Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
Heat, humidity, rain, lack of power, work. In Richard's case, I hope you have new glasses. All kinds of reasons you might be busy this week. I hope you found time to read. If you've read earlier blogs this week, you know I'm snowed under, using some of Sandie...
Have You Heard? Juliet Blackwell’s Synchronized Sorcery
Thank you again to Sandie Herron. Her reviews are a lifesaver right now. Today, for "Have You Heard?", she's talking about the audiobook of Juliet Blackwell's Synchronized Sorcery. Synchronized SorceryWritten by Juliet BlackwellNarrated by Xe SandsSeries: ...
The Bookshop of Second Chances by jackie Fraser
I felt so guilty about The Bookshop of Second Chances that I finally bought my own copy. Because I had so many other books to read, Jackie Fraser's charming debut novel was sitting on a table with a bookmark stuck at chapter four. I finally picked it up again over...
Have You Heard? Dianne Freeman’s A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
I'm slammed this week. I have books to finish for Library Journal's Day of Dialogue so I can send the questions to the four debut authors on the panel. I'm also on deadline for book reviews for them. That means I really appreciate the reviews from Sandie Herron for...
The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon by Marcy McCreary
How do authors handle a police procedural written nowadays? Marcy McCreary's debut, The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon, introduces a fifty-three-year-old police detective who questions her own actions after a shooting. In fact, Detective Susan Ford questions the...
London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency by Kate MacDougall
While the title, London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency might sound like a romantic comedy, it's actually Kate MacDougall's memoir. At times, it reads like a romcom, but it isn't. In October 2006, Kate once again broke something at her job at Sotheby's. She did it...