Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly

July 19, 2021

Here’s another one of those beautiful books I cried over, so if you don’t want to read about a book that takes your heart apart several times, and tries to mend it, a book about love and death, food, music, poetry and Shakespeare, you might as well skip my...

Old Ireland in Colour by John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley

July 18, 2021

Most people won’t be quite as interested in Old Ireland in Colour as I am. In fact, I pre-ordered it, and I was even more interested in the book when I read the introduction about the work of John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley. This collection of photographs...

One Half Truth by Eva Dolan

July 17, 2021

While I love police procedurals, the sixth book in Eva Dolan’s award-winning Zigac and Ferreira series, One Half Truth, is a little too step-by-step even for me. However, it’s an excellent story involving British social issues. Anyone who has followed the...

Winners and Lighter Mysteries Giveaway

July 16, 2021

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Random Road is going to Andrea M. in Chico, CA. Lee H. from Morehead City, NC won Borrowed Time. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away two mysteries that are a little lighter....

What Are You Reading?

July 15, 2021

Happy Thursday, everyone! Are you ready to talk about books after a couple weeks of interesting weather? What are you reading this week? I could go on and on about Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly. I’ll save much of it for my blog review next week, though. I tore...