Reviews + Articles

Have You Heard…Donna Andrews’ Owls Well That Ends Well

Thanks, again, to Sandie Herron, for a review for Have You Heard. Today, she reviews the audio book of Donna Andrews' Owls Well That Ends Well. Owls Well That Ends Well Written...

Have You Heard…We’ll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews

Thank you, again, to Sandie Herron, for reviewing audio books for the "Have You Heard?" feature. I always appreciate it when Sandie can step in when I've been busy and don't have a book to review. Thank you, Sandie. We’ll Always Have Parrots ...

A Spell of Murder by Clea Simon

Clea Simon launches a new cozy series that will appeal to cat lovers with A Spell of Murder. It's the first Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery. Becca's cats mean well, but when Harriet, the oldest of three cats with magical powers, conjures a pillow, Becca now...

What Are You Reading?

I hope you have a book or two to talk about, because I certainly don't. I spent two days in Nashville. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland hotel and enjoyed all the Christmas decorations. I went to a Celtic Thunder concert, and spent time at Parnassus Books, the...

Books & Mortar by Gibbs M. Smith

The author and illustrator Gibbs M. Smith, along with his wife, started his book publishing company, Gibbs Smith, in 1969. He died in 2017. According to the note in the back of the book, Books & Mortar, it's a celebration of his legacy, the local...

A Gruesome Discovery by Cora Harrison

Here's a series I've read from the very beginning, Cora Harrison's Reverend Mother series set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s. I find the history of Ireland fascinating, and everything I've learned about history in recent years comes from fiction. A Gruesome...