GREAT READS

Dog On It is a fairly light, tame mystery without the sex, angst and gore that sometimes comes with the genre. There isn't much who-done-it suspense in this first novel and mystery aficionados will likely clue in on the bad guy quickly, but there are...

Get lost in The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers. This book is an action-packed, fantastical novel and a bibliophile's dream-read, full of wonders and horrors that are simply too wonderful and horrifying to be real! Follow the tale of Optimus...

If reading or seeing The Lightening Thief has sparked your imagination, you can grab a grown-up version of the Percy Jackson series. The Greco-Roman gods will have to share the literary spotlight with the rest of Europe.  In fact, Gods of all na...

Soulless is a paranormal, steam-punk, romance, action-adventure story that carries a parasol and knows what to do with it. This sassy little debut from author Gail Carriger has a whole lot of fun with the Victorian area. Soulless Alexia Tarabotti, ...

A tale of tragic romance, Bright Star is a lush film filled with the texture of shift gowns, the color of wildflowers, and an enchanting soundtrack which weave together to give the film a poetry worthy of the poet who inspired it.  Based on the ...

CakeLove is both cookbook and restaurant.  Owner and author Warren Brown is a DC lawyer who gave up legal cases for legendary cakes.  His cook book has cake recipes you won't find anywhere else.  Whip up a Pumpkin Clove Pound Cake, a R...

While I would strongly recommend starting at the beginning of the series (Body Movers),  4 Bodies and a Funeral  by Stephanie Bond had that extra special something that had me dying to start the fifth -which was luckily only a few feet away...

If you are a looking for a book that will tug at your heart strings, this one is it.  Labor Day is the story of thirteen year old Henry, a misfit of a boy who is just starting the struggle of transitioning from child to young adult, and his misf...

This book is a modern version of an old noir mystery complete with a main male character with a tortured past, and a gritty, dystopian view of justice and human nature.  Instead of a private detective, our main character is a public defender in ...

For me, there is no escapism greater than a good paranormal thriller, and Rachel Vincent makes her mark on the genre with her Werecats series.  In the first book, Stray, Faythe Sanders is an extraordinary young woman.  She is the daughter o...

Have you ever wondered why your dog loves to knock the garbage over and toss it around the room?  Dawn Tarnauer knows.  Dawn works at a doggie day care, but her insight into the mysterious workings of the canine mind is not training, observ...

Perry Point and Havre de Grace have never been as frightening as they are in their supporting roles in the horror film From Within. Familiar scenes from the streets of these local towns are sewn together to create Grove Town, a small, peaceful co...

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann is a frolicking mystery told from the perspective of a very clever flock of sheep.  But the plot of the story is about a shepherd, George, who cannot seem to fit in to his own human flock, the people of the quiet ...

Kristin Cashore proves she is graced with the ability to sweep teen and adult readers alike away on an adventure full of action, romance, and stunning scenery with nothing more than the words of her novel, Graceling.  Readers will find themselve...

In his new novel, S. G. Browne shows us that just because a person has been killed in a car accident, re-animated, and lives in their parent's wine cellar doesn't mean they can't feel the pain of discrimination.  It doesn't mean that a person ca...

Otto Starks is a Pulse, a security guard with exceptional abilities that include sitting still for days without falling asleep, extra sensitive hearing, and the ability to consume toxins.  Despite his exceptional abilities, in Mine All Mine by A...

A. Lee Martinez has never taken his plot line too seriously.  The result is a book that gets a kick out of being unabashedly cliché and ends up surprisingly original.  A perfect example: The Automatic Detective, staring Mack Megaton,...

The Sugar Queen is the sweet sophomore offering of novelist Sarah Addison Allen.  Nestled away in the sleepy southern resort town of Bald Slope, three young women find themselves in trouble up to their necks.  Della Lee, the town bad girl, ...