Apparently There Were Complaints by Sharon Gless

February 16, 2022

I seldom read celebrity memoirs, so maybe most of them are as brutally honest as Sharon Gless’ Apparently There Were Complaints. She doesn’t hesitate to share her faults, and she had plenty. She has an addictive personality, and it came out in many ways in...

An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn

February 15, 2022

Even with the seventh book in the Veronica Speedwell series, Deanna Raybourn is still able to surprise the reader. For that matter, An Impossible Impostor manages to shock the unflappable Veronica as well. In April 1889, Veronica and Stoker, the natural historian,...

Beach Wedding by Michael Ledwidge

February 14, 2022

What better title for Valentine’s Day than Beach Wedding? Although, it’s certainly not a romantic book. If you recognize Michael Ledwidge’s name, it might be because he’s one of James Patterson’s co-authors. Ledwidge takes a page from...

The Secret Gift of Lucia Lemon by Celia Anderson

February 13, 2022

This is an unusual book for me to review. It’s only available on Kindle at the moment, but it’s only ninety-nine cents. However, Celia Anderson’s The Secret Gift of Lucia Lemon will be released as a paperback in May. It’s a beautiful story of a...

Evil Under the Tuscan Sun by Stephanie Cole

February 12, 2022

Isn’t that an attractive cover for Stephanie Cole’s third Tuscan Cook School Mystery? Here’s my complaint. That cover has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of Evil Under the Tuscan Sun, just nothing. And, maybe I missed it someplace. The only...

What Are You Reading?

February 10, 2022

Whew! Made it through last week. Our weather here was ice, ice and more ice, with some snow piled up on it. The library was closed on Thursday and Friday last week, with a late opening on Saturday. We still have snow piled around town, but we survived without the...