Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Time to talk books, both here and on #AskaLibrarian on Twitter. My favorite day of the week! I just finished a book I'll review here on Saturday, but I loved it, and I think you might enjoy it, Glen, if you can find a copy (I'm taking my copy to my...
The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle
In 2009, the fifth Haunted Bookshop mystery, The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion, came out. It was written under the name Alice Kimberly, a pseudonym also used by the authors who write as Cleo Coyle. On September 25, nine years later, the latest one in the...
Cleo Coyle – Author Interview
I've been waiting years for a new Haunted Bookshop mystery by Cleo Coyle. I was so excited to read it, that I asked the authors if they'd answer a few questions. It's out next week, and I'll be reviewing The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller tomorrow. I'm glad the...
Have You Heard? – Censorship
Sandie Herron passed on one article, and an author friend mentioned the other situation. I seldom mention controversial topics on my blog. The reviews are my opinion only. I'll bring up controversial topics on my Facebook page, but not here. But, I'm a librarian....
A Willing Murder by Jude Deveraux
I won't say bestselling romance author Jude Deveraux has written herself into her first mystery, but the wonderful Sara Medlar character sounds familiar. If you read Deveraux' website, she's living in Florida, loves boxing and weightlifting, and drives a Mini...
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, brings us a picture book, that, at least in our library, is for adults. The illustrator of Sea Prayer, Dan Williams, matches Hosseini's story with a sharp contrast in colors as the story unfolds. The biographical...