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Esther Peters
Jun 18, 20211 min read
The C.S.I. Effect - by Katherine Ramsland
Everyone knows the letters C.S.I. but do they really understand what goes on behind the scenes?
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Esther Peters
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Edith: The Cat Who Ate an Elm Tree - by Roz Young
When Roz got Edith, her name was Edna. But she didn't think that was a literary name. So she looked in the OXFORD DICTIONARY of English...
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Kim Mallory
Jun 10, 20211 min read
Shadows - by Kristen Proby
So what do you get when you mix psychic powers with murder? This book right here!
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Rhonda Allen
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Southern Reach Trilogy - by Jeff Vandermeer
Rating: A+. I admit these books that make up the trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance) are ones I return to reread...
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Esther Peters
Jun 4, 20211 min read
The Specter Bridegroom - By Washington Irving
Baron Von Landshort is getting ready for his daughter to marry. She and her father have never met the Bridegroom.
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Rhonda Allen
May 31, 20212 min read
Passage - by Connie Willis
Rating: B Joan Landers is a physician who wants to find out what people who have died and then been resuscitated remember of their...
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Esther Peters
May 28, 20212 min read
Prose and Cons - by Amanda Flower
Once again, we visit Cascade Springs N.Y. We'll visit Charming Booker and the Red Inkers.
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Rhonda Allen
May 24, 20211 min read
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer - by Jonathan L. Howard
This book despite it's title is a hoot. Its the first book in a series that follows Johannes Cabal who had sold his soul to Lucifer but...
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Esther Peters
May 21, 20212 min read
Crime and Poetry - by Amanda Flower
Violet Waverly gets a phone call from her Grandma Daisy that she was dying. When Amanda gets there, she finds Grandma Daisy is perfectly...
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Kim Mallory
May 20, 20211 min read
The Bright and Breaking Sea by Cloe Neill
Some of you might be familiar with the author if you've ever read any of the Chicagoland Vampire novels. If you have, let me assure you...
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Rhonda Allen
May 17, 20211 min read
Frey & Mcgray Mysteries - Series by Oscar De Murie
Rating: B+. A series of novels set in Scotland in the 1800s that follows the criminal investigations by two detectives. One (McCray) is a...
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Esther Peters
May 14, 20212 min read
A Wrinkle in Time - by Madeline L'Engle
This is a story of spectacular children with a special abilities, Meg, Charles Wallace and Cal O'Keefe. The meet a trio of witches, Mrs....
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Rhonda Allen
May 10, 20211 min read
Little Big - by John Crowley
In my opinion on of the most enchanting and readable fantasies I have read. It is in a league of its own.
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Esther Peters
May 7, 20212 min read
The Dragon and the George - by Gordon R. Dickson
It all began at 5:30p when Jim arrived at Riveroak to pick up Angie. But she was not there.
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May 4, 20211 min read
Young Adult Titles Adults Will Enjoy, Too!
For hose who enjoy the Tolkien books and Harry Potter series, let me suggest some children's series that are worth the attention of adult...
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May 3, 20211 min read
The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era - by Elizabeth D. Taylor
The story is set in the Reconstruction Period in Washington D.C. Mr. Daniel Murray was an assistant librarian at the Library of Congress....
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Rhonda Allen
May 3, 20211 min read
Boy in the Box - by Marc Fitch
Rating: C. I would have given a lower score except the book was well written. Intriguing story about 4 friends who 7 years before had...
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Apr 19, 20211 min read
Squeezed: Why our Families can't Afford America - by Alissa Quart
The author talks about American families, situations, and conditions that they are facing. Trying to obtain and or hold onto the American...
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Rhonda Allen
Apr 16, 20211 min read
Asylum and Sanctum - both by Madeleine Roux
I am fascinated by old abandoned buildings (Mysteries of the Abandoned on Science channel) and was really looking forward to these books.
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Esther Peters
Apr 5, 20211 min read
For the Birds - Secrets of the Blue Hill Library book #19 - by Emily Thomas
This story starts in the Blue Hill Library, with a meeting of the Birders Club. The library is in an old house bequeathed by the aunt of...
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