#thrillerthursday (01/08/15 edition)

#thrillerthursday (01/08/15 edition)

It’s #thrillerthursday and we’re reading: Doing the Devil’s Work by Bill Loehfelm “This series just keeps getting better.”–Kirkus (starred review) “Loehfelm’s third crime novel featuring the marvelously complex New Orleans police officer Maureen Coughlin is every bit as good as its standout predecessors, and provides fresh evidence that Maureen merits a long literary life … […]

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Happy #BookBday! (01/06/15)

Happy #BookBday! (01/06/15)

Happy #Bookbday to: A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan “British writer Hogan’s fourth novel is a gripping psychological thriller that pegs out the creep-o-meter with its chilling, original plot.  Hogan’s Mr. Heming is a monumentally diabolical character—the fact that he narrates the story further ups both the stakes and the tension. Readers won’t […]

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Welcome Back!  (01/05/15)

Welcome Back! (01/05/15)

Well… sort of. Anne is hanging out with Baby Daniel until the end of the month and Talia is on the road but promises to spread the book love again starting Tuesday, January 6th! In the meantime, get your paws Whitelisted and read this pup.       […]

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Happy Holidays (12/23/14)

Happy Holidays (12/23/14)

It’s official! Macmillan Library is on vacation until January 5th. Best wishes to you & yours for happy and healthy holidays. xoxo Talia & Anne […]

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Three Stars for Paul Beatty’s THE SELLOUT

Three Stars for Paul Beatty’s THE SELLOUT

“Beatty, author of the deservedly highly praised THE WHITE BOY SHUFFLE (1996), here outdoes himself and possibly everybody else in a send-up of race, popular culture, and politics in today’s America . . . Beatty hits on all cylinders in a darkly funny, dead-on-target, elegantly written satire . . . [THE SELLOUT] is frequently laugh-out-loud […]

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#thrillerthursday (12/18/14)

#thrillerthursday (12/18/14)

It’s  #thrillerthursday and and we’re reading: THIEF by Mark Sullivan (Robin Monarch Thrillers – Volume 3) “[T]errific page-turner… Sullivan has crafted a remarkable antihero in Monarch, and the mix of action with thought provoking insight into what constitutes good or evil makes this a winner on every level. Fans of the Robert Ludlum Bourne novels […]

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Three Stars for Bill Loehfelm’s DOING THE DEVIL’S WORK

Three Stars for Bill Loehfelm’s DOING THE DEVIL’S WORK

“As he’s shown in the earlier installments in this series, Loehfelm has a real feel for capturing the nearly impenetrable culture of the NOPD; Coughlin needs all the help she can get to avoid becoming the fall guy in a case no one wants to touch, but whom can she trust? As impressive as his […]

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Teen Talk Tuesday!

Teen Talk Tuesday!

It’s #TeenTalkTuesday and we’re reading: VALLEY OF FIRES by J. Barton Mitchell (The Conquered Earth #3) The sci-fi tour de force series set in an alien-invaded post-apocalyptic world concludes as the teens must unite Earth’s disparate survivors to overthrow its alien invaders once and for all. “In the conclusion to his science-fantasy trilogy… the battles […]

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For Your Consideration: March 2015 LibraryReads Titles

For Your Consideration: March 2015 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles now for the March 2015* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due January 20! Click here  for the full list of 2015 deadlines. All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer “After the rescue of a hijacked plane in Vienna fails spectacularly, leaving everyone on board dead, CIA types stationed in […]

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Sarah Addison Allen Does It Again!

Sarah Addison Allen Does It Again!

Thank you for voting Sarah Addison Allen’s latest, FIRST FROST, onto the January 2015 LibraryReads list! This is Addison Allen’s SECOND appearance on the LibraryReads list —  LOST LAKE debuted on the January 2014 list. “Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can go home again, and in returning to the Waverley household, the winsomely wise Allen […]

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