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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

January 19, 2024

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The holidays are a wrap and while the time with family was hopefully enjoyable or at least not painful, I thought it might be fun to spice things up with a murder mystery about one extended family that finds itself stranded at a ski resort. Even better, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone just released in paperback so it’s easy to find at the library—or purchase with ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, suspense

My 8 Favorite Books of 2023

January 4, 2024

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  Finally! Let’s talk reading again, specifically my favorite books of 2023 so we can move onto what lies ahead in 2024. It was an interesting year in that I don’t remember another time when I had this many 5-star nonfiction books. I’m not even sure I’ve ever read so much great nonfiction in one year (and I’m too lazy to go back and check)! Somehow, 2023 came ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature Tagged: book clubs, fantasy, favorite books, historical, history, memoir, mystery, retellings

Holly by Stephen King

December 18, 2023

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I know many people have moved towards cozy holiday reading in the last month, but my reading has remained varied and a little bit dark. So, I have a compromise today: a book with a Christmas-y title, but written by the master of suspense and horror. It’s Stephen King’s Holly and while it won’t warm your heart it does involve hearts and is no more terrifying than the news these ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, horror, mystery, suspense

Murder in the Family

November 10, 2023

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Somehow this ended up being a week of true crime fiction and nonfiction so I’ll carry the theme through to the end with Murder in the Family, a novel about the making of a Netflix documentary about an unsolved murder. The producer is the stepson of the murder victim, who was his wealthy mother’s second, much younger husband. And the plot picks up speed from there. Caroline ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, London, murder, mystery

Kill Show: A Novel

November 8, 2023

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Sara Parcell is a teenager and gifted violinist who disappears on what seems to be an ordinary day. Within days her case goes national, coming to the attention of an ambitious reality TV show producer desperate to do something bigger than dating competition shows. To that end she reaches out to Sara’s parents to follow her abduction in real-time as a TV documentary. This is the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: crime, mystery, pop culture, suspense

Dark Corners: A Novel

September 28, 2023

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If the measure of success in a book is my inability to put it down, then Dark Corners was a successful novel. I could leave it at that, but where’s the fun? Set in Daytona the novel occurs at the nexus of modern day aspirational social media—a conference of Influencers. If you don’t know what this is or consider Instagram the 7th circle of hell that’s still not a problem. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: mystery, suspense, vacation reading

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