Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan

January 29, 2022

I was late coming to Sofie Kelly’s Magical Cats series, and equally late coming to the series she writes under the name Sofie Ryan. Totally Pawstruck is the ninth in the Second Chance Cat mystery series. And, I know I’m to suspend disbelief in reading a...

Contests and Winners

January 28, 2022

I know there are new entrants to the weekly book giveaways, so I wanted to start the post with a reminder. When you email to enter a contest, I do ask for your name and mailing address. I don’t keep it. Once the weekly contest is over, all the entries are...

What Are You Reading?

January 27, 2022

I hope everyone had the chance to read Rosemary Kaye’s “Favorites of 2021” yesterday. As Jeff said, it’s always fun to read about books I haven’t heard of, or don’t know. There was only one book on Rosemary’s list that...

Rosemary Kaye’s Favorites of 2021

January 26, 2022

Rosemary Kaye is another one of our regular readers on Thursdays. Some of you might have read her letters from Scotland that she’s kindly allowed me to share here. I always love to read her comments about books. While some of them are readily available here in...

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

January 25, 2022

While Eva Jurczyk’s debut novel is called The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, it could have just as easily been called The Department of Missing Books and Special Librarians. First there’s one missing book. Then a missing librarian. Then...