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Winners and A Foreign Destination Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Mark B. From Santa Clarita, CA won Murder Served Neat. Mother of the Bride Murder goes to Nancy M. from Joliet, IL. The books are out in the mail. This week, we're off to foreign destinations for the giveaway....
What Are You Reading?
This Thursday, I have nothing to report about weather or what's happening. If you read yesterday's post, you know I'm just trying to keep afloat. But, I always have time to check with you on Thursdays to see what's happening, and ask "What Are You Reading?" I'm...
My Reading for the Fall
Although I have a week's worth of reviewed books for next week, this week I have nothing until Saturday. I'm on deadline again. I know that doesn't help you at all. But, I'll share one of my books for fall reading for Library Journal so you can see what I'll be...
Kim Hays, Daughter of a Librarian
Libraries are in my blood. My aunt worked in a library. My mother spent most of her working career in a high school library. My sisters and I all shelved books in our hometown library, as did one of my nephews. My niece works for a public library now. So, of...
Little White Lies
A reader recently joked that I should review books I didn't like because then she wouldn't add them to her TBR pile. Margaret Fenton's Little White Lies wasn't for me. I didn't like social worker Claire Conover at all in this third mystery in the series set in...
Midsummer Mysteries by Agatha Christie
For some of us, when nothing seems to fit our reading taste, Agatha Christie will work. Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery collects a dozen stories featuring Christie's sleuths. Of course, there's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot to kick off the...