January 2021

  • The Edgars

    The Edgars

    Attention mystery fans! The Mystery Writers of America’s nominations for the 2021 Edgar Awards, one of…

  • The Great Toni Morrison

    The Great Toni Morrison

    “If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet,…

  • The Thirty Names of Night

    The Thirty Names of Night

    In The Thirty Names of Night, a closeted Syrian-American trans boy, grieving his mother after a…

  • The Mystery of Mrs Christie

    The Mystery of Mrs Christie

    Despite having written several successful books I am sure that author Marie Benedict must have thought…

  • Staying Alive

    Staying Alive

    If you love cozy (and sometimes not so cozy) British murder mysteries, you know that those…

  • The Paris Library

    The Paris Library

    Historical fiction continues to be a very popular genre – particularly stories set during WWII. I…

  • Who Was Mary Shelley?

    Who Was Mary Shelley?

    English novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in 1797. Most well known as being the author…

  • What’s In the Soup?

    What’s In the Soup?

    Me: Do you like quirky independent comedies starring Steve Buscemi? Also Me (AM): Who doesn’t?!? I…

  • eMagazines at WPL

    eMagazines at WPL

    On this day in 1981, Rolling Stone released its latest magazine, featuring John Lennon and Yoko…

  • Jann Arden

    Jann Arden

    Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden’s latest book, If I Knew Then, focuses on getting sober, aging and…