Well-researched story of the fight for union representation in Smithfield’s North Carolina hog slaughterhouse. All the players in the union
Posted in New Books, Non-fiction Tagged with: animal rights, May 15 2018, unions
Another great police procedural, #4 in the Memory Man series. Amos and his partner, Alex, are on vacation when Amos
Posted in Mystery & Thrillers Tagged with: #FrugalFridays, Apr 17 2018, Police procedural
Chickens in Your Backyard is all anyone needs to know to raise chickens! Chickens in Your Backyard is newly revised
Posted in Non-fiction Tagged with: Chicken raising, May 15 2018
Archie Coe, hypnotist, cat whisperer and sucker to every dame he meets. The art and dialogue both up the 1940s
Posted in Graphic Novel, Mystery & Thrillers Tagged with: May 2 2018, Noir
Southern paranormal cozy mystery with ghosts, witches and a murder or two. Hope, Faith and Charity plan to open a
Posted in Mystery & Thrillers, New Books, Paranormal, Romance Tagged with: ghosts, May 15 2018
Families are messed up. Even, maybe especially, famous ones. The author of All the Answers is Michael Kupperman. He is
Posted in Diane's Favorites, Graphic Novel, New Books, Non-fiction Tagged with: biography, May 15 2018, memoir
Great finish almost makes it worth reading the rest of The Favorite Sister. Brett, Stephanie and Jen are the sole
Posted in Mystery & Thrillers, New Books, Romance Tagged with: May 15 2018, Reality Shows
“Something or other is sending half the over-sixties round the twist” in the Flaxborough Crab. A rash of panty theft,
Posted in Diane's Favorites, Mystery & Thrillers Tagged with: cozy mystery, May 2 2018, Police procedural
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Shakespeare’s words are the best
Posted in Graphic Novel, Literary Fiction, New Books Tagged with: Manga, May 15 2018, Shakespeare
Ho hum space POW camp story. With this author’s background, it is surprising that Stalag-X contains nothing innovative or even
Posted in Graphic Novel, New Books, Science Fiction Tagged with: May 9 2018, space travel
Cabals be caballing. In The Crooked Staircase, Jane Hawk is hunting more of the cabal that used brain nanobots to
Posted in Mystery & Thrillers, New Books Tagged with: Jane Hawk, May 8 2018, series
Page-turner is so overused that it has become trite. Here is how I felt about Obscura by Joe Hart. I…COULDN’T…PUT…IT…DOWN!
Posted in Diane's Favorites, Kindle Unlimited, Mystery & Thrillers, New Books, Science Fiction Tagged with: Family, May 8 2018, science, space travel
Romance, history, southern charm, friendships, family and secrets swirl in the High Tide Club. At 99, Josephine is dying on
Posted in Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, New Books, Romance Tagged with: family drama, May 8 2018, WWII
Lisa is a new detective in Sweden. Up first is locating a missing person, who is deep in the raggare
Posted in Graphic Novel Tagged with: cars, Nov 15 2017
Characterization is sacrificed for plot in Bats in the Belfry. There are a multitude of characters in Bats in the
Posted in Mystery & Thrillers Tagged with: British, Golden age mystery, May 2 2018
Despite being depressingly far from the suggested age for The Ghost the Owl, I loved this middle grade (ages 9-12)
Posted in Children, Graphic Novel, New Books Tagged with: May 2 2018