Welcome to My Reading Itinerary Monday!
Announcement
Last Friday I received a frustrating email from Amazon. They informed all their Amazon Associates that two features, one of which I use in almost every post, in the sidebars, and on several pages will no longer be available as of December 1. Truthfully they have already been removed.
The features are “Image” and “Text+Image”. I use the “Image” feature the most but do use the “Text+Image” feature occasionally.
What this means is that 2 features that have I used on my blog since 2009 will stop working on December 31 and in their place, a broken image symbol will appear. This also will render all my Book Recommendations Pages along with all of the Literary Escapes by State Pages useless as they will just be filled with broken link images. Also affected will be posts like this one where I use the cover image provided by Amazon and Review posts where I share covers images of all of the author’s book so that you just have to click on them to purchase.
Amazon is replacing these features with something designed for developers who want to build an e-commerce storefront that sells items listed on Amazon.com, or an application that helps others build e-commerce storefronts. That isn’t me and requires programming knowledge I do not have. I am just an old lady doing my best to help authors promote their books and you find books and book deals to feed your reading habit. I am small potatoes to Amazon and this is probably a way to weed me and others like me from their Associate Program.
I have reached out to Amazon but the reply I received was just a reiteration of the email I received.
I am going to have to be creative moving forward making use of the basic covers in some places and adding links to them manually, like in the post below, and making my own graphics with links to the author’s pages to show you all the books in a series. In some places, I may have to use just text. I have to give more thought as to how I will share book recommendations by release date and books by the state they take place in. I know I can’t recreate 14 years of blog posts and pages by December 31 so I will apologize now if you see broken links on posts made prior to today.
I thank you for your understanding of a situation that is out of my hands. I want this site to be a happy place full of Book Reviews, Book Recommendations, Book Tours, Giveaways, Random Thoughts here and there, and what is happening in my life. So many of you have stuck with me through so much over the years and I am not going to let a stupid decision by one company take this away from me. I am going to figure this out.
Thank you for your continued viewing. If you see something glaring I may have missed, please fill out a contact form and let me know.
Now Where are your books taking you
this week?
I will be traveling to New York and Maryland!
Here’s what I read and what I have planned for this week.
Escapes Completed
A Seaside Bookshop Christmas: A Single Dad, Friends to Lovers Small Town Romance (The Turner Family of Bluestar Island)
by Jennifer Faye
Release Date – November 3, 2023
Setting – Island Off Massachusetts
The Great Escapes Tour stops here tomorrow!
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree (A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery)
by Jacqueline Frost
Release Date – October 17, 2023
Setting – Maine
I will feature this book on Cozy Wednesday this week!
A CATastrophic Neighborhood (A Pet Momma Cozy Mystery)
by Maryann Shanesy
Release Date – March 27, 2023
Setting – The small town of Starport Cove and a suburb of the town called Bluffington Hills.
The Great Escapes Tour stops here this Thursday!
Intrigue in Istanbul (A Jane Wunderly Mystery)
by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Release Date – March 28, 2023
Setting – Turkey
My #FlashbackFriday Read!
Scheduled Escapes
Spiked Punch (Maddie Sparks Mystery Series)
by Lesley A Diehl
Release Date – November 14, 2023
Setting – New York
The Great Escapes Tour stops here next Tuesday!
Grounds for Murder (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries)
by Lena Gregory
Release Date – November 21, 2023
Setting – New York
The Great Escapes Tour stops here next week for Cozy Wednesday!
Madam X
by Niobia Bryant
Release Date – April 25, 2023
Setting – New York
I am reading this book strictly for my Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge.
I am unsure if I will be posting a review.
Crime and Parchment: A Rare Books Cozy Mystery
by Daphne Silver
Release Date – November 21, 2023
Setting – Maryland
The Great Escapes Tour stops here next Friday.
Future Escapes
This is one feature that may take a hiatus until I figure out a new way to compile this information.
November 12 – 18, 2023
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Happy Reading!!
Your Escape Into A Good Book Travel Agent
Thanks for the info. Just another way to mess with bloggers and tour companies. I have been having the issue with Amazon not accepting some reviews. they don’t adhere to their standards.