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What Are You Reading?
Checking in before I head to West Virginia today with my family where we're taking a short train trip tomorrow. But, it's almost a five hour drive, so we're going down today, and staying overnight a couple nights. And, I'm sorry to talk about that and our beautiful...
Recap – Amanda Jones at Bexley Public Library
The Bexley Public Library recently hosted Amanda Jones, author of That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. They joined with the Upper Arlington Public Library and the Worthington Public Library, along with Gramercy Books to bring the librarian,...
The Grim Steeper by Gretchen Rue
It's hard to go wrong with a cozy mystery featuring a tea shop/bookstore, a bookstore cat, and a witch. The Grim Steeper is the third in Gretchen Rue's Witches' Brew series. I like the setting, a small town in Washington. I also like the characters, Phoebe...
Sick to Death by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Sick to Death is Andrew Welsh-Huggins' eighth mystery featuring private investigator Andy Hayes, but you don't have to have read any of the previous ones to enjoy this one. Welsh-Huggins provides enough of Hayes' background to satisfy readers, and he jumps right...
Sunday Spotlight – Laura Jensen Walker
Tuesday, September 10 is release day for Laura Jensen Walker's Nightingale Mystery, Death of a Flying Nightingale. It's my pleasure to welcome her to the blog for Sunday Spotlight. She can introduce herself and her new book. Thank you, Laura! Tell us about Laura...
Furever After by Sofie Kelly
Sometimes, a book just feels as if it finishes a series. I really can't say that the sixteenth Magical Cats mystery, Sofie Kelly's Furever After, is the last book. There's no indication it is, except the wedding seems to sum so much up, and the concluding line is,...