What Are You Reading?

May 10, 2018

It’s Thursday! I’m going to be in an important meeting for part of the day, so I won’t be around mid-day, but I’ll start out with all of you, and catch up. I’m not going to talk about what I’m reading today. Instead, I’m going...

Anthony Award Nominations

May 09, 2018

I wanted to share this today because we might want to talk about some of the books for “What Are You Reading” on Thursday, if you’ve read any of them. Congratulations to all of the nominees! The nominations for the 2018 Anthony Awards were announced...

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston

May 09, 2018

Caroline Preston, the author of The War Bride’s Scrapbook, actually had an earlier book that was similar. While that book centered on World War II, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, was about a young woman in the twenties. As in the later...

Beyond the Pale by Clare O’Donohue

May 08, 2018

Clare O’Donohue wrote Beyond the Pale just for me. Well, not really. We’ve never met, and we hadn’t corresponded before I read this book. But, she sent her two reluctant spies all over Ireland, most of the time to places I’ve been. It felt as...

Cake & Punishment by Maymee Bell

May 07, 2018

If you like Tonya Kappes’ humor and Southern knowledge in her mysteries, you’ll welcome her debut as Maymee Bell, author of Cake & Punishment. It’s once again set in Kentucky, and features a quirky cast of strong Southern women. It’s a...