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‘Where there’s woods, there’s wacky…’ Paula Munier’s A Borrowing of Bones is an exciting thriller set in Vermont with two well-trained canines as the star detectives. The author brings together a bomb-sniffing Malinois named Elvis, who has some PTSD symptoms, and a Search and Rescue Newfoundland named Susie Bear. Armed with few clues, former MP... Continue Reading →
The adult world is... built on the shifting grounds of friendship and competition. The double message of this society and economy are to get along and get ahead. We want our children to fit in and to stand out. We rarely address the conflict between these goals. -Ellen Goodman Goodman wrote this passage in her... Continue Reading →
'There’s a salmon colored girl Who’s set my heart awhirl...' Adam Weymouth’s Kings of the Yukon combines parts travelogue, science journal, history, and serious warning in the compelling story of his canoe trip down the Yukon River in the summer of 2016. Weymouth presents a startling case for the protection of the king salmon in... Continue Reading →
Dear Courtney Summers. I am not very happy with you. You f’d up my routine. I can’t get The Girls theme song out of my head, I can’t stop thinking about the ending of Sadie, and there’s a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke sitting here on my desk that’ll get me through the morning, but... Continue Reading →
Here's a list of some very good thrillers I've reviewed that will release this month. Like my past lists, I'll write a quick blurb and provide a link to my full review: The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz: The third book in Koontz's Jane Hawk series. Hawk continues her mission to take down the dark... Continue Reading →
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