These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Pratchett

November 23, 2021

I’m a fan of essay collections. My all-time favorite book is a collection of essays, A Thread of Blue Denim by Patricia Leimbach. When I want to read about home, I reread that book. I was three-quarters of the way through Ann Pratchett’s These Precious...

Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey

November 22, 2021

Readers who appreciate Jess Lourey’s troubled protagonists should latch onto Hannah Morrisey’s Hello, Transcriber. This debut features a police transcriber. Hazel Greenlee views Black Harbor, Wisconsin as a purgatory where she’s stuck. Her husband,...

The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

November 21, 2021

Mitch Albom’s The Stranger in the Lifeboat is the #1 New York Times Bestseller, but I had a difficult time with it. I’m afraid I plodded through it. Albom specializes in parables, but this one just didn’t move me. I did like the concluding paragraph....

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

November 20, 2021

It’s never a bad time to read a Christmas novel, but how soon is too soon to review one? Mary Kay Andrews’ The Santa Suit was released Sept. 28. I read it just a day or two later, but I just couldn’t bring myself to review it before Halloween. Even...

What Are You Reading?

November 18, 2021

Well, you all know I have been mysteries on deadline this week. Thank you to Sandie Herron and Kevin Tipple for their reviews while I wasn’t reading for the November blog. The books I read this week come out from January through April, so you’ll see them...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Death Stalks Door County by Patricia Skalka

November 17, 2021

I read several of Patricia Skalka’s Door County mysteries, but I never went back to read the first one. I’m glad Kevin Tipple started with Death Stalks Door County so he can introduce you to the series. Thank you, Kevin. Death Stalks Door County: A Dave...