Reviews + Articles
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...
Barbara Nickless, Guest Author
On Barbara Nickless' website, https://www.barbaranickless.com/, it says she was a technical writer, instructional designer, raptor rehabilitator, astronomy instructor, sword fighter and piano teacher before turning seriously to writing. She's the author of four...
July Treasures in My Closet
July! Hard to believe I'm talking about July book releases. This year, when we ask where does the time go, we all know what happened to it. My internal calendar is so off this year. Anyways, it's time to talk about July releases. Hopefully, with libraries starting...
Distractions
Monday is the July Treasures in My Closet post, so I hope people show up today for the weekly conversation. How are you doing? Do you need distractions? What are you doing if you can't push yourself to read a book? I slept late yesterday, or I should say, I went back...
Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
One of my librarian friends has been recommending Ellie Alexander's Bakeshop mysteries to me for a couple years. I finally picked up the first in the series because I was so satisfied with the forthcoming book in Alexander's Sloan Krause series. I like the solid cast...
The Blues Don’t Care by Paul D. Marks
As much as I loved Paul D. Marks' mystery, The Blues Don't Care, it's going to be a difficult book to review. The summary won't give away anything that isn't on the book jacket. However, I'll never be able to capture and define the voice and the atmosphere Marks...