Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman

February 10, 2019

Last month, there was all kinds of chatter on the Internet about Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up when word went around that she suggested throwing out books. The conversations were quite funny. Novelist Elinor Lipman anticipates what...

Give-a-Damn Jones by Bill Pronzini

February 09, 2019

Thanks to one of the blog readers, Jeffrey Meyerson, for steering me to Bill Pronzini’s western, Give-a-Damn Jones. Artemis Jones, or Give-a-Damn Jones, is the perfect example of the American paladin, a knight of the road who rides in and cleans up a town....

Winners and The Doctor and Murder

February 08, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Diane N. from Honolulu, HI won Newcomer, and Glen D. of Yuba City, CA won The Line. This week, the doctor is in – in a mystery. Do No Harm by Dawn Eastman is a Dr. Katie LeClair Mystery. Trouble comes at...

What Are You Reading?

February 07, 2019

I didn’t mean to leave everyone hanging when I said I do a book chat at a women’s homeless shelter. This started out as something three of us did from the library, and we go once a month. We were originally going to lead book discussions, but that...

Nothing

February 06, 2019

I have nothing to review for today. I think I’m caught up on Sandie Herron’s reviews. And, once every few months, a couple of us go to Ruth’s House, a homeless shelter and do book chats. Last evening was my night, so I didn’t have time to read...

Grand Slam Murders by R.J. Lee

February 05, 2019

Let me emphasize you do not need to know anything about bridge to read R.J. Lee’s debut cozy mystery, Grand Slam Murders. I’ve never played bridge, and I know nothing about it, but the entertaining Southern characters will bring me back for the...