RECENT REVIEWS

CHILDREN
(Preschool - 8 yrs)

FICTION
[Archive 1998-2021]

Little Unicorn is Angry - Aurélie Chien, Chow Chine – Emotions
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 - 2021]

Where’s the Bunny- Chuck Whelon and Helen Brown
The Ultimate Survival Guide to Monsters Under the Bed - Mitch Frost and Daron Parton
Where’s The Witch? -Chuck Whelon / Gary Panton – Activity book

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TWEENER
(Ages 9 to 14)

FICTION
[Archives 2009-2021 ]

Little Unicorn is Angry - Aurélie Chien, Chow Chine – Emotions
The Wishing Spell - Chris Colfer - audio
Trial by Walkabout - Margot Finke
Home Girl - Alex Wheatle
Secret in the Stars - Linda Wilson

NONFICTION
[Archives 2009 - 2021]

Pop Out Art - Mike Barfield
Flight School - Mike Barfield
Little Unicorn is Angry - Aurélie Chien, Chow Chine – Nonfiction/Emotions
The Book of Animal Super Heroes - Camilla de la Bedoyere and Dave Dean
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
Where’s The Witch? -Chuck Whelon / Gary Panton – Activity book

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TEEN / YOUNG ADULT
(Ages 15 to 23)

FICTION
[Archives 1998 - 2021]

Athena’s Choice - Adam Boostrom – SF / Mystery

NONFICTION
[Archives 1998 - 2021]

Retro Gaming - Mike Diver

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ADULT NONFICTION

BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR
[Bio/Memoir Archive 1998 - 2021]

Acid Test - Christopher Kimball Bigelow
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]
Touching the Jaguar - John Perkins
Backroads Boss Lady – Jessi Roberts, Bret Witter
Mangoes in Paradise - J. D. Turner
Good Afternoon Vietnam - Gary L Wilhelm

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COOKING / FOOD
[Archive 1998 - 2021]

Reviews to come

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HISTORY
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 - 2021]

Churchill’s Shadow Raiders - Damien Lewis
The First Conspiracy - Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
The Hidden Nazi - Dean Reuter
The Lincoln Conspiracy - Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Victory City - John Strausbaugh - audio
Countdown 1945 - Chris Wallace

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HOW TO
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 | 11 /12-2021]

Blackwork Embroidery - Bernadette Baldelli -- Needlework
The Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers - Trish Burr - Embroidery
Crewel Birds - Hazel Blomkamp -- Needlework
Quilled Animals - Diane Boden
Mega Manga Characters - Sergi Camara and Vanessa Duran
Beginner’s Guide to Japanese Braiding -- Jacqui Carey - Yarncraft
Kraft-Tex Creations - Lindsay Conner -- Needle Craft
Stitch a Masterpiece - C&T Publishing
Punch Needle Embroidery For Beginners - Lucy Davidson
Beginner’s Guide to Stumpwork - Kay Dennis
Sew Magical - Mary Hertel
The Crafter’s Guide To Papercutting -- Emily Hogarth - PaperCrafts
Machine Embroidered Art -- Alison Holt -- Needlework
How To Draw Unicorns In Simple Steps - Sharon Hurst
Paint Pad Poster Book: City Scenes - Geoff Kersey - Art
Stumpwork Inspirations - Inspirations Studio
Beginner’s Guide To Screen Printing - Erin Lacy - Crafts
10 Step Drawing: People - Justine Lecouffe -- Art
Embroidered Boxes - Heather Lewis -- Embroidery
The Embroidered Art of Chloe Giordano - Chloe Giordano - Needlework
Botanical Embroidery - Brian Haggard - Needlework
Thread Doodling - Carina Envoldsen-Harris - Needlework
Stitched Textiles: Seascapes - Amanda Hislop - Embroidery Needlework
How To Draw Unicorns In Simple Steps - Sharon Hurst- Art
How To Draw Kawaii In Simple Steps - Lishan Li - Art
Zakka From The Heart – Minki - Needlecraft
Kawaii: How To Draw Really Cute Fantasy Creatures - Angela Nguyen
Tangle Magic - Jessica Palmer – Coloring
Tangle Wood - Jessica Palmer – Coloring
Crewel Embroidery - Tatiana Popova - Needlework / Embroidery
Butterfly Stitches - Catherine Redford
More Happy Quilter Variety Puzzles Vol 3 - Gailen Runge - Puzzles
Artful Embroidery on Canvas - Irene Schlesinger - Needlework
Modern Kogin - Boutique-Sha – Needlework
Crazy Quilting Dazzling Diamonds - Kathy Seaman Shaw
Debbie Shore’s Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting - Debbie Shore
The Ultimate Appliqué Reference Tool - Annie Smith - Needlework
The Punch Needle Handbook – Rohn Strong - Needlework
Kawaii: Charms in Polymer Clay - Ruth Thompson
Paint Pad Poster Book: Country Scenes - Various - Art
Beginner’s Guide to Blackwork - Lesley Wilkins - Needlework
10 Step Drawing: Nature - Mary Woodin - Art

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INSPIRATIONAL
[Archive 1998-2017]

Gifts of Empowerment – Thomas Gilmore
Loved Remembered - Darlene Green - Enlightenment
Love Elevated - Darlene Green - Enlightenment
Willing Hands - Betsy Morgan
Living a Life You Love - Joyce Meyer [audio]

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MISCELLANEOUS / GENERAL
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 | 11-2021]

Behind the Bears Ears - R. E. Burrillo
New-Generation African Poets Edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani - Poetry
Retro Gaming - Mike Diver
The Killer’s Shadow - John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Trump’s America - Newt Gingrich [audio]
Read Books All Day & Get Paid For It - Jennie Nash - Business / Writing
The Little Book of Big Explorations - Jheni Osman
Worlds Within Worlds – Kerby Rosanes - Coloring
This Space Available - LB Sedlacek - Poetry
Team of Vipers - Cliff Sims - audio
The Best New True Crime Stories - Small Towns - Edited by Mitzi Szereto
  

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SELF HELP
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 - 2021]

The Setpoint Diet - Jonathan Bailor  - audio
CHAOS Cure - Marla Cilley - audio
In Service To Love - Enlightenment - Darlene Green
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 1998-2021]

Slanted - Sharyl Attkisson
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 - 2021]

Sunset Beach - Mary Kay Andrews
The Girl From Berlin - Ronald H. Balson
Dracula’s Child - J S Barnes - Historical
The Victory Garden - Rhys Bowen - Historical
Piece By Piece - Laura Bradford
In Another Time - Jillian Cantor
The Lucky One - Lori Rader-Day
Softly Blows the Bugle - Jan Drexler
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 Straits of Treachery - Richard Hopton
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
The Girl in White Gloves - Kerri Maher
Dragonfly - Leila Meacham
A Springtime Heart - Marta Perry
The Secret Of Clouds - Alyson Richman
The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer
Who Rescued Who - Victoria Schade
The Forgotten Hours - Katrin Schumann
Red Letter Days - Sarah Jane Stratford
The Sky Above Us - Sarah Sundin
Before She Knew Him - Peter Swanson
The Key to Happily Ever After - Tif Marcelo
American Princess - Stephanie Marie Thornton - Historical
And They Called It Camelot - Stephanie Marie Thornton
This Secret Thing - Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Reluctant Belle - Beth White
Silver Wings, Iron Cross - Tom Young

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HORROR
[Archive 1998-2018]

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 -21]

A Winning Season - Rochelle Alers
48 Hour Lockdown - Carla Cassidy
Restless Hearts - B. J. Daniels
Ambush Before Sunrise - B. J. Daniels
What Doesn’t Kill Her - Christina Dodd
Strangers She Knows - Christina Dodd
Under the Table - Stephanie Evanovich
Don’t Keep Silent -Elizabeth Goddard
Secret Investigation - Elizabeth Heiter
K-9 Defense - Elizabeth Heiter
Badlands Beware - Nicole Helm
Isolated Threat - Nicole Helm
Unmarriageable - Soniah Kamal
Untouchable - Jayne Ann Krentz
The Charmer In Chaps - Julia London
The Billionaire in Boots - Julia London
You Lucky Dog - Julia London
A Princess By Christmas - Julia London
Amish Protector - Marta Perry
Tightrope - Amanda Quick
Close Up - Amanda Quick
Say You’re Sorry - Karen Rose
A Family For A Week - Melissa Senate
The Cowboy’s Comeback - Melissa Senate
Wyoming Special Delivery - Melissa Senate
Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates
Cowboy To The Core / Lone Wolf Cowboy - Maisey Yates
The Hero Of Hope Springs - Maisey Yates
The Bad Boy of Redemption Ranch - Maisey Yates

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SCI-FI / FANTASY
[Archives 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10-21 ]

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

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MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER / ADVENTURE
[Archives] 98-03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 /11 / 12 -21]

The Invitation - Rachel Abbott
A Spell for Trouble - Esme Addison
The Silence - Susan Allott
Dead on Dartmoor - Stephanie Austin
From Devon With Death - Stephanie Austin
In Cold Chamomile - Joy Avon
Champagne Cowboy - Leo Banks
A Minute To Midnight - David Baldacci
Beating About The Bush - M C Beaton
Without Sanction - Don Bentley
Howloween Murder - Laurien Berenson [review 1]
Howloween Murder - Laurien Berenson [review 2]
Game Of Dog Bones - Laurien Berenson
Curses Are For Cads - Tamara Berry
For Whom The Book Tolls - Laura Gail Black
Little Bookshop of Murder - Maggie Blackburn
Port City Crossfire - Gerry Boyle
A Killer Carol - Laura Bradford
One on One - Michael Brandman
The Clutter Corpse - Simon Brett
Guilt at the Garage - Simon Brett
Murder is in the Air - Frances Brody
Checked out for Murder - Allison Brook
The Martian Menace (Sherlock Holmes)- Eric Brown
The Pandora Deception - David Bruns & J. R. Olson
The Key Lime Crime - Lucy Burdette
Burn You Twice - Mary Burton
Bookmarked For Murder - V. M. Burns
Paw and Order - V. M. Burns
Meet Isabel Puddles - M. V. Byrne
Gone with the Whisker - Laurie Cass
Outsider - Linda Castillo
Active Measures - Marc Cameron
Stone Cross - Marc Cameron
Mimi Lee Gets A Clue - Jennifer J. Chow
The Indigo Ghosts - Alys Clare
The Outcast Girls - Alys Clare
The Boy From The Woods - Harlan Coben
Al Dente’s Inferno - Stephanie Cole
A Big Fat Greek Murder - Kate Collins
Fair Warning - Michael Connelly
Fatal Roots - Sheila Connolly
Gingerdead Man - Maya Corrigan
The Wages of Sin - Judith Cutler
The Lucky One - Lori Rader-Day
Candy Slain Murder - Maddie Day
There’s a Murder Afoot - Vicki Delany
Sidewalk Saint - Pillip DePoy
Blood Will Out - David Donachie
The Killer’s Shadow - John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Confessions of an Innocent Man - Davide R Dow
No Man’s Land - Sara Driscoll
On Deadly Tides - Elizabeth J. Duncan
Murder at the Manchester Museum - Jim Eldridge
The Burial Circle - Kate Ellis
Murder at the Natural History Museum - Jim Eldridge
Murder Comes to Call - Jessica Ellicott
A Page Marked For Murder - Lauren Elliott
Nothing More Dangerous – Allen Eskens
House on Fire - Joseph Finder
Christmas Cupcake Murder - Joanne Fluke
Until I Find You - Rea Frey
Matchmaking Can Be Murder - Amanda Flower
Mums and Mayhem - Amanda Flower
Dead-End Detective - Amanda Flower
Courting Can Be Killer – Amanda Flower
The Murders Near Mapleton - Brian Flynn
The Case of the Black Twenty-Two - Brian Flynn - Classic
A Life Once Dreamed - Rachel Fordham
Death in Saint-Chartier - Ivo Fornesa
A Death Long Overdue - Eva Gates
A Sprinkling of Murder - Daryl Wood Gerber
A Deadly Edition - Victoria Gilbert
Bound for Murder - Victoria Gilbert
Booked for Death - Victoria Gilbert
Murder At The Capitol - C. M. Gleason
Don’t Keep Silent -Elizabeth Goddard
Three Treats Too Many - Debra Goldstein
One Minute Out - Mark Greaney
Murder At Icicle Lodge - J.D. Griffo
Aftershock - Adam Hamdy
Winter of the Wolf - Martha Hunt Handler
Perfect Little Children - Sophie Hannah
Point Of Danger - Irene Hannon
Dead in the Water - Susan Harper
Excursions To Die For - Susan Harper
Violence on Vacation - Susan Harper
The Escape - Lisa Harris
Winter of Despair - Cora Harrison – Historical
Hostage To Fortune - Sarah Hawkswood
Vale of Tears - Sarah Hawkswood
Faithful Unto Death - Sarah Hawkswood
Secret Investigation - Elizabeth Heiter
Digging Up The Remains - Julia Henry
Dark Tomorrow - Reece Hirsch
Death at a Country Mansion - Louise R. Innes [review 1]
Death at a Country Mansion - Louise R. Innes [review 2]
Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings - Liz Ireland
After Sundown - Linda Howard & Linda Jones
A Study in Murder - Callie Hutton
Careless Whiskers - Miranda James
Hindsight - Iris and Roy Johansen
The Persuasion - Iris Johansen
Chaos - Iris Johansen
Bending The Paw - Diane Kelly
The Water Clock - Jim Kelly
To Kill a Mocking Girl - Harper Kincaid
The Vanishing - Jayne Krentz
Death on the Page - Essie Lang
Cross Her Heart - Melinda Leigh
See Her Die - Melinda Leigh
My Lies, Your Lies - Susan Lewis
The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes - James Lovegrove
Grounds for Murder - Tara Lush
Knot On Her life - Mary Marks
Rage of the Assassin - Edward Marston
The Christmas Fair Killer - Amy Patricia Meade
Christmas Card Murder - Leslie Meier
The Fog Ladies: Family Matters - Susan McCormack
High Treason - Sean McFate
You Can’t Catch Me - Catherine McKenzie
The Christmas Fair Killer - Amy Patricia Meade
Total Power - Kyle Mills
Hanging Falls - Margaret Mizushima
The Keeper - Jessica Moor
Death and the Singing Birds - Amy Myers
A Dream Within A Dream - Mike Nappa and Melissa Kosci
One Step Behind - Lauren North
No One Will Hear Your Screams - Thomas O'Callaghan
Read or Alive - Nora Page
A Christmas Gathering – Anne Perry
A Christmas Resolution - Anne Perry
Murder Take Two - Carol J. Perry
Amish Protector - Marta Perry
Dead to Her - Sarah Pinborough
Crooked River - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
A Crafter Quilts a Crime - Holly Quinn
Don’t Make A Sound - T. R. Ragan
Black Flag - David Ricciardi
Last Day - Luanne Rice
Assault By Fire - Lt. Col. Hunter Ripley “Rip” Rawlings IV (Ret.)
Many Rivers To Cross - Peter Robinson
Into The Dark - Karen Rose
Dachshund Through the Snow - David Rosenfelt
Claw Enforcement - Sofie Ryan
In Case of Emergency - E. G. Scott
Sherlock Holmes and the Venerable Tiger - Sam Siciliano
Varnished Without A Trace - Misty Simon
Death Brings A Shadow - Rosemary Simpson
Death, Diamonds, and Deception - Rosemary Simpson
The Silent Wife - Karin Slaughter
How To Raise An Elephant - Alexander McCall Smith
Death of an Eye - Dana Stabenow - Historical
Skelton’s Guide to Domestic Poisons - David Stafford
Hunter Killer - Brad Taylor
Collision Of Lies - Tom Threadgill
A Divided Loyalty -Charles Todd
Murder in Chianti - Camilla Trinchieri
Confessions On The 7:45 - Lisa Unger
Murder Most Sweet - Laura Jensen Walker
Hope, Faith, & a Corpse - Laura Jensen Walker
Don’t Look For Me - Wendy Walker
Deadly Deceit - Natalie Walters
Murder at Monk’s Barn - Cecil Waye
Dead On The Vine - Elle Brooke White
On Borrowed Crime - Kate Young