Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Cat’s Claw by Dolores Hitchens

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Cat’s Claw by Dolores Hitchens:   Reviewed by Jeanne Rachel Murdock is an apple-cheeked, white-haired little old lady who lives with her prim sister Jennifer in Los Ang...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: At Death’s Dough by Mindy Quigley

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: At Death’s Dough by Mindy Quigley:   Tommy, a local Butterball lookalike, with a copy of the book.  Reviewed by Jeanne Valentine’s Day approaches and while love is in the ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Cat Nap by Brian Lies

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Cat Nap by Brian Lies: Reviewed by Jeanne A sleeping kitten is awakened by the scurry of a mouse, and the chase is on! But this is no ordinary chase: they’re r...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Creepy Cat by Cotton Valent

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Creepy Cat by Cotton Valent:   Reviewed by Jeanne I love cats and I like creepy (not horror) so this title was a natural for me. A young woman named Flora moves into...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Now You See It by Carol J. Perry

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Now You See It by Carol J. Perry:   Reviewed by Jeanne Newlywed Lee Barrett is taking on yet another new job at WICH-TV, Salem’s aptly-lettered local TV station. This tim...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa: Reviewed by Jeanne Rintaro Natsuki is a shy, introverted high school student who lives with his grandfather. Now, however, his grandfath...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass:   Reviewed by Jeanne When Al takes the last few remaining library books out of the store and puts them in a little free library, Mortime...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass:   Reviewed by Jeanne When Al takes the last few remaining library books out of the store and puts them in a little free library, Mortime...

Lesa's Book Critiques: TO CONJURE A KILLER BY CLEA SIMON

 Lesa's Book Critiques: TO CONJURE A KILLER BY CLEA SIMON

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Six Cats a Slayin’ by Miranda James

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Six Cats a Slayin’ by Miranda James:   Reviewed by Jeanne Christmas is just around the corner, and Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel are looking forward to it. Af...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Mrs. Chippy, As Husbands Go, Forgotten Bookshop in Paris, Black Bart.

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Mrs. Chippy, As Husbands Go, Forgotten ...:   Reported by Rita Mrs. Chippy’s Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton’s Polar-Bound Cat by Caroline Alexander tells the ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Te...:   Reviewed by Jeanne Maurice is indeed amazing.   For one thing, he can talk—not a usual thing for a cat. He also is more or less the le...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai:      Reviewed by Jeanne   Since I seemed to be on a roll with magna after Cat + Gamer , I went for the first two volumes of A Man and ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Christmas Reading Beyond A Christmas Carol and A Visit From St. Nicholas

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Christmas Reading Beyond A Christmas Carol and A V...:   Appalachian Christmas Nora Bonesteel’s Christmas Past by Sharyn McCrumb blends two plotlines of Christmas in the region.   In one, Sher...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatan

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatan:   Reviewed by Jeanne As a rule, I’m not really a manga person.   These became popular some years back, but not soon enough to become a p...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley:   Reviewed by Jeanne Chef Delilah O’Leary is seeing her dream come true.   She’s opening her own specialty pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wiscons...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Gift From Bob Film

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Gift From Bob Film:     Reviewed by Jeanne  James Bowen was an addict in the streets of London, busking and selling copies of The Big Issue, a paper which helps...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Murder with a View by Diane Kelly (A House Flipper Mystery)

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Murder with a View by Diane Kelly (A House Flipper...:   Reviewed by Jeanne Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin, Buck, are “flippers” who buy rundown properties and rehabilitate them to...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Inkblot Vol. 1 by Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Inkblot Vol. 1 by Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd:     Reviewed by Jeanne As this graphic novel opens, we’re introduced to the Seeker, one of ten siblings of a powerful and magical family w...

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