Book Review: Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstron Courage

Last year, I purchased a novel called Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstron Courage. It is a cozy mystery inspired by the TV series Golden Girls. I am not a big fan of Golden Girls, but I know many people love the show. One of my friends is a fan of the show. They were really excited when they found out there would be a cozy mystery novel inspired by the show. I was happy for my friend, but I didn’t really think the book would be right for me. (After all, I’m not a big Golden Girls fan!)

After my friend read the book, they began to encourage me to buy the book and read it too. After listening to them describe the book, I began like the idea of the book, how it was written, and other parts of it. So, I decided to buy myself a copy of the novel and read it myself.

Before I read the whole book, I decided to try the cheesecake recipe in the book. I talked about it and if I liked it in a previous post. (You can read it here) Aside from talking about the cheesecake recipe, I didn’t talk about the actual novel. I have since read the book and decided to write a review post about it!

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The Sale of Warner Brothers, The CW, and Panic Buying My Favorite TV Shows on DVD

The sale of Warner Brothers has been really huge news for quite some time. It isn’t every day a studio as large, well known, and is over 100 years old begins the process to sell it’s assets (Including the actual studios, catalogue, and more) and start to close it’s doors.

When I heard about it, it was just a small rumbling my friends heard about. Now, we know what they heard wasn’t a rumor and it was the truth. Yet, I began to wonder what would happen if Warner Brothers did close. What would happen to a lot of movies and TV shows I love? Will they still exist on DVD still or will they be available via streaming services only?

After thinking about this for months, I finally decided to star buying my favorite TV shows and movies on DVD.

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Skylar Boardwalk Delight Fragrance Review (With The Summer I Turned Pretty Limited Edition Packaging)

It’s fall now, except if you’re waiting until the fall equinox. Then it’s the very last days of summer! Anyway, no matter what season you consider it, I still have one last fragrance to review from Skylar Clean Beauty’s The Summer I Turned Pretty limited edition packaging.

In my previous Skylar Clean Beauty fragrance reviews, I reviewed the other two fragrances with The Summer I Turned Pretty packaging. (You can read them here and here) The packaging was in honor of the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Now that season three is out, it’s time to review the last fragrance in Skylar Clean Beauty x The Summer I Turned Pretty collection.

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Colourpop x Winx Club Ultra Glossy Lip Review- Musa

When I found out Colourpop would release a collaboration with the cartoon Winx Club, I was interested in what was available in the collection. The product that caught my eye was the Ultra Gloss Lip in the shade Musa. I ended up purchasing the shade Bloom, which I already reviewed here, as well as Musa.

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Colourpop x Winx Club Ultra Glossy Lip Review- Bloom

A while ago, I found out Colourpop created a collaboration collection inspired by the animation, Winx Club. Since then, I have been considering if I would like to buy anything from the collection. I like the collection, but I didn’t want nor need any makeup from the collection. After months of thinking, I decided to buy two Ultra Glossy Lip products. (AKA lip glosses) Out of the two shades I purchased, the first shade I tried is called Bloom.

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Murder by Cheesecake’s St. Olaf’s Cheesecake Recipe Review

Earlier this year, a new murder mystery novel was released. There are many murder mystery novels that get published every year, but this one was different. This one is called Murder by Cheesecake and is inspired by the TV series The Golden Girls.

I bought the novel after a suggestion from a friend of mine who just so happens to be a huge fan of The Golden Girls. Months after it was released, I’m still working my way through it (I started it a few weeks ago and I’ve been quite busy since then.) so I can’t write a review about it. So far I like it and it is written the same way the TV show would be.

Even though I’m still reading the book, there was something about the book I can review now: The St. Olaf’s Cheesecake Recipe.

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Skylar Salt Air Fragrance Review (With The Summer I Turned Pretty Limited Edition Packaging)

It’s July and that means it’s time to review another fragrance from Skylar. I love Skylar’s fragrances and how they are hypoallergenic. For summer 2025, I decided to review the three fragrances that were part of a collaboration for season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Like with the previous fragrance I reviewed, Capri Summer, this fragrance is exactly the same as the non limited edition version. The packaging, on the other hand, is part of Skylar’s collaboration with The Summer I Turned Pretty. I decided to use it for reference photos. Also, just for reference, the third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty will premiere next week.

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Skylar Capri Summer Fragrance Review

I have many beauty brands I love and highly recommend. One of them is Skylar. Skylar is a clean beauty fragrance brand. I discovered it many years ago while searching for new beauty companies to try. I was specifically searching for brands with hypoallergenic products. Skylar was one of the one I discovered.

After trying it for the first time, I quickly became a fan of the brand. I still enjoy their fragrances and enjoy the relief of using a fragrance that isn’t going to aggravate my allergies.

Summer has started and it’s time to bring out my favorite summer fragrances. Since I’m in a summer state of mind (Fragrance wise) I wanted to review one of my favorite summer fragrances from Skylar: Capri Summer.

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AQUA x The White Lotus at Bloomingdales Collection Favorites (As a Non Fan of The Series)

As you have probably read by the title of this post, I’m not a fan of the series The White Lotus. When people describe themselves as “not a fan” of something, it can me different things. For me, I didn’t watch The White Lotus, so I think it’s dumb of me to to claim to be a fan of a series without actually watching it.

Despite this, The White Lotus is popular and currently has three seasons. In honor of the release of the third season, clothing brand AQUA created a collection inspired by The White Lotus. It is also available only at Bloomingdale’s.

For the past few weeks, I received emails from Bloomingdale’s about the collection. Since I don’t watch the show, I initially passed on looking at the collection. Recently, out of curiosity, I decided to browse it to see if there were things I’d want to own if I was a fan of The White Lotus. Much to my surprise, I did find clothing, shoes, and accessories that caught my eye and would wear no matter if I am a fan or not. I decided to compile all my favorite items in the collection in a post to talk about what I like about them.

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Bath and Body Works With Bridgerton Diamond of the Season Shower Gel Review

I’ve been going through my old bottles of Bath and Body Works body and shower gels. I needed to declutter them for quite some time, but I never had the chance to. While trying them, I discovered some scents I like and some I really hate. One of the scents I fell in love with is called Diamond of the Season.

Diamond of the Season is from the Bath and Body Works With Bridgerton collection. The collection was released in Spring 2024, just in time for season 3 of Bridgerton.

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