This week Laura and Nicole talk about literary fiction in translation. Watch this and past episodes on YouTube or find and subscribe to us on your favourite podcast app, and then place your TBPL holds in our online catalogue or by searching cloudLibrary. The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili, translated by Charlotte Collins The Memory... Continue Reading →
This week Laura and Nicole talk about personal storytellers and suggest titles that run the gamut from funny to heartbreaking. Watch this and past episodes on YouTube or find and subscribe to us on your favourite podcast app. Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal All These Monsters by Amy Tintera The Tenth Girl by Sara... Continue Reading →
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones is the first in a series of romantic suspense novels starring Charley Davidson, part-time private detective, part-time consultant to the Albuquerque police and full-time Grim Reaper. Twenty-seven year-old Charley was born with a purpose, to help souls pass through to the other side; for to the dead... Continue Reading →
It's easy to wonder how an author can stay fresh over a long writing career. Some begin in one genre of writing and move to another. Tess Gerritsen began her writing life with category romances and moved into thrillers, now is drifting back toward relationship books. Nora Roberts created a new identity as J.D. Robb... Continue Reading →
Awhile ago a coworker had recommended the authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child to me, especially the books featuring Agent Pendergast. After reading the first book in the Pendergast series, I began my journey through the entire Pendergast series, as well as all other co-authored works and all individual works (which, by the way are... Continue Reading →
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