Reviews + Articles
Happy New Year!
Every New Year’s Eve, I take a little time for reflection, to look back at the previous year. While I know 2022 wasn’t easy for many, the pandemic did loosen up some, and it allowed more travel and more time to see family. I took advantage of both. Yes,...
Favorite Books of 2022
Although I sent my friend Kaye Wilkinson Barley a list of my favorite books of 2022 for her Meanderings and Muses post, “What Did Women Like in 2022?”, I said even then that it wouldn’t be a final list. I changed my mind, added a book or two, took...
What Are You Reading?
Today is my last day of work in 2022. I’m lucky to be off then until Tuesday, January 3. I need that time off to put together my list of favorite books of 2022, and to compose the February Treasures in My Closet post. Even with time off, I don’t have...
Hide by Tracy Clark
Tracy Clark’s Cass Raines series won the Sue Grafton Award twice, and was nominated for a number of other awards. Hide, the first Detective Harriet Foster thriller, is even better with a well-developed, broken protagonist struggling to keep her life together...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
With that title, I really should save Darynda Jones’ A Hard Day for a Hangover for the day after New Year’s. I have a number of reviews coming up, though, and I’m working on a couple right now. So, it’s a good time to fill in with one of...
Murder She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran
I’m sure you can tell by the title, Murder She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle, that mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is heading to Ireland, with the assistance of Terrie Farley Moran. It’s Northern Ireland, with stops in Belfast and Bushmills. Moran...