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October Treasures in My Closet
It's time for another pile of Treasures in My Closet. Let's check out October's forthcoming books. In Ellie Alexander's Beyond a Reasonable Stout, Leavenworth, Washington has just concluded the Oktoberfest celebration. But, no one is celebrating election season....
Iced in Paradise by Naomi Hirahara
Edgar Award winning author, Naomi Hirahara, sets her new series in Hawai'i, the spelling she uses in the first book. It takes a little time to adjust to the language usage; the Pidgin, Hawaiian, and Japanese words and sentence structure in Iced in Paradise....
Winners & Lies and Lies GiveawayT
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. The copies of Bark of Night will go to Margie H. from Lansdowne, PA and Susan B. of Seattle, WA. Tiffany C. from Dallas, GA won The Scent of Murder. The books will go out in the mail today. Before the giveaway,...
What Are You Reading?
And, today, it's what are you reading. I haven't read one more word than when I posted yesterday. I did go to a concert in St. Louis on Tuesday night, and then on Wednesday I went to the zoo. What a wonderful zoo! Since I didn't read any more of Billy Jensen's...
What Am I Reading?
Did I surprise you? No, tomorrow is the day for What Are You Reading. However, I'm not in town this morning. I'm actually in St. Louis, and will be back this afternoon. I might even have time to finish my current book, and start a new one before we all talk on...
A Better Man by Louise Penny
Because I can never say as much as I'd like about one of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries, instead, I'm going to quote another mystery author. Betty Webb said to me, "I love to see books taken seriously -- and with reverence." I treat each...