Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another review. Sticks & Stones By K.J. LarsonISBN: 978-1-59058-921-22012 Poisoned Pen HC229 pages This is one triple threat novel. It is fast. It is raunchy. It is punchy. Bonus is it’s written by three sisters. Yes, the title refers to that old nursery rhyme. Second in the Cat De […]
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Cleansed by FireJames R. CallanPaperback: 238 pagesPublisher: Pennant Publishing (February 3, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 096468506XISBN-13: 978-0964685062 Two churches have been burned in a small Texas town, and Father Frank DeLuca, pastor of Prince of Peace Church, has heard that another church will be burned.The problem is, he heard this in the confessional and church law forbids
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Rules of CrimeLJ Sellers Paperback: 294 pagesPublisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 26, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1611098068ISBN-13: 978-1611098068 In this latest Detective Wade Jackson mystery, he is called by his daughter, Katie, who tells him his ex-wife, Renee, is missing. Jackson doesn’t tell Katie, but he suspects that Renee may have fallen off the wagon and has
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Spaghetti is not a Finger FoodJodi CarmichaelIllustrated by Sarah AckerleyISBN-10: 0-9829938-8-9ISBN-13:978-0-9829938-8-0Publication Date: December 3, 2012Illustrated Chapter BookFor Children Ages 8-12 Book Blurb: Follow a quirky day in the life of Connor, a brilliant student with an equally high talent for second-guessing the rules. As both entertainment and an accessible educational tool to help teach students
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A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines Paperback: 256 pagesPublisher: Vintage; 1 edition (September 28, 1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0375702709ISBN-13: 978-0375702709 A Lesson Before Dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is present at a liquor store shoot out that leaves three men dead, including the white store
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The Gingerbread HouseNell CarsonAn Avalon Romance ISBN-10: 0803474695Hardcover: 192 pages In this sweet romance, Greta Kendall has come back to her roots and established a bridal shop in the first floor of a lovely Queen Anne Victorian near Aspen. The house has been in her family for years, and her mother, who is in the
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Here’s another review from Carl Brookins. He is able to read and review a lot more books than I ever can, and I appreciate that he shares the reviews with readers here. November Hunt By Jess Lourey ISBN: 978-07387-3136-0 A 2012 269 page TP release From Midnight Ink Books The eleventh novel in her Murder
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My guest this coming Wednesday will be Nancy Madore, who is promoting her newest book, The Hidden Ones, which is book one of the Legacy of the Watchers series. The book is a real mix of genres: historical, paranormal, sci-fi, with a bit of romance, and I will admit I was a bit put off
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Thanks to Carl Brookins for another review. I don’t know what I would do without my writer friends who share so generously with me and others. No Body by Nancy Pickard ISBN 0-671-69179-1 Pocket Books, 255 pages Jenny Cain must surely have a unique profession among amateur puzzle solvers. She’s the director of the Port
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Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi: My Humble Quest to Heal My Colitis, Calm My ADD, and Find the Key to Happiness Brian LeafPaperback: 264 pages Publisher: New World Library (October 9, 2012) ISBN-10: 160868136X ISBN-13: 978-1608681365 This is the way this delightful book is described on Amazon: “As a college freshman business major suffering from a variety
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