Reviews + Articles
Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein
The disease of the year must be ovarian cancer. Last month, I reviewed The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth. Hepworth's novel focused as much on the daughter as the dying mother, because the daughter suffered from Social Anxiety Disorder. There's a dying mother...
Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry
Anne Perry's Murder on the Serpentine wraps up the story of Thomas and Charlotte Pitt as we know it. However, since she's going to pick up the story of the next generation, I'm sure we'll see the couple again. Even so, this mystery is an excellent finale to this...
Recap – Anne Perry at The Poisoned Pen
I had never heard Anne Perry, so I was lucky enough to see her at The Poisoned Pen when I was in Arizona. I really liked her latest Thomas and Charlotte Pitt book, Murder on the Serpentine. Here's the recap of the program. It was a free-flowing conversation when...
Tucson Festival of Books
My trip to Arizona was all about books. I flew to Phoenix with my friend, Donna, and then we drove down to Tucson. The book festival means friends. We had a birthday dinner with a friend and her guests on Friday night. Saturday, we weren't on the grounds for ten...
What Are You Reading?
Between laundry, taking my car in for servicing, tons of emails at work, and, of course, basketball, I haven't had time to catch up with my blog yet. There will soon be pictures from the Tucson Festival of Books, and coverage of a couple events at The Poisoned Pen....
Winners and Thriller Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the copies of Clare Mackintosh's I See You. The books are going to Sandy O. from Milford, OH and John S. of Iowa City, IA. They're going out in the mail today. I have two thrillers to give away today. City of the Lost is the first...