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A Hard Ticket Home by David Housewright
When they say "mean streets", it means Minneapolis/St. Paul, at least where "Mac" McKenzie is concerned. The first of David Housewright's Rushmore McKenzie novels, A Hard Ticket Home, sucked me in. I'm happy to say there are twenty-two more books in the series. Mac...
Love and Other Flight Delays by Denise Williams
I enjoyed Denise Williams' contemporary romance, The Re-Do List, enough that I picked up Love and Other Flight Delays at the library. It's a collection of three novellas all centered around the same airport. It's light and fluffy, and the stories are so short there's...
May Book Tasting
We had our monthly book tasting at the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library on Saturday. I won't always be able to be there, but I care enough that I went there before going to my sister's when family was in. I enjoy the discussions of books,...
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
Over the years, I've read a number of Marie Bostwick's novels. The Book Club for Troublesome Women is the first one that made me angry. It wasn't the book itself. It was a very good book. But Bostwick included so many unfair conditions for women that were in place in...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – From the Dust by David Swinson
I fully intended to have my own review here today, and to save Kevin Tipple's reviews for my trip home at the end of the week. But, the book I'm finishing makes me so angry that I want to talk about it. And, I won't be around much today with the library book chat and...
My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi
I can see why Masateru Konishi's My Grandfather, the Master Detective was a bestseller in Japan. It's filled with mystery, short tales, suggestions of romance, and evil. The author, and the translator, Louise Heal Kawai, lovingly portray the relationship between a...