June is Bustin’ Out all Over – With New Titles to Grab and Read!

While we still haven’t gotten FIL’s apartment cleaned out for sale we’ve been making progress on our own home just down the hall.  We’ve painted and June will see the completion of our update. I have a custom built 10′ 1″ wall unit coming in on June 5. It has one unit with book shelves, the center is the entertainment system and the last will have glass doors, glass shelves and a mirrored back and lights to show off my partner’s collection of glass, crystal and collectibles. We’ve waited 30 years to be able to do this and it’s finally out time.

Just as it’s time for you to peruse the new multi-genre list of offerings on my page.

Nora

 

June 2017:

Week of June 1^st. – 9^th.

Treble at the Jam Fest – A Food Lover’s Mystery – Leslie Budewitz

No One But You – A Silver Springs Novel – Brenda Novak

The Black Cat Sees his Shadow – A Bad Luck Cat Mystery – Kay Finch

Patterned After Death – A Southern Sewing Circle Mystery – Elizabeth Lynn Casey

Xenakis’s Convenient Bride – Secret Billionaires – Dani Collins

Once Upon a Spine – Bibliophile Mystery #11 – Kate Carlisle

Only Skein Deep – A Knitting Mystery #15 – Maggie Sefton

French Fried – An Ethnic Eats Mystery – Kylie Logan

Married for his Secret Heir – Mirraccino Marriages – Jennifer Faye

A Sky Full of Stars – Shaughnessy Brothers #5 – Samantha Chase  

Week of June 12^th.

A Just Clause – A Booktown Mystery – Lorna Barrett

The Fallen Kingdom – The Falconer #3 – Elizabeth May

The Darkest Promise – Lords of the Underworld #13 – Gena Showalter

Silver Silence – Psy-Changeling Trinity #1 – Nalini Singh

Bad Housekeeping – A Kitty Couture Mystery #1 – Julie Chase

Fatal Façade – An Allison Campbell Mystery #4 – Wendy Tyson  

Week of June 19^th.

I Love You Michael Collins – Lauren Baratz-Logstead

Down Among the Sticks and Bones – A Wayward Children Novel – Seanan McGuire

Indigo – Charlaine Harris /Christopher Golden et al.

Lost and Found Sisters – Wildstone #1 – Jill Shalvis

Dangerous Minds – A Knight and Moon Novel – Janet Evanovich

When Darkness Whispers – A Night Eagle Operation- Lisa Carlisle

Taming of the Tabby – Whales and Tails Cozy – Kathi Dailey

Say Yes to the Cowboy – Thunder Mountain Brotherhood – Vicki Lewis Thompson  

Week of June 26^th.

If the Haunting Fits, Wear it – A Haunted Vintage Mystery #5 – Rose Pressey

Murder at the Puppy Fest – A Melanie Travis Canine Mystery – Laurien Berenson

Death of a Bachelorette – A Jane Austen Mystery – Laura Levine

A Ghostly Light – A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery – Juliet Blackwell

The Tell-Tale Tart – A Five Ingredient Mystery – Maya Corrigan

Booked 4 Murder – A Sophie Kimball Mystery – J.C. Eaton

Death of a Lobster Lover – A Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery – Lee Hollis

A Crime of Passion Fruit – A Bakeshop Mystery #6 – Ellie Alexander

Enforcing the Paw – A Paw Enforcement Novel – Diane Kelly

Grace to the Finish – A Manor House Mystery #8 – Julie Hyzy

Hawke’s Prey – A Sonny Hawke Thriller #1- Reavis Z. Worthham

Texas Tall – The Tyler’s of Texas #3 – Janet Dailey

The Babe Ruth Deception – A Fraser and Cook Mystery #3 – David O. Stewart

High Stakes – The Men of the Sisterhood – Fern Michaels

All There Is – Juniper Hills Book 1 – Violet Duke

Serenity Harbor – A Haven Point Romance Novel – RaeAnne Thayne

The Day of the Duchess – Scandal & Scoundrel – Sarah MacLean

Call to Engage – A Team Poseidon Novel – Tawny Webber

Low Country Bonfire – A Liz Talbot Mystery – Susan M. Boyer

Primrose Lane – A Harmony Harbor Novel – Debbie Mason

Tangled up in Tinsel – A Sunshine Creek Vineyard Novel – Candis Terry

Blue Hollow Falls – Blue Hollow Falls #1 – Donna Kaufman

The House of Memory – Pluto’s Snitch #2 – Carolyn Haines

 

 

Here is you list for Nov. 2014 releases

November 2014

Week of Nov. 1st. – 8th.

One Potion in the Grave – Magic Potion Mystery #2 – Heather Blake
Christmas Cozy – Zoe Donavan #11 – Kathi Daley *
Hell On Wheels – Odelia Grey Mystery #9 – Sue Ann Jaffarian *
Another One Bites the Dust – Jensen Murphy, Ghost for Hire #2 – Chris Marie Green *
On Borrowed Time – A Library Lover’s Mystery – Jenn McKinlay *
Lethal Letters – A Books by the Bay Mystery #6 – Ellery Adams *
A High-End Finish – A Fixer-Upper Mystery #1 – Kate Carlisle *
No Mallets Intended – A Vintage Kitchen Mystery – Victoria Hamilton *
Deeper Than the Grave – Tai Randolph/ Trey Seaver #4 – Tina Whittle *
Plagued by Quilt – A Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery #4 – Molly MacRae *
Reap the Wind – A Cassie Palmer Novel – Karen Chance
Waistcoats & Weaponry – Finishing School #3 – Gail Carriger *
Snow White Red- Handed – Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery #1 – Maia Chance *
Last Wolf Standing – Belinda Boring *
A Dog Gone Murder – Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Novel – Elaine Viets *
Suede to Rest – A Material Witness Mystery #1 – Diane Vallere *
The Chocolate Clown Corpse – A Chocoholic Mystery – JoAnna Carl *
Chorus Line, Caviar and Corpses – Happy Hoofers #1 – Mary McHugh *
Dirty Deeds – Savannah Martin #9 – Jenna Bennett *
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – A Sister Jane Mystery – Rita Mae Brown *
Knot in my Backyard – Quilting #2 – Mary Marks *
Knot Guilty – Crochet Mystery series #9 – Betty Hechtman *
Bloody Politics – A Molly Malone Mystery – Maggie Sefton *

Week of Nov. 9th.

Flesh and Blood – Kay Scarpetta Novel #22 – Patricia Cornwell *
Hell on Wheels – Odelia Grey Mystery #9 – Sue Ann Jaffarian *
If the Shoe Kills – A Tourist Trap Mystery – Lynn Cahoon E-book only *
Reap the Wind – Cassandra Palmer #7 – Karen Chance *

Week of Nov. 16th.

The Job – Fox and O’Hare #3 – Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg *
Bound by Ink – Living Ink #2 – Marcella Burnard *

Week of Nov. 23rd. – 30th.

Magic Steals – Jim and Dali Novella in Nigh shift Anthology – Nalini Singh and other authors
Betrayed – A Rosato & Associates Novel #13 – Lisa Scottolline *
Black Widow – Elemental Assassin #12 – Gini Koch *

Kris Neri’s Latest “Revenge on Route 66” is a Fun Read

Revenge on Route 66

By Kris Neri

Copyright: March 2013

Publisher: Cherokee McGhee

Historic Route 66: With its signs for “New Dead Things,” the Biker Bunny Bin, and the Kontiki Pizza and Chinese Restaurant that serves only waffles – it’s kitchy, crazy, and fun. How appropriate that it would hold a place of importance to unconventional Tracy Eaton and her dad, aging Hollywood hunk, Alec Grainger.

Their Route 66 adventures always included a stay in Tecos, New Mexico, but their regular stop at Lucy Crier’s Lunch Pail Cafe is now a thing of the past, since Lucy plugged her ex-beau and went to the big house for murder. That’s why it’s perplexing when Lucy, safely ensconced in her cell, is simultaneously seen dodging traffic along Route 66. Naturally, Alec uses that mystery to lure Tracy and her sweetie Drew back to America’s Main Street.

But the road takes a darker turn when Woody Crier, Lucy’s smarmy son, turns up dead, and an even stranger bend when the FBI goes gunning for Tracy, calling her one of America’s Most Wanted.

She has no choice but to go on the lam, but this time, the Mother Road provides no escape. As the danger escalates, Tracy knows if she can’t cut through the web of secrets and lies shrouding her favorite haunts and the pasts of those dearest to her, everything she cherishes could vanish in a Route 66 minute.

This story is being told in both the past (through flashbacks by Tracy and others) and the present.  Drew’s movie star father cons her into joining him on a trip down memory lane on the Mother Road, Route 66.  This road is famous in both song (Get Your Kicks on Rte. 66) and television history (Route 66).

Tracy, her husband Drew, her father, and “Uncle” Philly are doing their best to solve murders, and find answers to a decade old murder.  The situations can be silly, masterful, or downright crazy.  But they all do what they can to survive.  In the end everyone’s secrets will come to light (hopefully) and Tracy and Drew will be able to enjoy some time together without worrying about being chased by cops, robbers, and thieves.

I’ve enjoyed all the Tracy Eaton books I can get my hands on.  This latest one had me glued to my chair for hours at a time (potty breaks are definitely needed) and I was sorry when the book ended.

FTC Full Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher who only asked for a fair review.

Special Guest Post – Kari Lee Townsend author of Trouble in the Tarot

I’m taking another day off and turning the blog over to a friend and neighbor (we live in the same state) Award Winning Author Kari Lee Townsend.

TROUBLE IN THE TAROT (book 3 of the Fortune Teller Mysteries – March 5, 2013)

For psychic Sunshine Meadows, sometimes fortunes can be deceiving…

Lately Sunny has been experiencing a period of big opportunity: her business in Divinity, New York, is thriving, and Detective Mitch Stone has finally agreed to take Sunny on a date. But thanks to her clairvoyant abilities, Sunny knows better than anyone that life deals out bad cards along with the good.

When Sunny agrees to read tarot cards at the annual summer Solstice Carnival, she meets her Granny Gert’s “arch nemesis” Fiona Atwater, and is overcome by a vision of Fiona in a violent argument. Sunny knows trouble is brewing when Granny and Fiona start having squabbles all over town. But the fighting comes to a head when a local baker gets run over by a big white Cadillac—and Granny and Fiona are found at the crime scene.

Sunny knows she should step aside and let Mitch handle the investigating, but she’s not about to ignore her visions and leave her granny’s life in fate’s hands…

 

Granny Gert’s Top 10 Cookies for Everything!

 

• 10 ~ Romance ~ Hershey Kiss Cookies are so romantic
• 9 ~ Broken Heart ~ Double Chocolate Chip for when the romance doesn’t work out
• 8 ~ Loss ~ Raison Oatmeal Cookies for the old-fashioned comfort of home
• 7 ~ Anxiety ~ Molasses Spice Cookies ooze relaxation and warm your heart
• 6 ~ Illness ~ Peanut Butter Cookies give you energy and protein to fix you right up
• 5 ~ Anger ~ Oreo Cookies are great for attacking the cream filling and releasing anger
• 4 ~ Jealousy ~ Pistachio Cookies are such a pretty green to turn your mood around
• 3 ~ Celebration ~ Frosted Sugar Cookies are a shiny, sparkly party in your mouth
• 2 ~ Guilt & Innocence ~ Half Moon Cookies tell both sides of the story
• 1 ~ Perfect Cookie for Any Occasion ~ Special K Bars!

 

I grew up on Special K Bars and proceeded to make them for my family and pass on the tradition. They were the first cookies I ever made. So easy, yet they look like they took a lot of time. I usually don’t share my cookie recipes, but since you all are just so darn nice, I decided to share the deliciousness J Enjoy!

 

Special K Bars

 

1 cup light Karol syrup

1 cup sugar

1 ½ cups peanut butter

6 cups Special K Cereal

1 bag Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

 

Melt chocolate chips (double boiler style) on the stove. While chips are melting, bring 1 cup Karol syrup and 1 cup sugar just to a boil and then remove from heat. Stir in 1 ½ cups of peanut butter until melted. Stir in 6 cups Special K Cereal until mixed well. Press mixture into 9×13 inch pan. Pour melted chocolate chips over the top and refrigerate until hardened. Cut into bars and enjoy!

 

Kari Lee Townsend lives in central New York with her understanding husband, her three busy boys, and her oh-so-dramatic daughter 🙂 She is the National Bestselling Author, Agatha & RT Reviewer’s Choice Award nominee for her Fortune Teller Mystery series. Kari also writes romance under the name Kari Lee Harmon. Small towns, mystical elements, quirky characters and a few chuckles along the way are what her books are all about. To find out more about Kari and all of her books, check out her websites at: www.karileetownsend.com & www.karileeharmon.com

 

Upcoming New Book Releases 2011 – 2013

Newest additions are noted with an ( * )

July 2011

First Frost – A Mythos Academy e-story – Jennifer Estep

Eye Spy – Victoria Laurie

Foul Play at the PTA – PTA Mystery #2 – Laura Alden

Touch of Frost – Mythos Academy #1 – Jennifer Estep

Undead and Undermined – MaryJanice Davidson

Skirting the Grave – Vintage Magic #4 – Annette Blair

Dragon’s Oath – P.C. Cast

Spellbound – Otherworld #12 – Kelley Armstrong

Bloodwork – Hallows Graphic Novel #1 – Kim Harrison

Dead Iron – Age of Steam – Devon Monk

Let’s Play Dead – Museum #2 – Sheila Connolly

Burning Down the Spouse – Dakota Cassidy

Vision Impossible – Psychic Eye #9 – Victoria Laurie

Night Veil – Yasmine Galenorn

Deadly Reunion – June Shaw

Let’s Play Dead – Sheila Connolly

Eye of the Tempest – Nicole Peeler

Aphrodite’s Kiss – Julie Kenner

Heartless – Gail Carriger

Chocolate Covered Crime – Cynthia Hickey

Bloodlust – Nightshade #1 – Michelle Rowen

The Silent Girl – Tess Gerritsen

Death of a Trophy Wife – Laura Levine

The Square Root of Murder – Ada Madison

Books Can be Deceiving – Jenn McKinlay

Guardian Wolf – An Alpha Force Novel – Linda O. Johnston *

Pie A La Murder – Melinda Wells

The Darling Dahlia’s and the Naked Ladies – Susan Wittig Albert

Wined and Dined – Cricket McRae

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jill Churchill

The Real Macaw – Meg Lanslow #13 – Donna Andrews

Ghost Story – Dresden Files – Jim Butcher

August 2011

Home Improvement – Undead Edition – Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs

Murder by Mocha – Coffee House #10 – Cleo Coyle

Shady Lady – Corine Solomon # – Ann Aguirre

Blood Sacrifice – Maria Lima

Tempest in the Tea Leaves – Fortune Teller Mystery #1 – Kari Lee Townsend

Where Demons Fear to Tread – Stephanie Chong

The Vampire Next Door – Ashlyn Chase

Crossroads – Anna Strong Chronicles #7 – Jeanne C. Stein

A Sheetcake Named Desire – Jacklyn Brady

Die Buying – Mall Cop #1 – Laura DiSilverio

A Killer Column – Mystery by the Numbers #2 – Casey Mays

Till Death Do Us Bark – Dog Walker #5 – Judi McCoy

All the Pretty Hearses – Mary Daheim

Tragic Toppings – Donut Shop #5 – Jessica Beck

Sookie Stackhouse Companion – Charlaine Harris

Deadly Reunion – June Shaw

Bitter Harvest – Orchard Mystery #5 – Sheila Connolly

Pleating for Mercy – Melissa Bourbon

Hellbent – Cherie Priest

Darkness Rising – Dark Angels #2 – Kerri Arthur

Flash and Bones – Temperance Brennan Mystery – Kathy Reichs *

Cowboys & Aliens – A novelization of movie – Joan D. Vinge *

Devil’s Business – Black London – Caitlin Kittredge

Basilisk – Rob Thurman

Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

All The Pretty Horses – B&B Mystery – Mary Daheim

September 2011

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion – Charlaine Harris

Baited Blood – Sue Ann Jaffarian

Must Love Lycans – Michelle Bardsley

Bloodstone – Nancy Holzner

Skating Around the Line – Rebecca Robbins #2 – Joelle Charbonneau

Sleight of Paw – Magical Cats #2 – Sofie Kelly

Mind Over Murder – Raven’s Nest Bookstore #1 – Allison Kingsley

Spider’s Revenge – Jennifer Estep

Goddess of Troy – P.C. Cast

Naughty in Nice – Lady Georgie – Rhys Bowen

So I Married a Demon Slayer – Angie Fox

Aftermath – Sirantha Jax #5 – Ann Aguirre

The Diva Haunts the House – Krista Davis

Button Holed – Button Box #1 – Kylie Logan

The Heirloom Murders – Chloe Ellefson #2 – Kathleen Ernst

October 2011

The Last of the Demon Slayers – Angie Fox

Flipped Out – DIY #5 – Jennie Bentley

Must Love Vampires – Heidi Betts

Mind Over Monsters – F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad Investigations #1 – Jennifer Harlow

Liver Let Die – Clueless Cook #1 – Liz Lipperman

The Chocolate Castle Clue – Chocoholic #11 – Joanna Carl

Death by the Dozen – Cupcake Bakery #3 – Jenn McKinlay

Murder of a Creped Suzette – Scumble River #14 – Denise Swanson

The Wolf at the Door – MaryJanice Davidson

The Bite Before Christmas – Jeannine Frost

The More the Terrier – Pet Rescue #2 – Linda O. Johnston

The Hollows Insider – Kim Harrison

The Real Werewives of Vampire County – Angie Fox

One Foot in the Gravy – Nashville Katz Mystery – Delia Rosen

Darkness Unbound – Keri Arthur

Bloodstone – Deadtown #3 – Nancy Holzner

Destined –  House of Night – PC Cast

Much Ado About Vampires – Dark Ones – Katie MacAlister

Son of Neptune – Rick Riordan

How to Party with a Killer Vampire – Penny Warner

Skeleton Letters – Scrapbooking #9 – Laura Childs

Half Blood – J.L. Armentrout

November 2011

Kiss of Frost – Mythos Academy #2 – Jennifer Estep

Drink Deep – Chicagoland Vampires #5 – Chloe Neill

Magic on the Line – Devon Monk

Destined – House of Night – P.C. Cast & Kristin

Death on a Platter – Mystery Shopper Novel – Elaine Viets

Alpine Winter – Emma Lord Mystery – Mary Daheim *

Fighting to Survive – Rhiannon Frater

Physical Education – Maggie Barbieri

Darker Still – Leanna Renee Hieber

Courting Darkness – OW #10 – Yasmine Galenorn

Explosive Eighteen – Janet Evanovich *

Flesh and Blood – Kristen Painter

Virtual Virgin – Carole Nelson Douglas

December 2011

Shattered Dreams – Ellie James

Dead Bolt – Haunted Home Renovations #2 – Juliet Blackwell

Ghoul Interrupted – M.J. #6 – Victoria Laurie

Blood Wolf – Wereling #2 – Steve Feasey

Sheades of Gray –  Sheades Assassin Novel – Amanda Bonilla

Crops and Robbers – Farmer’s Market #3 – Paige Shelton *

The Real Werewives of Vampire Valley – Angie Fox et al:

LightBringer – K.D. McEntire

Bad Blood – Kristen Painter

January 2012

The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller – Alice Kimberly

A Taste for Murder – Lucy Burdette (AKA Roberta Isleib)

It Takes a Witch – Wishcraft #1 – Heather Blake (AKA Heather Webber)

Silver – Tongued Devil – Sabina Kane #4 – Jaye Wells

Sins of the Demon – Diana Rowland

Shear Murder – Bad Hair Day #10 – Nancy Cohen

If Fried Chicken Could Fly – Gram’s Cooking School #1 – Paige Shelton *

A Demon Does it Better – Linda Wisdom

Charm Fall – Dark Elite #3 – Chloe Neill

Raven Cursed – Jane Yellowrock novel – Faith Hunter

 

February 2012

The Walled Flower – Victoria Sq. #2 – Lorraine Bartlett

All That Bleeds – New series – Kimberly Frost

Old Haunts – E.J. Copperman

The Wood Queen – Karen Mahoney

Phantom Conspiracy – Book 3 ghost series – P.J. Alderman

Almost Everything – Tate Halloway

Gem of a Ghost – Granny Apples #3 – SueAnn Jaffarian

The Nightmare Garden – Caitlin Kittredge

Infamous – Sherrilyn Kenyon

 

March 2012

Timeless – Gail Carriger

Sacrificial Magic – Downside Ghosts #4 – Stacia Kane

 

April 2012

Magic Without Mercy – Devon Monk

The Cat, the Wife, and the Weapon – Leann Sweeney

 

May 2012

The Christie Curse – Victoria Abbott (MJM & Daughter)

Timeless – Gail Carriger

Final Sail – Dead End Job Mystery – Elaine Viets *

A Deadly Grind – Vintage Kitchen Mystery #1 – Victoria Hamilton

 

June 2012

Corpse in the Crystal Ball – Kari Lee Townsend

July 2012

Beef Stolen – Off – A Casserole Lover’s Mystery #2 – Liz Lipperman

Sometime in 2012

Dead Dutch – Maddy Hunter

The Hanged Man – On Her Majesty’s Psychic Service #1 – P.N. Elrod

The Charmed Pie Shoppe –  Pie Shoppe #1 – Ellery Adams

Old Haunts – Haunted Guesthouse #3 – E.J. Copperman

You Light Up My Death – Camilla MacPhee #6 – Mary Jane Maffini

Losing Clementine – Sue Anne Jaffarian

The Wurst is Yet to Come – B&B Mystery – Mary Daheim

 

March 2013

Trouble in the Tarot – Kari Lee Townsend

 

April 2013

Murder for the Halibut – A Casserole Lover’s Mystery #3 – Liz Lipperman *

AUTHORS – if you have any additions or corrections of my list, please feel free to leave me a comment.

Hiss of Death truly a dead read.

Hiss of Death

By Rita Mae Brown and Sneeky Pie

Copyright April 2011

Publisher Bantam

 

 

Beloved authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-conspirator, Sneaky Pie Brown, sow the seeds of an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and that incorrigible corgi Tee Tucker. This time around, the onset of spring ushers in more than hay fever as the animal friends must come to the aid of an ailing Harry to sniff out the season’s first blossom of murder.

Ah, spring! The redbuds open, the robins return, and the days lengthen. People’s spirits lift—as do those of their animal companions. As a wave of tilling and planting sweeps over Crozet, Virginia, Harry is especially excited: This year is her first harvesting grapes to sell. But then a health crisis sends her reeling into the forbidding world of hospitals and doctors, treatments and procedures.

Surviving this journey will be tough, but Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker will do their best to steer Harry in the right direction—as will her ever-helpful husband, Fair. Others will have worse luck: An especially promising nurse’s lifeless body is discovered without a mark on her. Then another hospital employee, who had seemed in perfect health, is also found dead. It’s clear there’s a mystery afoot—and that’s one thing Harry and her menagerie can’t keep their noses out of.

 

Let me preface my coming remarks by saying. I truly love Rita Mae’s writing.  I’ve been reading her books for over 30 years, starting with a 2nd paperback printing of Ruby Fruits.

This new Harry book just isn’t up to her usual standards. It started slow, jumped into a murder that Harry gets drawn into, and spends the next 40 or so pages discussing cancer (an important subject of course but) to the exclusion of what I thought should be the story.  Then she gets into politics, which we all know from the papers is that Virginia is not a happy state for Gays and Lesbians to live in.

She just seems to be losing the sparkle that made the Mrs. Murphy series so much fun to read and try to figure out before the pets did.

I will say though that her new series, which takes place on a ranch out west has all the things that made me love Mrs. Murphy.  I hope she can find it in herself to pull it back together and bring the Mrs. Murphy books up to the standards that her fans have always expected and enjoyed.

 

This book unfortunately was a definite DNF

Upcoming New Book Releases 2011 – 2013

July 2011

Eye Spy – Victoria Laurie

Ducks in a Row – Casserole Mystery #1 – Liz Lipperman

Touch of Frost – Mythos Academy #1 – Jennifer Estep

Foul Play at the PTA – PTA Mystery #2 – Laura Alden **

Undead and Undermined – MaryJanice Davidson

Skirting the Grave – Vintage Magic #4 – Annette Blair

Dragon’s Oath – P.C. Cast *

Spellbound – Otherworld #12 – Kelley Armstrong

Bloodwork – Hallows Graphic Novel #1 – Kim Harrison

Dead Iron – Age of Steam – Devon Monk

Let’s Play Dead – Museum #2 – Sheila Connolly

Burning Down the Spouse – Dakota Cassidy

Vision Impossible – Psychic Eye #9 – Victoria Laurie

Night Veil – Yasmine Galenorn *

Deadly Reunion – June Shaw

Let’s Play Dead – Sheila Connolly

Eye of the Tempest – Nicole Peeler *

Aphrodite’s Kiss – Julie Kenner

Heartless – Gail Carriger

Chocolate Covered Crime – Cynthia Hickey *

Bloodlust – Nightshade #1 – Michelle Rowen

The Silent Girl – Tess Gerritsen *

Death of a Trophy Wife – Laura Levine *

The Square Root of Murder – Ada Madison *

Books Can be Deceiving – Jenn McKinlay *

Pie A La Murder – Melinda Wells *

The Darling Dahlia’s and the Naked Ladies – Susan Wittig Albert *

Wined and Dined – Cricket McRae *

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Jill Churchill *

The Real Macaw – Meg Lanslow #13 – Donna Andrews *

Ghost Story – Dresden Files – Jim Butcher *

August 2011

Home Improvement – Undead Edition – Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs

Murder by Mocha – Coffee House #10 – Cleo Coyle

Shady Lady – Corine Solomon # – Ann Aguirre

Blood Sacrifice – Maria Lima

Tempest in the Tea Leaves – Fortune Teller Mystery #1 – Kari Lee Townsend

Where Demons Fear to Tread – Stephanie Chong *

The Vampire Next Door – Ashlyn Chase

Crossroads – Anna Strong Chronicles #7 – Jeanne C. Stein

A Sheetcake Named Desire – Jacklyn Brady *

Die Buying – Mall Cop #1 – Laura DiSilverio *

A Killer Column – Mystery by the Numbers #2 – Casey Mays *

Till Death Do Us Bark – Dog Walker #5 – Judi McCoy *

All the Pretty Hearses – Mary Daheim *

Tragic Toppings – Donut Shop #5 – Jessica Beck *

Sookie Stackhouse Companion – Charlaine Harris *

Deadly Reunion – June Shaw *

Bitter Harvest – Sheila Connolly

Pleating for Mercy – Melissa Bourbon *

Hellbent – Cherie Priest

Darkness Rising – Dark Angels #2 – Kerri Arthur

Devil’s Business – Black London – Caitlin Kittredge

Basilisk – Rob Thurman

Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

September 2011

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion – Charlaine Harris

Baited Blood – Sue Ann Jaffarian

Must Love Lycans – Michelle Bardsley

Bloodstone – Nancy Holzner

Skating Around the Line – Rebecca Robbins #2 – Joelle Charbonneau

Sleight of Paw – Magical Cats #2 – Sofie Kelly *

Mind Over Murder – Raven’s Nest Bookstore #1 – Allison Kingsley *

Spider’s Revenge – Jennifer Estep

Goddess of Troy – P.C. Cast

Naughty in Nice – Lady Georgie – Rhys Bowen

So I Married a Demon Slayer – Angie Fox

Aftermath – Sirantha Jax #5 – Ann Aguirre

The Diva Haunts the House – Krista Davis *

Button Holed – Button Box #1 – Kylie Logan *

The Heirloom Murders – Chloe Ellefson #2 – Kathleen Ernst *

October 2011

The Last of the Demon Slayers – Angie Fox

Flipped Out – DIY #5 – Jennie Bentley

Must Love Vampires – Heidi Betts

Mind Over Monsters – F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad Investigations #1 – Jennifer Harlow *

Liver Let Die – Clueless Cook #1 – Liz Lipperman

The Chocolate Castle Clue – Chocoholic #11 – Joanna Carl *

Death by the Dozen – Cupcake Bakery #3 – Jenn McKinlay *

Murder of a Creped Suzette – Scumble River #14 – Denise Swanson

The Wolf at the Door – MaryJanice Davidson

The Bite Before Christmas – Jeannine Frost

The More the Terrier – Pet Rescue #2 – Linda O. Johnston *

The Hollows Insider – Kim Harrison

The Real Werewives of Vampire County – Angie Fox

One Foot in the Gravy – Nashville Katz Mystery – Delia Rosen

Darkness Unbound – Keri Arthur

Bloodstone – Deadtown #3 – Nancy Holzner

Destined –  House of Night – PC Cast

Much Ado About Vampires – Dark Ones – Katie MacAlister

Son of Neptune – Rick Riordan

How to Party with a Killer Vampire – Penny Warner *

Skeleton Letters – Scrapbooking #9 – Laura Childs *

November 2011

Touch of Frost – Mythos Academy #2 – Jennifer Estep

Drink Deep – Chicagoland Vampires #5 – Chloe Neill

Magic on the Line – Devon Monk

Destined – House of Night – P.C. Cast & Kristin *

Fighting to Survive – Rhiannon Frater

Darker Still – Leanna Renee Hieber

Courting Darkness – Yasmine Galenorn

Flesh and Blood – Kristen Painter *

Virtual Virgin – Carole Nelson Douglas *

December 2011

 Shattered Dreams – Ellie James

Dead Bolt – Haunted Home Renovations #2 – Juliet Blackwell

Ghoul Interrupted – M.J. #6 – Victoria Laurie

Blood Wolf – Wereling #2 – Steve Feasey

Sheades of Gray –  Sheades Assassin Novel – Amanda Bonilla

The Real Werewives of Vampire Valley – Angie Fox et al:

LightBringer – K.D. McEntire

Bad Blood – Kristen Painter *

January 2012

Beef Stolen – Off – A Casserole Lover’s Mystery #2 – Liz Lipperman

The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller – Alice Kimberly

A Taste for Murder – Lucy Burdette (AKA Roberta Isleib)

It Takes a Witch – Wishcraft #1 – Heather Blake (AKA Heather Webber)

Silver – Tongued Devil – Sabina Kane #4 – Jaye Wells

Sins of the Demon – Diana Rowland

Shear Murder – Bad Hair Day #10 – Nancy Cohen *

A Demon Does it Better – Linda Wisdom

Charm Fall – Dark Elite #3 – Chloe Neill

Raven Cursed – Jane Yellowrock novel – Faith Hunter

February 2012

The Walled Flower – Victoria Sq. #2 – Lorraine Bartlett

All That Bleeds – New series – Kimberly Frost

Old Haunts – E.J. Copperman

The Wood Queen – Karen Mahoney

Phantom Conspiracy – Book 3 ghost series – P.J. Alderman

Almost Everything – Tate Halloway

The Nightmare Garden – Caitlin Kittredge *

Infamous – Sherrilyn Kenyon *

March 2012

Timeless – Gail Carriger

Sacrificial Magic – Downside Ghosts #4 – Stacia Kane *

April 2012

Magic Without Mercy – Devon Monk *

The Cat, the Wife, and the Weapon – Leann Sweeney *

May 2012

Corpse in the Crystal Ball – Kari Lee Townsend

The Christie Curse – Victoria Abbott (MJM & Daughter)

Timeless – Gail Carriger

July 2012

Chicken Fried Corpse – A Casserole Lover’s Mystery #3 – Liz Lipperman

Sometime in 2012

Dead Dutch – Maddy Hunter

The Hanged Man – On Her Majesty’s Psychic Service #1 – P.N. Elrod

The Charmed Pie Shoppe –  Pie Shoppe #1 – Ellery Adams

Old Haunts – Haunted Guesthouse #3 – E.J. Copperman

You Light Up My Death – Camilla MacPhee #6 – Mary Jane Maffini

Losing Clementine – Sue Anne Jaffarian

March 2013

Trouble in the Tarot – Kari Lee Townsend

AUTHORS – if you have any additions or corrections of my list, please feel free to leave me a comment.

Revolution Press Release

 June 8th, 2011

Fallen Legion, thefourth book in the Timeless series by Laura Kreitzer, is set to release this winter. Published by Revolution Publishing Inc.

Laura Kreitzer’s website: http://laurakreitzer. com

SUMMARY The full force of the Empyrean Guard leaves Gabriella trembling where she stands. Even with the Fallen at her back, she lacks the proper training and knowledge to win the inevitable Angelic war. In the Timeless Oblivion, Gabriella seeks the advice of the one person who’s never failed her and comes back with more than she bargained for. Now Gabriella must do the unthinkable: break the most important law the Celestial Gods decreed thousands of years ago to protect the Angels. Now that she’s crossed the line, will she

Got this from sister in law…. extremely funny!

Copy of a leaked memo from El Al to JetBlue employees

Subject: Unique aspects of a flight to Israel

Dear JetBlue employees:

Welcome to the El Al family – or as we say in Hebrew, Bruchim haba’im!

We’re so excited about our new partnership. We here at Israel’s national air carrier are eager to make this transition as smooth as possible and thought it would be helpful to sensitize you to some of the cultural differences you may encounter with your new customer base.

Security lines: Passengers are instructed to arrive at the airport six hours before a flight. This may seem excessive, but Israel ‘s crack security service demands it on the theory that no terrorist would be dedicated enough to spend six hours in a crowd of Jews. Kidding! The six-hour time period allows our security team to ask essential questions of our passengers, including “Do you have family in Israel ? Where do they live? What is the purpose of your visit?” It also allows time for the person behind you in line to ask the very same questions, in even greater detail. What you might call “intrusive rudeness” is merely what our people call “Jewish geography.”

Luggage: We allow each passenger to stow luggage weighing up to 6,000 pounds. Again, this may seem generous by American standards, but it is in response to our passengers’ need to bring books for their cousins in B’nei Brak, appliances for their neighbors’ in-laws in French Hill, and industrial-size boxes of M & M’s for Israeli soldiers.

Boarding: We board our flights for maximum efficiency, in the following order: Families with young children, families with six or more young children, families with eight or more young children, individuals with physical limitations, individuals with aches and pains that may be something but they won’t know until they see a specialist, individuals who cut in line.

Carry-on luggage: You may not think a double stroller, six Borsalino hat boxes, and a Samsung flat-screen television are able to fit in an overhead bin, but please don’t underestimate our passengers. During this portion of the flight it might be a good idea forflight attendants to retreat to the galley and have a beer. Or two.

Safety instructions: Hebrew is written from right to left. Similarly, in order to accommodate our passengers’ unique sensibility, our instructions are delivered backward. When we say, “Please do NOT stow items under the seat in front of you,” our passengers think, “I’ll damn well stow my items anywhere I want to,” before stowing them under the seat. When we say, “Please move freely about the cabin,” our passengers respond, “If they think I am budging from this seat, they have another think coming.” It works like a charm.

In-flight behavior: At some point during the lengthy overseas flight, bearded men will crowd the aisle, wrapped in leather straps and white shawls. Do not be alarmed! They will not ask you to join them!

Food service: As a Jewish airline, we serve clientele with unique dietary needs. Our choices include kosher, glatt kosher, kosher dairy, kosher meat, kosher pareve, glatt kosher dairy, gluten-free kosher meat, lactose-free kosher with nuts, lactose-free kosher without nuts, low-salt kosher pareve, high-salt gluten-free kosher meat, and “just bring me a box of cereal and some milk.” Remain calm and do not reach for the emergency chute.

Landing: Passengers will often burst into applause when the plane touches down in Israel . This is because  a) they are deeply moved by the thought of arriving in the Land of their Ancestors; b) they are still surprised, even after 60 years, that a Jew can safely pilot an airplane.

We hope you find these tips useful as you welcome El Al passengers aboard JetBlue.

What I’m looking forward to reading

This is a list of books that I’m looking forward to reading, and it continues to grow as the authors and publishers release the titles and release dates.  I hope it helps everyone plan their book buying budgets for the coming year or so.

If you spot an error in either the release date, or duplication, feel free to leave a comment so I can fix it.

 

June 2011

Sentenced to Death – Booktown #5 – Lorna Barrett

Twice as Dead – Odelia Grey – Sue Ann Jaffarian

Classified as Murder – Dean (Miranda) James

Finger Lickin’ Dead – Memphis BBQ #2 – Riley Adams

Grace Interrupted – Manor House Mystery #2 – Julie Hyzy

A Parfait Murder – Wendy Lyn Watson

Kitty’s Big Trouble – Carrie Vaughn

Smokin’ Seventeen – Janet Evanovich

Tale of Two Demon Slayers – Angie Fox

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells – Mystic Café #1 – Rose Pressey

Ink Flamingos – Book 4 Tattoo Shop Mysteries – Karen E. Olson

Bones of a Feather – Delaney Sisters – Carolyn Haines

Shadowwalker – Book 3 Stormwalker series – Allyson James

Pleating for Mercy – Melissa Bourbon

Hexed (Anthology) – Double Hexed (novella) Bk 4 Stormwalker – Allyson James

Blood Work- graphic novel – Kim Harrison

Hexes and Hemlines – Juliet Blackwell

Zombie’s Sold Separately – Cheyenne McCray

 July 2011

Eye Spy – Victoria Laurie

Ducks in a Row – Casserole Mystery #1 – Liz Lipperman

Touch of Frost – Mythos Academy #1 – Jennifer Estep

Undead and Undermined – MaryJanice Davidson

Skirting the Grave – Vintage Magic #4 – Annette Blair

Spellbound – Otherworld #12 – Kelley Armstrong

Bloodwork – Hallows Graphic Novel #1 – Kim Harrison

Dead Iron – Age of Steam – Devon Monk

Let’s Play Dead – Museum #2 – Sheila Connolly

Burning Down the Spouse – Dakota Cassidy

Vision Impossible – Psychic Eye #9 – Victoria Laurie

Deadly Reunion – June Shaw *

Let’s Play Dead – Sheila Connolly

Aphrodite’s Kiss – Julie Kenner

Blameless – Gail Carriger

Heartless – Gail Carriger

Bloodlust – Nightshade #1 – Michelle Rowen

August 2011

Cat in the Stacks #2 – Miranda James

Home Improvement – Undead Edition – Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs

Murder by Mocha – Coffee House #10 – Cleo Coyle

Shady Lady – Corine Solomon # – Ann Aguirre

Blood Sacrifice – Maria Lima

Tempest in the Tea Leaves – Fortune Teller Mystery #1 – Kari Lee Townsend

The Vampire Next Door – Ashlyn Chase

Crossroads – Anna Strong Chronicles #7 – Jeanne C. Stein

Bitter Harvest – Sheila Connolly

Hellbent – Cherie Priest

Darkness Rising – Dark Angels #2 – Kerri Arthur

Devil’s Business – Black London – Caitlin Kittredge

Basilisk – Rob Thurman

Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

September 2011

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion – Charlaine Harris

Baited Blood – Sue Ann Jaffarian

Must Love Lycans – Michelle Bardsley

Bloodstone – Nancy Holzner

Skating Around the Line – Rebecca Robbins #2 – Joelle Charbonneau

The Spider’s Revenge – Jennifer Estep

Goddess of Troy – P.C. Cast

Naughty in Nice – Lady Georgie – Rhys Bowen

So I Married a Demon Slayer – Angie Fox

Aftermath – Sirantha Jax #5 – Ann Aguirre

October 2011

The Last of the Demon Slayers – Angie Fox

Flipped Out – Jennie Bentley

Must Love Vampires – Heidi Betts

Liver or Die – Clueless Cook #1 – Liz Lipperman

The Wolf at the Door – MaryJanice Davidson

The Bite Before Christmas – Jeannine Frost

The Hollows Insider – Kim Harrison

The Real Werewives of Vampire County – Angie Fox

One Foot in the Gravy – Nashville Katz Mystery – Delia Rosen

Darkness Unbound – Keri Arthur

Bloodstone – Deadtown #3 – Nancy Holzner

Destined –  House of Night – PC Cast

Much Ado About Vampires – Dark Ones – Katie MacAlister

Son of Neptune – Rick Riordan

November 2011

Touch of Frost – Mythos Academy #2 – Jennifer Estep

Drink Deep – Chicagoland Vampires #5 – Chloe Neill

Magic on the Line – Devon Monk

Fighting to Survive – Rhiannon Frater *

Darker Still – Leanna Renee Hieber

Courting Darkness – Yasmine Galenorn

December 2011

Shattered Dreams – Ellie James

Dead Bolt – Haunted Home Renovations #2 – Juliet Blackwell

Ghoul Interrupted – M.J. #6 – Victoria Laurie

Blood Wolf – Wereling #2 – Steve Feasey *

Sheades of Gray –  Sheades Assassin Novel – Amanda Bonilla *

The Real Werewives of Vampire Valley – Angie Fox et al: *

LightBringer – K.D. McEntire *

January 2012

Beef Stolen – Off – A Casserole Lover’s Mystery #2 – Liz Lipperman

The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller – Alice Kimberly

A Taste for Murder – Lucy Burdette (AKA Roberta Isleib)

It Takes a Witch – Wishcraft #1 – Heather Blake (AKA Heather Webber)

Silver – Tongued Devil – Sabina Kane #4 – Jaye Wells

Sins of the Demon – Diana Rowland

A Demon Does it Better – Linda Wisdom

Charm Fall – Dark Elite #3 – Chloe Neill *

Raven Cursed – Jane Yellowrock novel – Faith Hunter

Shear Murder – Bad Hair Day #10 – Nancy Cohen *

February 2012

The Walled Flower – Victoria Sq. #2 – Lorraine Bartlett

All That Bleeds – New series – Kimberly Frost

The Wood Queen – Karen Mahoney

Old Haunts – E.J. Copperman *

Phantom Conspiracy – Book 3 ghost series – P.J. Alderman

Almost Everything – Tate Halloway *

 May 2012

Corpse in the Crystal Ball – Kari Lee Townsend

The Christie Curse – Victoria Abbott (MJM & Daughter)

Timeless – Gail Carriger

July 2012

Chicken Fried Corpse – A Casserole Lover’s Mystery #3 – Liz Lipperman

August 2012

Tempest in the Tea Leaves – 1^st book in the Fortune Teller Mystery series – Kari Lee Townsend

 

Sometime in 2012

Dead Dutch – Maddy Hunter

The Hanged Man – On Her Majesty’s Psychic Service #1 – P.N. Elrod

The Christie Caper – Mystery Book Collector #1 – Victoria Abbott (MJ Maffini & daughter)

The Charmed Pie Shoppe –  Pie Shoppe #1 – Ellery Adams

Old Haunts – Haunted Guesthouse #3 – E.J. Copperman

You Light Up My Death – Camilla MacPhee #6 – Mary Jane Maffini

Losing Clementine – Sue Anne Jaffaraian

February 2013

Trouble in the Tarot – Kari Lee Townsend