April 4th's Friday Post

Welcome to Friday!  Once again, this week, that means it is time for a Friday Post, where I will be linking up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

For the first three, this week, I will be pulling from Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien

This is the fifth in her Noodle Shop Mysteries.  I actually finished it over the weekend, and I really enjoyed it.

Here's how the book begins:

"I am not going to wear a qi-pao to Donna Feng's party, Mother!"

No, this isn't the motive for murder.  But is it any surprise if I tell you that the party ends with murder?  This is one of my murder mysteries after all.

Meanwhile, on page 56, we get this cryptic conversation:

Megan was home and greeted me with a somber smile.  "How'd it go?"  She was sprawled on the couch flipped through a fashion magazine.
Kikko wiggled her tail at my arrival and got off the couch to greet me.
"Not well," I told her. "You're never going to believe what I'm about to tell you."

What secrets are about to be revealed?  I'll leave it for you to find out.

I really enjoyed this book.  I hope you'll come back next Thursday to read my full review.

Meanwhile, let's look at this week's Book Blogger Hop.  And the question is:

Who is your favorite "hobbit" from J. R. R. Toliken's Middle-Earth books?

Ah, but you're assuming I really know the hobbits.  The last time I read The Hobbit was 25 years ago.  I never made it through Lord of the Rings, and I haven't seen the movies since they were in the theater.  Sorry, I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you.

That's it for today.  Have a great weekend!