Reviews + Articles
The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella
Jessica Chiarella’s The Lost Girls is a novel outside my comfort zone, but one I enjoyed much more than I expected. I’m not a fan of unreliable narrators. What’s more unreliable than a woman still stuck emotionally at the age of eight, who...
Favorites of 2021 – Jan-June
For me, the best way to celebrate Independence Day is to celebrate the freedom to read, and the wonderful books I’ve read during the first half of 2021. Happy Independence Day! I don’t know how many years it has been since Jen Forbus first asked me to...
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
Of course I was interested in reading about J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, the woman who later became the first director of the Morgan Library. Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray stuck close to facts in their historical novel, The Personal...
Winners and Give Me an “S” Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Lockdown. Lisa W. from Akron, IN will receive Columbus Noir. The books are going out in the mail tomorrow. This week, I’m giving away books by authors whose last name begins...
What Are You Reading?
Do you have plans for the July 4th weekend? I know some of you in the Pacific Northwest just have plans to try to stay cool. I’m sorry. I hope you have air conditioning. I know you don’t all have it, just as my nephew and his wife in Massachusetts...
Runner by Tracy Clark
While you could actually read Tracy Clark’s latest Chicago mystery, Runner, without having read the previous three books, you can meet her PI, Cass Raines, and Cass’ found family if you start with the first book, Broken Places. However, Runner is the...