On the upside, Davidson's portrayal of Goldie as a dedicated helicoptermom is spoton, Since Goldy knows it, even states it, but her overprotective love for her boy seems real, As do her money struggles as a divorced mother trying to make ends meet, Other things that ring true are the gossip, the slight griping about men, which is not overdone, but classic "War of the Sexes" eyerolling about the opposite sex.


Flawed but readable, I doubt I'll read another due to the implausibility of Goldy as a detective, but I think readers of whodunnits will at the very least enjoy this one.

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