The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen

January 05, 2024

Gregg Olsen has been obsessed with the story of Ida Stutzman for close to forty years. In his book, Abandoned Prayers, he wrote about Ida’s husband, Eli, the tragic death of their nine-year-old son, Danny, and the events that surrounded Eli and the discovery of...

What Are You Reading?

January 04, 2024

Welcome to our first “What Are You Reading?” of 2024! If you haven’t been here before, it’s a safe place to talk about whatever book you’re reading, or what you’ve read int he last week. Feel free to join the conversation, and...

Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ Favorites of 2023

January 03, 2024

Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a Shamus, Derringer, and International Thriller Writers-award nominated mystery author of eleven books with more in the works. He’s based here in the Columbus area. Although we had corresponded, I only met Andrew for the first time when I...

Favorites of 2023

January 02, 2024

The number of books I read this year is a little off, I’m sure. I count 156, plus the 27 I’ve read that are released in 2024, so that’s a total of 183 books. But, I moved, didn’t read for the ten days I was at my mother’s, and somehow...

February Treasures in My Closet

January 01, 2024

Let’s kick off the New Year by talking about February book releases. I have a few more titles to share this month than I did last. Even so, if you have February book releases, please share them. I usually don’t read books called “literary...