Reviews + Articles
Treasures in My Closet – January 2020
Happy New Year! I'm not really rushing 2020, but it's time to kick off the January Treasures in My Closet. I've read a few of the mysteries already, so I can vouch for several of them. Here's to a Happy New Year of reading! The fourteenth book in the Lady Emily series...
Murder Off the Page by Con Lehane
This is probably blasphemy, but I actually like Mike Cosgrove, the homicide cop in Con Lehane's latest book better than I like Raymond Ambler, the librarian. Ambler seems to live in his head too much in Murder Off the Page. As Cosgrove reminds him "You're...
What Are You Reading?
Did you survive the Thanksgiving crash with too much food? I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends - always lots of laughter and great food. Now, I'm ready to talk about books! I'm reading Con Lehane's third 42nd Street Library mystery, Murder Off the Page....
Happy Thanksgiving!
As I did last year, I'm going to give thanks in reverse. I usually end my Thanksgiving post by thanking you, my blog readers and friends. Instead, I'd like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving, and say I'm grateful for you. I'm thankful you spend a little bit of time...
The Christmas Keeper by Jenn McKinlay
I can always count on Jenn McKinlay for moments of humor, whether it's in her mysteries, her romances, or, in real life. The Christmas Keeper is just what I enjoy in a contemporary romance. It involves kind people with a sense of humor. It doesn't hurt that it's...
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
I'm not talking about a book today. I haven't quite finished Jenn McKinlay's delightful romantic comedy, A Christmas Keeper, and it's not fair to her or the book to review it before finishing. It will be my last review before Thanksgiving. Instead, I'm going to talk...