The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony

September 11, 2022

Gretchen Anthony’s The Book Haters’ Book Club is called a love letter to book sellers and librarians, and it includes actual book recommendations. For those of us who love stories about bookstores, this one can feel as if you dove into a slightly...

Sandie’s Corner – Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

August 23, 2022

William Kent Krueger’s Fox Creek leads library holds throughout the country this week. It’s the nineteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series. Although I read it several months ago for Library Journal, I’m not the expert on this series that...

Sandie’s Corner – William Kent Krueger’s Lightning Strike

May 11, 2022

I reviewed William Kent Krueger’s Lightning Strike when it was released because I was lucky enough to review it for Library Journal. It never hurts, though, to run another person’s review. I’m in the middle of a book, so I can talk about it tomorrow...

Hooked on a Feline by Sofie Kelly

October 23, 2021

It’s kind of ironic that I was crying during the funeral of the victim in Sofie Kelly’s Hooked on a Feline, considering I was originally reluctant to read these mysteries. This is the thirteenth book in the series, and I’ve read the last five. But, I...

Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

August 17, 2021

Lightning Strike is the eighteenth Cork O’Connor mystery by William Kent Krueger, but don’t hesitate to pick it up if you haven’t read the other books. The sensitive, moving book is a prequel, set in the summer of 1963 when Cork is twelve. Krueger...