Category Archives: mystery

Some Recent Reading (or Mostly Listening)

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Liz Mc2

These days, mysteries are my genre of choice: people solving problems, answering questions, seeking justice. And, of course, plots that hold my attention when I’m tired and easily distracted. Audiobooks, too, are good when I’m tired and distracted. The library … Continue reading →

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Long Bright River, by Liz Moore

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Liz Mc2

A few years ago I read a New York Times Magazine story about the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington, home to the “largest open-air heroin market on the East Coast,” which has stayed with me ever since. Jennifer Percy’s story describes … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Highlights

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Liz Mc2

Back to school time seems like a good time to try to get back to more regular blogging. The achievement of my summer was (mostly) completing the slow process of swapping my office with my daughter’s bedroom; she wanted to … Continue reading →

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Reading Lists

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Liz Mc2

Hi, my name is Liz, and despite my best 2019 intentions my library pile is out of control again. Let me tell you about it. Finished and ready to return: Vivien Chien, Death by Dumpling: I liked the setting of … Continue reading →

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Recent Reading: January (and some February)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Liz Mc2

I will skip the laments about not blogging more regularly and get to the book talk. It has been a pretty good reading year so far! I feel I should be reading less from the library and more from my … Continue reading →

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