Looks like a perfect summer day to me! Read more

Looks like a perfect summer day to me! Read more
I love a good mystery and this sounds terrific: One of Us by Tawni O’Dell: Dr. Sheridan Doyle—a fastidiously groomed and TV-friendly forensic psychologist—is the go-to shrink for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office whenever a twisted killer’s mind eludes other experts. But beneath his Armani pinstripes, he’s still Danny Doyle, the awkward, terrified, bullied boy from a blue-collar mining family,… Read more
“Anyway—because we are readers, we don’t have to wait for some communications executive to decide what we should think about next—and how we should think about it. We can fill our heads with anything from aardvarks to zucchinis—at any time of night or day.” – Kurt Vonnegut, American author Read more
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Also on the TBR list, Man V. Nature: Stories by Diane Cook: A refreshingly imaginative, daring debut collection of stories which illuminates with audacious wit the complexity of human behavior, as seen through the lens of the natural world. Told with perfect rhythm and unyielding brutality, these stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal… Read more
More new books! Of All the Gin Joints written by Mark Bailey and illustrated by Edward Hemingway: True tales of celebrity hijinks are served up with an equal measure of Hollywood history, movie-star mayhem, and a frothy mix of forty cocktail recipes. Humphrey Bogart got himself arrested for protecting his drinking buddies, who happened to be a pair of stuffed… Read more
So true! This is why I love to see teachers encouraging kids to read lots of different types of books, not just school classics. “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” – J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels Read more
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This one looks great! I can’t wait to dig in to The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit by Graham Joyce: David, a college student, takes a summer job at a run-down family resort in a dying English resort town. This is against the wishes of his family . . . because it was at this resort where David’s biological father… Read more
Another great murder mystery from William Morrow, Ice Shear by M. P. Cooley: A small town cop’s murder investigation turns deadly when she uncovers a web of politics and drugs linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang in this gripping debut suspense novel for fans of Winter’s Bone, Frozen River, Breaking Bad, and Sons of Anarchy. As a cop on the night shift in Hopewell… Read more