Nov 21 2025
(assuming you count last week’s Gift Guide as its own separate beast, which I’m choosing to do here!) Is anyone else taking advantage of the pre-Black Friday sales? Or are you being stubborn like me and choosing to wait till the day itself in case there are really good deals, literally or figuratively, lying in …
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Nov 14 2025
Is it too early to start making lists for holiday gift-giving? Not if you’re a planner like I am! And let’s be honest, I just keep a perpetual year-round list that I add and subtract from as occasions come and go. I do strongly believe that good gift-giving is an art, and that one should …
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Nov 07 2025
Hello, readers! Now that Halloween is over, we have a bumper crop of reads for you, starting with the latest thriller from a writer I greatly enjoy. Cate Holahan draws on her background in tech journalism for The Kidnapping Of Alice Ingold, as the abduction of a wealthy teenager turns into a scavenger hunt that …
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Oct 31 2025
Happy Halloween, dear readers! If you’re looking forward to getting some good reads in as we bid adieu to October and hello to November, check out this awesome list! First, we have a book that just came out this past Tuesday, Kristen Pipp’s debut novel The Library Of Lost Girls. This horror fantasy — with …
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Oct 24 2025
Halloween is only a week away, dear readers! Let’s check out some of the books coming out mere days before the holiday, with plenty for readers who love spooky season, as well as for those whose interests veer off in other directions. Since I love witchy stuff year-round, I’m thrilled to start this column with …
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Oct 17 2025
I can’t believe we’re already most of the way through October! Before we get into the really spooky part of the season tho, let’s take a look at several books publishing next week, that definitely lean harder into other genres than horror. First up is Peter James’ The Hawk Is Dead, a police procedural inspired …
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Oct 10 2025
It has finally gotten cold here in Maryland, which is making me rethink my daily outdoor walks for daily indoor spin sessions instead… which I admittedly also use to catch up with my reading via Kindle. Here are some great selections coming to bookstores soon, if you’re looking for some great books to keep you …
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Oct 03 2025
Happy October, readers! This month is all about the cozy, the creepy or the criminal, and maybe a little bit of all three! Our first selection for you is definitely on the cozier side, tho with a distinct frisson of crime. Juno Black’s Mockingbird Court is the last (at least for the foreseeable future) installment …
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Sep 26 2025
Hello, dear readers! We’ve officially entered that time of year where it’s chilly in the morning but sweltering in the afternoon, at least over here in Maryland. So what better time to check out other mystifying North American scenarios such as those brought to us in Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes’ upcoming America’s Most …
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Sep 19 2025
Genuinely such a slew of terrific titles to look forward to next week! The first is by one of my favorite contemporary mystery authors, Janice Hallett, who so cunningly uses the epistolary format in all its modern forms to such clever, elegant ends. She’s back with her latest novel The Killer Question, that revolves around …
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