The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch

May 29, 2016

I vaguely remember thinking I wanted to read Wendy Welch’s book when it came out in 2012, but that was the year I was applying for jobs and getting ready to move from Arizona. However, I follow Tales of the Lonesome Pine LLC on Facebook, and that reminded me of...

Purrs of Wisdom by Ingrid King

May 28, 2016

Ingrid King knows a great deal about cats. She is a former veterinary hospital manager. She also blogs at the award-winning, long-running site, The Conscious Cat. Her latest book, Purrs of Wisdom: Enlightenment, Feline Style, is a collection of essays based...

Winners and Arizona Crime Giveaway

May 27, 2016

It’s always a surprise when my giveaways end up going to the same state. Mary Kay Andrews’ The Weekenders is heading to Texas. Jane R. from Driftwood, TX won one copy, and Karen R. from Katy, TX won the other. Arizona is the setting for this week’s...

A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal

May 26, 2016

I made a serious mistake while I read Radha Vatsal’s debut mystery, A Front Page Affair. I found myself criticizing Kitty Weeks, the young journalist/amateur sleuth for her naïveté. And, then I realized a nineteen-year-old young woman, brought up in Europe prior...

What Are You Reading?

May 25, 2016

I’m a little over halfway through a debut mystery, Radha Vatsal’s A Front Page Affair. It’s a story of a young female journalist in 1915 who started out on the Ladies’ Page. But, she was covering an event when a guest was murdered, and...

Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups by E. Foley & B. Coates

May 24, 2016

E. Foley and B. Coates really have put together “Everything You Need to Know About the Bard”. Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups isn’t comprehensive, naturally, because it’s the basics. But, the authors do an excellent job providing the...