Tuesday, December 28, 2021

"Life Flight"--by Lynette Eason--"Extreme Measures Series"--bestselling and award-winning author Lynette Eason is back with another high-octane tale of close calls, narrow escapes, and the fight to bring a nefarious criminal to justice (see my review)

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    Life Flight EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to high stress situations, but being forced to land on a mountain in a raging ...

"The Other Family"--by Wendy Corsi Staub--fast-paced thriller--family making a fresh start moves into a house which was the site of an unsolved triple homicide--and are watched by an unknown person...

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  The Other Family The watcher sees who you are...and knows what you did... It's the perfect home for the perfect family: pretty Nora ...
Friday, December 24, 2021

"Little Women"--by Louisa May Alcott--generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters--united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War--1949 film version featured June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, and other screen favorites

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  Little Women Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s m...

"A Christmas Story"--by Jean Shepherd--beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film--an affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana--author co-scripted and narrated film

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  A Christmas Story The holiday film A Christmas Story , first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in s...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

"Starry Night"--by Debbie Macomber--’Tis the season for romance, second chances, and Christmas cheer-Filled with all the comforts and joys of Christmastime, Starry Night is a delightful novel of finding happiness in the most surprising places. (see my review)

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    Starry Night Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a c...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

"The House on Main Street"--by Shirlee McCoy--"Apple Valley Series"--contemporary holiday romance set in Apple Valley, Washington--friends are always near, neighbors have no secrets--even if they'd like to--and long-held wishes have a way of coming true

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  The House on Main Street Interior designer Tessa McKenzie has built a good life far from her Washington hometown. She intends to get ba...

"The Mountain Between Us"--by Cindy Myers--"Eureka, Colorado Series"--a big-hearted holiday story of pulling together, facing life's challenges--and knowing what it means to really come home

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    The Mountain Between Us Cut off from the outside world by a blanket of snow, the holidays are usually a time for peace and quiet in t...