Showing posts with label Melissa's Picks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melissa's Picks. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Flight of the Witch by Ellis Peters

 By the author of the Brother Cadfael series, which we enjoyed.

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Friday, January 25, 2019

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Murder Uncorked by Michele Scott

A light, easy read for a break.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Embers by Sandor Marai

A book from another country to read.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Deadlock by Sara Paretsky

A fun book about the shipping industry in the Great Lakes (and a murder of a hockey player).

Friday, November 24, 2017

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Murial Barberry

This was a bestseller in France, translated into English and became a bestseller in the United States.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Grave Consequences by B. Comfort

I got this book for $0.50 at a library book sale.  It looked interesting and has a sassy retired lady as the chief protagonist.

Sunday, April 9, 2017

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

This came highly recommended.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

March by Geraldine Brooks

This looks like an interesting spin-off of Little Women.

Friday, August 26, 2016

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

This looks like a light book, with a little bit of magic.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Annie's Ghost by Steve Luxembourg

This book was recommended by a friend and is based on a true story.

Monday, April 25, 2016

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Another book about WWII.  I seem to be reading a lot of them lately.  :-)

Friday, January 29, 2016

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

I solely chose this book because it was featured in a Big Bang Theory episode.  Television inspired reading list.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Lemon Swamp and Other Places: A Carolina Memoir by Mamie Garvin Fields and Karen Fields

I started this book and, for some reason, thought of you, B.  I hope you like it.

Friday, September 18, 2015

The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney

This is a random book I picked up cheap at a yard sale or library sale or something.  I liked the cover.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Hearing no dissent from my fellow members, I'll go ahead and post my pick.  It is a young adult novel and is very popular.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Thursday, November 7, 2013