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What Are You reading?
It's Thursday! Nice warm weather here. I get to talk to all of you about what you've been reading and doing. And, on the first Thursday of the month, I talk about forthcoming books with other librarians and publishers' reps. We do that on Twitter, and I love it....
July Treasures in My Closet
Summer will be half over when these books start to come out. I'll admit, my personal choices from the July Treasures in My Closet are limited. You might find fewer titles annotated than on the list below. Don't forget to check it out. And, let us know what you're...
Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley
I'm usually enthusiastic about the British Library Crime Classics. Martin Edwards' introductions to these books are invaluable. And, he does an excellent job providing the background for this mystery. But, once I was past Part I of Anthony Berkeley's Murder in the...
Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley
I have interesting reactions to Mindy Quigley's Deep Dish mysteries. I was a little worried I wouldn't let her protagonist in the first book, Six Feet Deep Dish. I liked Delilah O'Leary, owner of a pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin. I also liked the supporting...
The Body in the Web by Katherine Hall Page
There's an uneasy atmosphere throughout Katherine Hall Page's 26th Faith Fairchild mystery, The Body in the Web. It isn't the mystery itself that creates that tension. It's the fact that we all lived through some of the experiences of this book. Fairchild does a...
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
Alison Goodman's Regency mystery, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, starts out a little slow for me, but once it picked up speed, the characters and difficult cases keeps the story moving. Goodman's notes say she's inspired by Georgette Heyer's Regency...