What Lies in the Woods By Kate Alice Marshall Naomi was quietly eating her peanut butter sandwich in the woods when her attacker changed her life forever. Dredge up memories of your own childhood with these peanut butter and jelly bars. Click here to get the recipe from Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons. If…
Tag: Murder
Some Books are Not Good Audiobooks
The Angel Maker By Alex North Christopher Shaw, the younger brother of Katie Shaw, is attacked on his way home from school by a crazy madman. In the struggle, Christopher almost has his face ripped off. This incident understandable leads Christopher down a dark path of drugs and homelessness as an adult. Today’s squeamish book…
To Hell and Back
Sign Here By Claudia Lux Most of Hell is fresh out of humanity, but Peyote proves that he still has a little sweetness remaining under all his spice. Bring a taste of Heaven to your hellish gathering with Sign Here‘s recipe match, Sweet and Spicy Jalapeño Poppers. Click here to get the recipe from Taste…
Everyone Dies- Bootlegger’s Edition
Hang the Moon By Jeannette Walls Sally Kincaid made sure the family business kept on running no matter what. To celebrate this novel’s Prohibition theme, we’re introducing our first drink. The Ward 8 not only sounds as political as the Kincaid Family’s life in Claiborne County, but it will make good use out of the…
Che Macello!
The Villa By Rachel Hawkins Chess and Emily spend most of the book holed up inside Villa Aestas, but they do occasionally leave so they can explore the nearby Italian town of Orvieto. Between their adventures and their writing, they probably want a quick meal. That’s why our recipe match for The Villa features a…
Of Beer and Black Jackets
The Winners by Fredrik Backman The third and final installment of Fredrik Backman’s Beartown series is here, and it did not disappoint. This nearly 600-page behemoth wraps up the trilogy by taking us back to the small, isolated forest town nearly two years after the events of the first two books. The most important thing…
Abusive Past, Modern Murder
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the chance to review this book. One of my favorite questions to ask other readers is, “What authors are on your auto-read list?” Lisa Jewell has been one of mine for the last couple of years, so I was excited…
The Golden Girls Assassin Remix
Killers of Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Someone once said, “Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.” That has never been more true for Project Sphinx, a group of elite all-female assassins who are in their early sixties. After decades of targeting former Nazis, drug and sex traffickers, evil dictators,…
Golden Oldie: Catch the Spy to Save the War
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet Mass market fiction is not my favorite. Yes, the stories are enjoyable. Yes, they appeal to all audiences. Yes, they make GREAT movies. But, they often feel like “book junk food” to me– all action with very little attention paid to developing the plot. If I hate mass…
Baking Through Book Club 