RECENT REVIEWS

CHILDREN
(Preschool - 8 yrs)

Fiction
[Archive 1998-2018]

Pterodactyl Show and Tell - Thad Krasnesky & Tanya Leonello
Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese - Regan W.H. Macaulay
Alex Asks About Auntie's Airplane Day - Carolyn Wilhelm
   

Nonfiction
[Archives 1998 - 2018]

Where’s the Bunny - Chuck Whelon and Helen Brown
The Ultimate Survival Guide to Monsters Under the Bed - Mitch Frost and Daron Parton

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TWEENER
(Ages 9 to 14)

 

Fiction [Archives 2009-2018 ]

The Wishing Spell - Chris Colfer - audio
Trial by Walkabout - Margot Finke
Home Girl - Alex Wheatle

Nonfiction
[Archives 2009 - 2018]

Pop Out Art - Mike Barfield
Flight School - Mike Barfield
The Ultimate Survival Guide to Monsters Under the Bed - Mitch Frost and Daron Parton
Do Elephants Ever Forget? - Guy Campbell and Paul Moran
Geometrics – A Striking Sticker Challenge - Jack Clucas and Barbara Ward
Travel Puzzles For Clever Kids - Dr Gareth Moore

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TEEN / YOUNG ADULT
(Ages 15 to 23)

Fiction
[Archives 1998 - 2019]

Reviews to come

Nonfiction
[Archives 1998 - 2019 ]

Reviews to come

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ADULT NONFICTION

Biography / Memoir
[Bio/Memoir Archive 1998 - 2018]

Born to Be Posthumous - Mark Dery
Stutterer Interrupted - Nina G
Code Name: Lise - Larry Loftis
The First Conspiracy- Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Hospital Hijinks - Rick Mulligan
My Life on the Line - Ryan O’Callaghan and Cyd Ziegler
Top Gun: An American Story - Dan Pedersen [COLUMN: Before the Title]
Backroads Boss Lady – Jessi Roberts, Bret Witter
Mangoes in Paradise - J. D. Turner

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Cooking / Food
[Archive 1998 - 2017]

Reviews to come

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History
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 - 17]

The First Conspiracy- Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
The Hidden Nazi - Dean Reuter
Victory City - John Strausbaugh - audio

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How To
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 | 11 /12-18]

Embroidered Kitchen Garden - Kazuko Aoki
Fabric Buttons - Gina Barrett
Beaded Embroidery Stitching - Christen Brown
Embroidered Country Gardens - Lorna Bateman
Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas - Hazel Blomkamp, Di van Niekerk, Monique Day-Wilde - needlework
10 Easy Stitches - Alicia Burnstein
Beginner’s Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels - Tim Fisherilde - art
A-Z of Bird Portraits - Andrew Forkner
Botanica - Inspirations Studio
Blended Embroidery - Brian Haggard
The Crafter’s Guide To Papercutting - Emily Hogarth
The Frugal Book Promoter (3rd Edition) - Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Weaving With Little Handmade Looms - Harumi Kageyama - papercraft
Start to Paint with Pastels - Jenny Keal - art
Papercut Landscapes - Sarah King - papercraft
Sew Kraft-Tex Bags - Betsy La Honta & Gailen Runge - needlecraft
Beginner’s Guide To Screen Printing - Erin Lacy
Making Soap - Kathrin Landmann - soapmaking
Mini Hoop Embroideries - Sonia Lyne - embroidery
Folk Embroidered Felt Birds - Corinne Lapierre
Kawaii - How To Draw Really Cute Food - Angela Nguyen
The Good Bee - Michael O’Mara
Whitework Embroidery - Ayako Otsuka
The Seasons in Silk Ribbon Embroidery - Tatiana Popova - needlework
Sew Beautiful Quilted Bags - Akemi Shibata - quilting
Yarn Hooking - Carole Rennison - yarncrafting
Sew Perfect Pets - Helen Rhiannon - needlecraft
More Beautiful Embroidered Blankets - Edited by Anna Scott - needlecraft
Machine Sewing - Debbie Shore - sewing
Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches - Mary Thomas & Jan Eaton - embroidery
Color By Number: Animal Stencils - Sunlife Drawing
Stunning Stitches For Crazy Quilts - Kathy Seaman Shaw
Rosemary Bag - Debbie Shore
Satchels - Debbie Shore
Factoria VII: A Passion for Needlework - Various
Paint Pad Poster Book: Country Scenes - Various
Hand-Stitched Landscapes and Flowers - Katrina Witten - needlecraft
Tiny Stitches - Irem Yazici - needlecraft
Beginner’s Guide To Linocut - Susan Yeates - books/printing

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Inspirational
[Archive 1998-2017]

Gifts of Empowerment – Thomas Gilmore
Willing Hands - Betsy Morgan

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Miscellaneous / General
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 | 11-18]

It Was All a Dream - Reniqua Allen - audio
Drive-Thru Dreams - Adam Chandler - audio
The CHAOS Cure - Marla Cilley - audio
I Heart Narwhals - Jessie Eckel
You Throw Like a Girl - Don McPherson
She’s So Cold Murder - Donald E. Mcinnis
Enigma Crack The Code - Dr Gareth Moore - Puzzles
The Good Bee - Michael O’Mara
A Million Unicorns - Lulu Mayo - coloring
Read Books All Day & Get Paid For It - Jennie Nash - Business / Writing
Becoming Starlight - Sharon Prentice, PhD
Colourmorphia - Kerby Rosanes
The New Childhood - Jordan Shapiro - audio
Art Therapy - Hannah Davies, Richard Merritt and Cindy Wilde - coloring
  

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Self Help
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 - 18]

The Setpoint Diet - Jonathan Bailor  - audio
CHAOS Cure - Marla Cilley - audio
Calm the F*ck Down - Sarah Knight - audio
The Shame Factor - Stephan B. Poulter, PhD
The Book of Mistakes - Skip Prichard
Happiness - Matthieu Ricard, Daniel Goleman - audio
How to Date Men When You Hate Men - Blythe Roberson - audio
The How of Ow - Wanda Jean Swenson, PT
Finally Full Finally Slim - Lisa R. Young - audio
 

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Writing
[Archives 1998-2017]

Write a Book That Doesn’t Suck - Jaimie Engle
The Frugal Book Promoter (3rd Edition) - Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Read Books All Day & Get Paid For It - Jennie Nash - Business / Writing

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(Mystery Reviews at the bottom)

ADULT FICTION

General / Literary
[Archives 98-03 / 04 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 | 11 - 18]
 
Sunset Beach - Mary Kay Andrews
The Girl From Berlin - Ronald H. Balson
The Victory Garden - Rhys Bowen - Historical
Meet Me In Monaco -Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb --
Annelies - David R. Gillham
Never Have I Ever - Joshilyn Jackson
Life and Other Inconveniences - Kristan Higgins
The Outrageous Fortune of Abel Morgan - Cynthia Jefferies - Historical
Phoenix of Florence - Philip Kazan
In Dog We Trust - Beth Kendrick
Half of What You Hear - Kristyn Kusek Lewis
Choices: A Joyful Cup Story - Jacquelyn Lynn
Dragonfly - Leila Meacham
The Secret Of Clouds - Alyson Richman
The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer
The Forgotten Hours - Katrin Schumann
The Sky Above Us - Sarah Sundin
Before She Knew Him - Peter Swanson
The Key to Happily Ever After - Tif Marcelo
In Another Time - Jillian Cantor
American Princess - Stephanie Marie Thornton - Historical
Reluctant Belle - Beth White

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Horror
[Archive1998-2018]

Verses for the Dead- Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Revenant Express - George Mann (sf/horror)
   

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Romance
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 |11 -18]

Stroke of Luck Sterling - B. J. Daniels
What Doesn’t Kill Her - Christina Dodd
Strangers She Knows - Christina Dodd
Under the Table - Stephanie Evanovich
Unmarriageable - Soniah Kamal
Untouchable - Jayne Ann Krentz
The Charmer In Chaps - Julia London
Tightrope - Amanda Quick
Say You’re Sorry - Karen Rose
Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates
Cowboy To The Core / Lone Wolf Cowboy - Maisey Yates

  

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Sci-Fi / Fantasy
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10-18 ]

The Cedars of Lebanon - Gary Carter
Resurgence - C. J. Cherryh
Shatter War - Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald
The Revenant Express - George Mann (sf/horror)
Slotski’s World - Gary Roen
Theater Of Spies - S. M. Stirling

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Western
[Archive 1998 - 2018 ]

No New Reviews

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Mystery / Suspense / Thrillers / Adventure
[Archives] 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 /11 / 12 -18] 

JAN 2020
Dead on Dartmoor - Stephanie Austin
Beating About The Bush - M C Beaton
Port City Crossfire - Gerry Boyle
The Wages of Sin - Judith Cutler
There’s a Murder Afoot - Vicki Delany
Sidewalk Saint - Pillip DePoy
Nothing More Dangerous – Allen Eskens
A Christmas Gathering – Anne Perry
Dachshund Through the Snow - David Rosenfelt
Deadly Deceit - Natalie Walters

 

2019 REVIEWS

Death By Dark Waters - Jo Allen
Sunset Beach - Mary Kay Andrews
The Three Beths - Jeff Abbott
Dead in Devon - Stephanie Austin
Sweet Tea and Secrets - Joy Avon
Into The Night - Sarah Bailey
Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer - M C Beaton
Watchers of the Dead - Simon Beaufort
Batter Off Dead - Maymee Bell
Bite Club - Laurien Berenson
Here Comes Santa Paws - Laurien Berenson
The Books of the Dead - Emilia Bernhard
A Dream of Death - Connie Berry
A Legacy of Murder - Connie Berry
One Final Breath - Lynn H. Blackburn
Gown With The Wind - Stephanie Blackmoore
Pride, Prejudice, and Poison - Elizabeth Blake
A Witch to Remember - Heather Blake
Trust But Verify - Karna Small Bodman
Just Plain Murder - Laura Bradford
A Killer Carol - Laura Bradford
A Snapshot of Murder - Frances Brody
Buried in the Stacks - Allison Brook
Rules of Engagement - David Bruns & J. R. Olson
Death Waits in the Dark - Julia Buckley
Death in a Budapest Butterfly - Julia Buckley
A Deadly Feast - Lucy Burdette
The Puppy Who Knew Too Much - V. M. Burns
And Then They Were Doomed - Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Fatal Cajun Festival - Ellen Byron
A Stranger on the Beach - Michele Campbell
Treason - Rick Campbell
A Wrench in the Works - Kate Carlisle
Shot Through The Hearth - Kate Carlisle
True Believer - Jack Carr
Shamed - Linda Castillo
Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates
Cat Got Your Crown - Julie Chase
Mumbo Gumbo Murder - Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Morgan
Old Bones - Doug Preston and Lincoln Child
The Last Séance - Agatha Christie
The Woman Who Spoke To Spirits - Alys Clare
Run Away - Harlan Coben
Bones Behind The Wheel - E. J. Copperman
One Small Sacrifice - Hilary Davidson
The Heart Keeper -Alex Dahl
The Instrument of Death - David Stuart Davies
Dressed To Kill - Kathleen Delaney
Silent Night, Deadly Night - Vicki Delany
The Deserter - Nelson and Alex DeMille
Almost Midnight - Paul Doiron
A Lawless Place - David Donachie
Remembering the Dead - Elizabeth J. Duncan
Murder at the British Museum - Jim Eldridge
Murder at the Ashmolean - Jim Eldridge
Beware the Past – Joy Ellis
Judgment - Joseph Finder
Premediated Peppermint - Amanda Flower
Murders and Metaphors - Amanda Flower
Verse and Vengeance - Amanda Flower
Toxic Toffee - Amanda Flower
The Billiard-Room Mystery - Brian Flynn
The Mystery of the Peacock’s Eye - Brian Flynn
The Lost Shrine - Nicola Ford
Heavy on the Dead - G.M Ford
Never Tell - Lisa Gardner
Something Read, Something Dead - Eva Gates
Read and Buried - Eva Gates
Never Look Back - Alison Gaylin
Peach Clobbered - Anna Gerard
Past Due For Murder - Victoria Gilbert
Never Let Go - Elizabeth Goddard
Always Look Twice - Elizabeth Goddard
Red Metal - Mark Greaney and Lt Colonel H. Ripley (Rip) Rawlings IV
Stone Cold Heart - Laura Griffin– romantic suspense
Her Deadly Secrets - Laura Griffin – romantic suspense
The Affliction - Beth Gutcheon
The Vanishing Man - Philip Purser-Hallard
Dark Ambitions - Irene Hannon
The Gryphon Heist - James R. Hannibal
Lies Come Easy - Steven Havill
Hooks Can Be Deceiving - Betty Hechtman
Black Nowhere - Reece Hirsch
Headlong – Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Murder In Midtown - Liz Freeland
Red Hotel - Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller
Who Slays the Wicked - CS Harris
Pruning the Dead - Julia Henry
One Little Secret - Cate Holahan
A Bouquet of Rue - Wendy Hornsby
Cemetery Road - Greg Iles
The Pawful Truth - Miranda James
Dark Tribute - Iris Johansen – romantic suspense
Smoke Screen - Iris Johansen
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave - Darynda Jones
The Accomplice - Joseph Kanon
I Know You - Annabel Kantaria
Murder from Scratch - Leslie Karst
River Bodies - Karen Katchur
Phoenix of Florence - Philip Kazan
a night’s tale - Sofie Kelly
A Merry Murder - Kate Kingsbury
The Dower House Mystery - Alanna Knight
Deep Dive - Chris Knopf
Trouble on the Books - Essie Lang
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon - James Lovegrove
Killing With Confetti - Peter Lovesey
House of Ashes - Loretta Marion
The Garden Club Murder - Amy Patricia Meade
The Hallows - Victor Methos
The Widows -Jess Montgomery
The Passengers - John Marrs
The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas
A Man with One of Those Faces - Caimh McDonald
Dying for Devil’s Food - Jenn McKinlay
Word To The Wise - Jenn McKinlay
Double Exposure - Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
Blood on the Chesapeake - Randy Overbeck
Read on Arrival - Nora Page
All Out War - Sean Parnell
A Christmas Revelation - Anne Perry
Spellstruck - Summer Prescott
Verses for the Dead - Douglas Preston &Lincoln Child
A House Divided - Jonathan F. Putnam
A Crafter Hooks a Killer - Holly Quinn
Blood Echo - Christopher Rice
Rogue Strike - David Ricciardi
A Conspiracy of Wolves - Candace Robb
Good Girl, Bad Girl - Michael Robotham
Crucible - James Rollins
The Sign of Seven - Edited by Martin Rosestock
Paper Son - S.J. Rozen
Mr Dickens and his Carol - Samantha Silva
Let The DEAD Keep Their Secrets -Rosemary Simpson
The Last Widow - Karin Slaughter
To the Land of Long Lost Friends - Alexander McCall Smith
Milady - Laura L. Sullivan
Before She Knew Him - Peter Swanson
A Cruel Deception - Charles Todd
The Black Ascot - Charles Todd
A Murderous Malady - Christine Trent
Water Blue Eyes - Domingo Villar
The Body in the Castle Well - Martin Walker
The Night Before - Wendy Walker
Living Lies - Natalie Walters
Desert Redemption - Betty Webb
Summer Country - Lauren Willig
The Bodies in the Library - Mary Wingate
houston noir Edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda