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Winners and Give Me a B Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. These books aren't going far. Alma C. from Mountain Home, AR won The Art of Theft. The Art of Deception is going to St. Louis, MO to Caryn SC. The books have actually already gone out. This week's contest is...

What Are You Reading?

How are you this week? Kevin, and others in the path of Hurricane Laura, take care of yourselves. Just what we need in 2020, right? Let's just get this year over with. What are you reading? I'm about to start Meg Cabot's new romantic comedy, No Offense. Going back...

Finish the Fight by Veronica Chambers & The Staff of the New York Times

I'm a week late for the celebration of the 19th Amendment. Last week, I watched a play, "Finish the Fight: The Heroes of the Suffrage Movement". The play, performed virtually, was commissioned by The New York Times. The outstanding production focused...

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

September 1 is release date for Louise Penny's All the Devils Are Here, my favorite of all sixteen of the books in the Armand Gamache series. She's had others that advanced the storyline, or brought a climatic resolution to long-brewing situations. This one,...

Dead-End Detective by Amanda Flower

I loved the two main characters in Amanda Flower's first Piper & Porter mystery, Dead-End Detective. And, I like a cozy mystery that features a detective agency. It's not quite as cozy as some books. Best of all, it took me forever to figure out who was the...

The Answer Is…by Alex Trebek

The other day on the blog, Glen Davis said he had met Alex Trebek, and "He's everything you might expect. Handsome, suave, smart and amazingly modest." That's exactly how he comes across in his memoir, The Answer Is...Reflections on My Life, a humble man who...