Winners & What Are You Reading?

November 25, 2022

First, before we start talking about books and what we’re reading, I want to congratulate the winners of the last contest of 2022. Both copies of Santa’s Little Yelpers are heading to Illinois. Carrie C. from Orland Park and Diane K. from Darien are the...

Royal Valentine by Jenn McKinlay

November 23, 2022

Can you tell I really only had time to read a couple novellas this week? But, Jenn McKinlay’s Museum of Literature books fit the bill. In fact, the first in the series, Royal Valentine, was even better than the second. It’s hard to beat a romance with New...

The Attraction Distraction by Jenn McKinlay

November 22, 2022

Let’s start the review of Jenn McKinlay’s romcom, The Attraction Distraction, by saying that cover has absolutely nothing to do with the storyline, except there’s a man and a woman in the book. There are serious Classics scholars on a hunt for a...

The Choice by Nora Roberts

November 21, 2022

What can I say? Nora Roberts’ The Choice is a magnificent conclusion to The Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy. It’s light versus dark, good versus evil. It represents every final battle in fantasy literature. Breen Siobhan Kelly, Daughter of Dragons....

Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire

November 20, 2022

There’s a meme going around on Facebook that mentions words often used in mystery reviews, and then says what those words “really” mean. When I say that Ann Claire’s first Christie Bookshop Mystery, Dead and Gondola, is charming, I mean that...

Winners and a Christmas Book Giveaway

November 18, 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Dede W. from Pearland, TX won Dewey Decimated. Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV will receive Crime for the Books. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. I always end the book giveaways around Thanksgiving, and start...