I never get tired of the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series. In The Poison Pen, the ninth book in Paige Shelton’s series, bookseller Delaney Nichols is sent to a small village to check out an artifact for her boss, Edwin. But when she […]
Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity by Laura Meckler asks the question: Is it possible to set out to create a truly integrated town and succeed? Meckler was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, so her interest is natural, […]
Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers is the third book in the Lakeside Library series and the first I’ve read. It was easy to get swept up in the story without reading the first two. Read to Death […]
In Death at a Scottish Wedding, author Lucy Connelly returns us to Sea Isle, Scotland, where American transplant Dr. Emilia McRoy has settled in as town doctor (which she expected) and coroner (surprise!). This second volume in the Scottish Isle mystery centers […]
In Trust Issues by Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands, sibling failures-to-launch Kagan and Hazel blow through their trust funds and become estranged from their mother. When she dies under mysterious circumstances, they blame her husband, who disappears soon after, taking her […]
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill,” edited by Jericho Brown “How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill,” edited by Jericho Brown, is a book that deserves a place on the shelf of any […]
A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry Fatty Fatty Boom Boom is a behind-the-scenes look into the life of the woman with whom many of us feel a parasocial relationship. Beyond her velvet voice, steely determination and dogged persistence, […]
This One Didn’t Grab Me Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke My rating: 3 of 5 stars Vinyl Resting Place is the first volume in the Record Shop Mysteries series by Olivia Blacke. I’m sorry I didn’t love this one for several […]
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a surprisingly fun read, considering heartwarming isn’t usually my jam and there was a thread of grief and loss woven throughout. The characters were well-differentiated and […]
Gender Queer: A Memoir: Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed this book. There were interesting perspectives I hadn’t considered or was unaware of. If gender / sexuality was a train track, I understand the “stations,” […]