What are you reading?

July 22, 2015

I spent the evening last night scaring poor Josh while I vacuumed, packing for a weekend trip to New York (Southwest, not Delta, so hopefully we get there and back okay), and doing wash. No reading time. I am reading Susan Crandall’s book about a trio of...

The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey

July 21, 2015

Michael Harvey’s crime novels are set in Chicago, a city with a reputation for dirty politics and strong, determined people. And, his private investigator, Michael Kelly, embodies all the strength and a determination to clean up some of the dirt. Kelly takes on...

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams

July 20, 2015

Somehow, I missed Ellery Adams’ latest Charmed Pie Shoppe mystery when it came out a few months ago. If any series of cozy mysteries has a cast of strong females, it’s this one. Time and again, Ella Mae LaFaye, her mother and aunts must face the evil in...

Death of an English Muffin by Victoria Hamilton

July 19, 2015

Victoria Hamilton’s Merry Muffin mysteries are engaging cozy mysteries with an unusual setting, a castle in Autumn Vale, New York. And, Merry Wynter is a courageous widow who inherited Wynter Castle in her late thirties. Now, she’s determined to hang onto...

Fictitious Dishes by Dinah Fried

July 18, 2015

What a charming, fun book! And, I wish I could remember where I read about Dinah Fried’s Fictitious Dishes. Subtitled “An Album of Literature’s Most Memorable Meals”, Fried combines photos of meals from literature, quotes from the...

Winners and Give Me an S Giveaway

July 17, 2015

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaways. The New York Times bestseller, Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell, goes to Margie B. from San Jose, CA. David Rosenfelt’s Hounded is going to Robin C. of Ashtabula, OH. Lisa G. from Pensacola Beach, FL...