This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

September 02, 2019

William Kent Krueger’s second coming-of-age story is not the sequel to Ordinary Grace that readers expected. Instead, This Tender Land is his version of Huckleberry Finn or the Odyssey, as adolescents are forced to move toward adulthood. It’s a lush,...

October Treasures in My Closet

September 01, 2019

It’s time for another pile of Treasures in My Closet. Let’s check out October’s forthcoming books. In Ellie Alexander’s Beyond a Reasonable Stout, Leavenworth, Washington has just concluded the Oktoberfest celebration. But, no one is...

Iced in Paradise by Naomi Hirahara

August 31, 2019

Edgar Award winning author, Naomi Hirahara, sets her new series in Hawai’i, the spelling she uses in the first book. It takes a little time to adjust to the language usage; the Pidgin, Hawaiian, and Japanese words and sentence structure in Iced in Paradise....

Winners & Lies and Lies GiveawayT

August 30, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. The copies of Bark of Night will go to Margie H. from Lansdowne, PA and Susan B. of Seattle, WA. Tiffany C. from Dallas, GA won The Scent of Murder. The books will go out in the mail today. Before the giveaway, just...

What Are You Reading?

August 29, 2019

And, today, it’s what are you reading. I haven’t read one more word than when I posted yesterday. I did go to a concert in St. Louis on Tuesday night, and then on Wednesday I went to the zoo. What a wonderful zoo! Since I didn’t read any more of...

What Am I Reading?

August 28, 2019

Did I surprise you? No, tomorrow is the day for What Are You Reading. However, I’m not in town this morning. I’m actually in St. Louis, and will be back this afternoon. I might even have time to finish my current book, and start a new one before we all...