Carousels and Characters: Magical Mystery Book Club
by Elizabeth Pantley
About Carousels and Characters
Carousels and Characters: Magical Mystery Book Club
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
9th in Series
Better Beginnings, Inc. (February 5, 2025)
Print length : 249 pages
Digital ASIN : B0DGVX668R
This book club is whooshed right into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group of brave members must solve the mystery and reach The End to get out of the book.
In each book of the series, they travel to a different world and meet paranormal characters. It could be shifters, fairies, genies, ghosts, or anything else! It’s so much fun, you’ll wish for a book club like this!
In this book journey, they travel to an enchanted amusement theme park. It’s a magical, wonderful place, but something is disturbing the park. Robberies are occurring from every ride. It began with little things, like props or costumes, but now the stakes are rising.
The book club has entered this story so that they can find out who is behind the thefts and stop the problem. Hopefully, they can do it before chaos strikes the entire theme park and closes it down, leaving hundreds of workers jobless and thousands of park visitors disappointed.
GUEST POST
How I Pick a New Book to Read
By Elizabeth Pantley
Author of Magical Mystery Book Club series
I love to read cozy mysteries, and there are about a gazillion choices out there! My to-be-read pile could house a small library! Or maybe, a medium sized library! How do I pick the next book to start? It’s a serious decision every time, especially because I’m a series reader. I like to hang out with a cast of characters and a setting for many books, so I lean toward series books. The characters become familiar – and usually they become friends.
You may have your own method, but this is how I choose which ones to add to my Kindle.
The Cover
Yes, you can judge a book by its cover! A professionally designed cover tells me this author is serious about their career and works hard to give you their best presentation. Likely they’ve worked just as hard—or harder—on their manuscript.
The Title
As an author, I know it can be harder to pick a great title than it is to write the whole book! How on earth do you summarize 200 pages in a few words? The individual book title and the series title are both important to me, and they play a big part in my decision making. They should tell me in a few words exactly what to expect inside. Most do, and those that don’t often end up in my Did Not Finish pile.
The Blurb
As an author, I know that the second hardest thing to write (after the title!) is that short summary. How do you summarize an entire book in a couple paragraphs and make it enticing without giving away spoilers? It’s hard! Sadly, many authors aren’t salespeople, so they have a hard time summarizing their book into a paragraph or two. I’ve come to be forgiving on this part! However, I look for the things that I enjoy most in a book and avoid topics that don’t interest me. Even a poorly written blurb usually provides enough information to tell me if it’s my cup of tea.
The Reviews
Reviews are super important to my decision making. I look for patterns in the reviews – if lots of people repeat the same sentiment, that’s a sign it’s something to believe. I avoid the outlying reviews – one person who didn’t like the book because they don’t like cats (when there is a cat on the book cover…) won’t deter me from choosing a book! But an overall theme in the reviews most often leads me to a good choice.
The Series
Once I get to know a setting and a group of characters, I love to stay with them for a while. I’ll rarely choose a book with less than five books in the series. Five or more books give me a great reading experience. The other thing I like to see is that it’s an ongoing series. If the newest book is just released, or about to be released it’s a good sign I’m in for a longer read. If the series is old, but well-loved, I’ll still dive in – especially if it’s a long series.
Well, there you have it! That’s how I pick a new book to read. Hope it helps you to select your next new reading experience!
About Elizabeth Pantley
Elizabeth writes well-loved cozy mysteries in two series: The Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic book series and the Magical Mystery Book Club series.
Elizabeth lives in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona, two very different places. Both are rich, gorgeous, natural places, and inspire the settings in many of her books.
Author Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DestinyFallsMysteryandMagic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/destinyfallsmystery/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/series/345907-magical-mystery-book-club
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/elizabeth-pantley
GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/345907-magical-mystery-book-club
Purchase Link: Amazon
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Ruff Drafts 
Sounds like a book I will like.
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