Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
This week, I'm finishing a book recommended by two people, columnist Connie Schultz, and my friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. Elizabeth Catte is a writer and historian from East Tennessee. She holds a PhD in public history. Her nonfiction title, What You Are...
Hope to Read Pile
Today isn't Thursday. That means I'm not going to discuss the nonfiction title I'm reading after eight days and ten mysteries. I'll discuss that tomorrow with "What Are You Reading?" Instead, I'm going to mention the three books on my "Hope to Read Pile". Most...
Have You Heard? Out of Circulation by Miranda James
I'm on deadline this week for book reviews, so it's always helpful when I can turn to one of Sandie Herron's reviews of audiobooks. She reviewed the fourth in Miranda James' Cat in the Stacks mystery series, Out of Circulation. I hope you "check it out." Out of...
When the Flood Falls by J.E. Barnard
J.E. Barnard's debut novel, When the Flood Falls, introduces three troubled women who have to fight past their fears. Despite their initial distrust of each other, they find common ground in their need to find a killer. Lacey McCrae's husband, a fellow officer in...
Have You Heard? – Charlaine Harris’ Dead as a Doornail
I know some of the blog readers listen to audiobooks, which I don't do. So, I appreciate Sandie Herron's reviews of those books for Have You Heard? Today, Sandie reviews Charlaine Harris' Dead as a Doornail. Thank you, Sandie. Dead as a Doornail Sookie Stackhouse...
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
I didn't know what I was actually picking up when I checked out Neil Gaiman's fairy tale, The Sleeper and the Spindle. Earlier this week, I mentioned his quote, "I like stories where women save themselves", and he was talking about fairy tales. The Sleeper and the...