Monday, September 19, 2016

Of Ice Machines and a Giveaway!

By Sassy Cabot from the Read ’Em and Eat mysteries by TerrieFarley Moran


Hello everyone, it is good to see you again. Well you may not remember what today is, after all, who would? (Cady Stanton would of course—he loves arcane facts) Today, September 19th , is the anniversary of the day that the Continental Congress passed the first budget of the soon-to-be United States. This morning when Cady started babbling about the Continental Congressional budgets, I tuned him out instantly because it reminded me of the time Bridgy and I were battling over buying a new ice machine. (You may have followed the shopping and negotiating if you hung out with us in Caught Read-Handed.)

As the keeper of the purse for the Read ’Em and Eat Café and Bookshop, I assured Bridgy, who, as you know, is my business partner, that I did understand we would be in massive trouble if the ice machine died completely. Fort Myers Beach is in South Florida and it does get mega hot. But I kept hoping we could stretch the life cycle of our clunky, unreliable ice machine into the next fiscal year. Bridgy was totally focused on being forced to serve tepid sweet tea, soft drinks and lemonade to our customers if the current machine went completely on the fritz.

Fortunately Miguel, the café’s primo chef, sat us down with big bowls of ice cream and we ultimately came to a settlement. By settlement, I mean Bridgy won and we purchased a brand spanking new ice machine.

If you haven’t yet followed along with the ice machine adventure, or tried to figure out who murdered a not-so-nice volunteer at the local library, here is your chance. We are giving away a copy of  Caught Read-Handed to one lucky commenter below. Just mention your favorite drink that tastes better with ice. Don’t forget to include your email addy in this format: name(AT)server(DOT) com to avoid the spam bots. Giveaway closes at midnight Wednesday, September 21st.




And here is a note from our author: FYI: On Amazon Read to Death is reduced to $6.47, and Well Read, Then Dead is reduced to $7.43. No reduction on Caught Read-Handed but I have never figured out how pricing is done so I am not surprised.
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76 comments:

  1. lklebackSeptember 19, 2016 at 9:37 AM

    I love cola with crushed ice! [email protected]

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  2. amy guillaume lindermanSeptember 19, 2016 at 9:57 AM

    i love limeade with ice

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  3. petiteSeptember 19, 2016 at 9:57 AM

    My favorite drink with crushed ice is sparkling water.elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  4. Terrie Farley MoranSeptember 19, 2016 at 10:12 AM

    Good morning everyone!! I'm a little spacey from spending the past week in New Orleans at Bouchercon, a fabulous mystery convention. Today I am home but feel as though I will never get my day organized. Small price to pay for hanging out with the mystery crowd. Go readers!! Go writers!!

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  5. travelerSeptember 19, 2016 at 10:30 AM

    I enjoy cranberry juice with crushed ice. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  6. Barb W.September 19, 2016 at 11:14 AM

    I love iced coffee!

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  7. Mary HolshouserSeptember 19, 2016 at 11:32 AM

    Iced tea is always good - and it should be sweetened
    before I get it.
    Looking forward to reading the book.
    thanks
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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    1. Mary HolshouserSeptember 19, 2016 at 11:46 AM

      It's also "talk like a pirate" day today.
      Aaarrggghhh

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