Reviews + Articles
Distractions
How many of you needed a distraction this week? I turned off the television. I really couldn't watch the news. I'd rather read about it in the newspaper. Even then, I can only take so much news right now. But, I was invited to join a Facebook group, Friends and...
Have You Heard? Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
I'm just starting one book, and reading and writing reviews for Library Journal, so it's time to pick up an audiobook review from Sandie Herron. She's been on a roll with William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor mysteries. Today, she talks about Mercy Falls. Thank you,...
You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne
Beginning with Covid-19, I needed a break, so I've been reading historical romances set in England. I stumbled across Lisa Berne's debut romance from 2017, the first in her Penhallow Dynasty series. You May Kiss the Bride, unfortunately, will be the last I...
A Beachside Giveaway
Well, we'll try again. Look at the covers of these books. Does anything say beach more than these two books? A Call for Kelp is the fourth book in Bree Baker's Seaside Cafe mystery series. There's no reason you can't read this if you haven't read the earlier ones, but...
What Are You Reading?
Thursday! Are you ready to talk about what you've been reading this week? I'd love to know. I want to talk about two books. Akashic Books does a series of anthologies that are noir, dark and gritty crime stories, set in various cities around the world. And, they are...
The Clutter Corpse by Simon Brett
Simon Brett, author of the Fathering and Charles Paris mysteries, launches a new series of decluttering mysteries with The Clutter Corpse. Ellen Curtis owns a decluttering business in southern England. SpaceWoman helps people declutter their homes, and most of Ellen's...