I have watched every season of Drag Race (even the blurry first one). However, I never fully understood the history of drag before reading Legendary Children. This book adds context to Rupaul’s Drag Race that I was completely missing. Each chapter starts with some section of the show and explainsContinue Reading
It’s another zany adventure for Phee, her mother Harriet, and her private detective co-workers in Dressed Up 4 Murder. You would expect retirement to be a time of quiet reflection on a life well-lived. But in Sun City West, the giant planned retirement community in Arizona, you would be wrong.Continue Reading
Shay is a numbers-obsessed single woman in NYC, who lives with her best friend, Sean, who she wishes was more than just a friend. Sean is oblivious to Shay’s interest in him and has a girlfriend, Jody. Shay has also recently lost her job. One day she is waiting forContinue Reading
With all the new escape room books for adults, it was only a matter of time before versions for kids appeared. Escape Game The Mad Hacker is a perfect choice for puzzle-loving children. Using skills like code-breaking, matching pictures, counting, following directions, and applying the correct tools to a problem,Continue Reading
“If my kids had been with me, it wouldn’t have happened. I would have stayed in the minivan, doors locked, windows rolled up. Just like the 911 operator instructed.” Instead Cassie confronts a knife-wielding assassin, who warns her, “Let her die, and I’ll let you live.” When the man racesContinue Reading
Victorians are enchanted by Things in Jars. As you will be, after reading this spellbinding mystery. Mrs. Bridie Devine, widow and consulting detective in Victorian London, has a personal problem. She can see dead people. Well, at least one, recently dead boxer Ruby Doyle. Bridie also has a case. SirContinue Reading
The Museum of Desire is the 35th entry in the Alex Delaware series. It is an excellent thriller that is highly recommended! It’s just after 6 a.m. on a Sunday, when ex-con Eno is walking up a long driveway to a mansion above Benedict Canyon. Eno cleans houses for aContinue Reading
George is a runaway foster child, who is also a brilliant hacker and coder. Pandora has a hyperexpressive face (think Jim Carrey) and also excels at coding. Together, they are recruited by a large Silicon Valley firm to create a virtual friend for suicidal teens—with AI. What could possibly goContinue Reading
Abby and Kate are The Wife and the Widow, respectively, in an exhilarating new thriller by the author of The Nowhere Child. What has happened to Kate’s husband, John? When he didn’t return from a business trip, Kate investigates. It appears John never went on the trip despite Skyping KateContinue Reading
Set on a foreign planet, Vanished Birds begins by telling the tale of Kaeda. Kaeda falls in love with Nia at age 7. There is only one problem. She is an alien from an alternate timeline where Earth lays dead. Unfortunately, she visits Kaeda’s planet only once every fifteen yearsContinue Reading
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean the Deep State isn’t after you. In a very Trumpian administration, Hayley is a young military veteran and White House intern. When her mentor, Chief of Staff Peter Hall is killed of an apparent cardiac arrest, she is suspicious. After all, he had justContinue Reading
Another great madcap adventure in the Poppy Harmon series! This time it revolves around Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury on which she finds herself. Poppy, a retired actress, owns a detective agency with her two friends, Violet and Iris. Poppy in the also excellent first book in the series,Continue Reading
My Review Another twisty mystery thriller from J.T. Ellison! Good Girls Lie is set at an all girls’ elite prep school in rural Virginia. Ash is a new student with a horrible past in England. But will she fit in with a bunch of privileged American brats? And what secretsContinue Reading
So what’s so important about 1973 to rock? A lot of bands and cultural icons began that year. From the first Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve to the first albums of diverse acts like Bruce Springsteen, Queen, the New York Dolls, and Aerosmith, music had plenty to celebrate whileContinue Reading
Do you know the feeling you get when you pick up a new cookbook and realize it will be your new go-to cookbook? The ingredients are the food you already love and always have on hand? The recipes teach innovative ways to combine the ingredients for completely new flavor experiences?Continue Reading
Fire, Fog and Water (Sgt. Windflower Mysteries) by Mike Martin Author Guest Post Enjoy the Story In fiction, you have to suspend belief in order to follow the story. That means things like pretending to be in a different location with people that you don’t know in order to experienceContinue Reading