Reviews + Articles

Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

I'm going to be the first one to tell you that Delia Ephron's memoir Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life is definitely not for everyone. Those of you who watched a loved one suffer from cancer or another long, drawn-out disease will probably not want to pick...

Winners and Next Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Carli S. from New York City won Live, Local, and Dead. Karen M. from San Bruno, CA won A Three Book Problem. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. I'm not running a contest this week. Yes, my sister and I...

What Are You Reading?

Thursday! I'm looking forward to finding out about your reading choices this week. What have you been reading? Catching up on your TBR pile, or trying something new? I should have finished Josh Dygert's The Story Traveler several days ago. After I lent my copy of...

Sandie’s Corner – William Kent Krueger’s Lightning Strike

I reviewed William Kent Krueger's Lightning Strike when it was released because I was lucky enough to review it for Library Journal. It never hurts, though, to run another person's review. I'm in the middle of a book, so I can talk about it tomorrow for "What Are...

The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry

While I liked Connie Berry's The Art of Betrayal, I loved the fourth in her Kate Hamilton series, The Shadow of Memory. The traditional mystery is carefully plotted, and all the pieces fit together beautifully. The characters, the antiques, and the setting always...

And By Fire by Evie Hawtrey

Three hundred fifty years separate two pairs of detectives, but they're linked more closely than either would suspect in Evie Hawtrey's intriguing mystery, And By Fire. While I found the contemporary police procedural more fascinating, the storyline that dealt with...