Owl's Feathers: December 2013

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Recent Reading

Take Me for a Ride

by Michel Gay

Teddy takes friends for a ride in his stroller. The story is delightful, and the illustrations are wonderful. Thanks to a friend's recommendation, I got this from the library but am on a hunt to add a copy of this book to my Teddy's l...

tagged: 2013 and children

Bury the Lead

by David Rosenfelt

Another good entry in the Andy Carpenter series with a story that, once again, reminds you not only to follow the money but also to remember that Tara's (Andy's golden retriever) official name is Tara, Greatest Living Creature on This or...

tagged: 2013, kindle, and mystery

Something Borrowed, Someone Dead: An Agatha Raisin Mystery

by M.C. Beaton

Another somewhat frenetic visit with Agatha Raisin and her crew. This time, the story proves that it does indeed take a village.

tagged: 2013, library, and mystery

Someone: A Novel

by Alice McDermott

Marie Commeford and I never came to an aha moment. Lovely word pictures throughout, however. It was the first light my poor eyes ever knew. Recalling it, I sometimes wonder if all the faith and all the fancy, all the fear, the speculat...

tagged: 2013, fiction, and library

Three Little Words

by Susan Mallery

Actual Rating: ***1/2 Mallery has a way of writing the setting and lives of these characters in a very believable way--there's nothing forced about putting them into their surroundings and jobs. An HEA ending as always, but the journey...

tagged: 2013, kindle, and romance

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

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