Reviews + Articles
Mistletoe and Murder by Connie Berry
Mistletoe and Murder is a novella in the Kate Hamilton series by Connie Berry. The author refers to it as book 4.5 in the series since it's a novella. I enjoyed the story and the return to familiar characters. So, I'll save my complaint for the end of the review....
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
In one weekend, I read two Christmas novellas that quoted Dickens' Christmas Carol. Perhaps it's appropriate that stories of people haunted by the past would quote from that story. It isn't until part 2 of Peter Swanson's The Christmas Guest that the narrator...
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
While the blurb for Ritu Mukerji's historical mystery, Murder by Degrees, suggested it was for readers of Jacqueline Winspear or Charles Todd, I thought of Maddie Day's Quaker Midwife series. Both authors write about women in medical fields in the U.S. during the...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Reluctant Saint by Tricia Fields
I'm going to try this a little different today to see if it's my formatting that is the problem with the opening paragraph of Kevin Tipple's reivews. I think it is. Kevin thinks it's his formatting. No matter what, though, I appreciate his reviews. He and I are...
What Are You Reading?
Yes, I'm frantically reading for both moderating a panel and reviews for Library Journal. But, I took time to walk a couple days this week in parks here in the Columbus area. My sister, her dog, and I go. They could walk for a much longer time than I can, but I'm...
Jeremy Deller at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023
I really wanted to share Rosemary Kaye's coverage of a couple events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I'm hoping the photos come through. Those were taken by Robin Mair from The Edinburgh Reporter. Thank you, Rosemary, for your patience. ‘Did you learn...