The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day: From the award-winning author of Little Pretty Things comes this gripping, unforgettable tale of a mother’s desperate search for a lost boy. Anna Winger can know people better than they know themselves with only a glance—at their handwriting. Hired out by companies wanting to land trustworthy employees and by the lovelorn hoping to… Read more
I saw this one an couldn’t resist! I love collections of short stories, I love horror stories, and I love this title. Gutted: From Bram Stoker Award-nominated publisher, Crystal Lake Publishing, and the editing duo who brought you the best-selling and critically acclaimed small-town Lovecraftian horror anthology Shadows Over Main Street, comes Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories–a disturbing journey into the… Read more
Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing, More Than You Know, and Gossip comes the first entry in a stylish and witty mystery series featuring a pair of unlikely investigators—a shrewd novel of manners with a dark heart of murder at its center, set in small-town New England. Indulging their… Read more
Another cookbook! I follow Chrissy on Twitter – I love her no-fucks-to-give attitude and I love her food pics. Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat by Chrissy Tiegen: Maybe she’s on a photo shoot in Zanzibar. Maybe she’s making people laugh on TV. But all Chrissy Teigen really wants to do is talk about dinner. Or… Read more
I’ve got a bunch of new books to talk about – and a backlog of reviews to get posted! Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy… Read more
Here’s another one I picked up on an impulse. It’s on my Kindle, so this will be one of my vacation reads, I think. A Beautiful Poison Poison by Lydia Kang: Just beyond the Gilded Age, in the mist-covered streets of New York, the deadly Spanish influenza ripples through the city. But with so many victims in her close circle, young… Read more
This was a gift from my favorite cousin, Ann. Off course she’s my favorite – she buys me books! Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain: Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession… Read more
Thought I would share my current book with you. I’ve been looking forward to this one, and it’s nice to have a little time to read again! Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman: Introducing an instant classic – master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths. Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in… Read more
I’ve been a serious slacker this month, but I promise (make a resolution, even) to change that. Let’s start off with a book I am really eager to dig into, because at this time of the year, we can all use a little Happy Living: The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meil Wiking Embrace… Read more
I don’t think I requested this one, but it certainly sounds good – The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick: Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his… Read more