Goodbye, 2017; a tumultuous year filled with heartache, fear, misery, uncertainty, and madness. I am very happy to see you go.
Hello, 2018. I’m positive this will be a banner year.
Monday, January 1, 2018
Saturday, December 9, 2017
2017 Year In Review
This year has been absolutely horrible. A lot of bad people made a lot of bad decisions. And then there were all the hurricanes. In particular, the one in which I lost my home.
It took a while to happen, but I am in a better place now.
I look forward to a happier New Year.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
New Mystery Book Releases
THE END: An Owen Taylor Story by James Patterson
THE BLACK BOOK by James Patterson & David Ellis
BONE WHITE: Mundy's Landing Book Three by Wendy Corsi Staub
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: A Novel by Sarah Dunant
IN THIS GRAVE HOUR: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
RETRIBUTION (A Rona Parish Mystery) by Anthea Fraser
MAN OVERBOARD: An Ali Reynolds Novel by J.A. Jance
WAIT FOR DARK (A Bishop/SCU Novel) by Kay Hooper
BURIALS (Faye Longchamp Series) by Mary Anna Evans
SARATOGA PAYBACK (Charlie Bradshaw Mystery) by Stephen Dobyns
THE CUTTHROAT (An Isaac Bell Adventure) by Clive Cussler
CRUEL WINTER: A County Cork Mystery by Sheila Connolly
IN FARLEIGH FIELD: A Novel of World War II by Rhys Bowen
IF I'M FOUND (If I Run Series) by Terri Blackstock
MURDER ON THE SERPENTINE: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry
THE BLACK BOOK by James Patterson & David Ellis
BONE WHITE: Mundy's Landing Book Three by Wendy Corsi Staub
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: A Novel by Sarah Dunant
IN THIS GRAVE HOUR: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
RETRIBUTION (A Rona Parish Mystery) by Anthea Fraser
MAN OVERBOARD: An Ali Reynolds Novel by J.A. Jance
WAIT FOR DARK (A Bishop/SCU Novel) by Kay Hooper
BURIALS (Faye Longchamp Series) by Mary Anna Evans
SARATOGA PAYBACK (Charlie Bradshaw Mystery) by Stephen Dobyns
THE CUTTHROAT (An Isaac Bell Adventure) by Clive Cussler
CRUEL WINTER: A County Cork Mystery by Sheila Connolly
IN FARLEIGH FIELD: A Novel of World War II by Rhys Bowen
IF I'M FOUND (If I Run Series) by Terri Blackstock
MURDER ON THE SERPENTINE: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry
Monday, March 27, 2017
Writers' Conferences & Book Festivals, 2017
APRIL
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair || St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
April 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Ohioana Book Festival || Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, April 8, 2017
San Antonio Book Festival || San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Annapolis Book Festival || Annapolis, Maryland
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Southern Kentucky Bookfest || Bowling Green, Kentucky
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Saturday, April 22, 2017
Bethesda Literary Festival || Bethesda, Maryland
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017
Alabama Book Festival || Montgomery, Alabama
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, April 22, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017
The Bocas Lit Fest || Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017
Arkansas Literary Festival || Little Rock, Arkansas
Thursday, April 27, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017
Newburyport Literary Festival || Newburyport, Massachusetts
Friday, April 28, 2017 to Saturday, April 29, 2017
Dayton Book Expo || Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Dallas Book Festival || Dallas, Texas
Saturday, April 29, 2017
The Sistahs On Lit Book Festival || Sliver Spring, Maryland
Sunday, April 30, 2017
MAY
PEN World Voices Festival || New York, New York
Monday, May 1, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
RT Booklovers Convention || Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
Greater St. Louis Book Fair || St. Louis, Missouri
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
The Festival of Literary Diversity || Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
The Bronx Book Fair || Bronx, New York
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Anguilla Literary Festival || Venue TBD, Anguilla
Thursday, May 18, 2017 to Sunday, May 21, 2017
Gaithersburg Book Festival || Gaithersburg, Maryland
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Books in Bloom Literary Festival || Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Queens Book Festival || Queens, New York
Saturday, May 27, 2017 to Sunday, May 28, 2017
Book Expo America || New York, New York
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 to Friday, June 2, 2017
JUNE
BookCon || New York, New York
Saturday, June 3, 2017 to Sunday, June 4, 2017
Bay Area Book Festival || Berkeley, California
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Printers Row Lit Fest || Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, June 10, 2017 to Sunday, June 11, 2017
Ann Arbor Book Festival || Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, June 15, 2017 to Saturday, June 17, 2017
American Library Association Conference || Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, June 22, 2017 to Tuesday, June 27, 2017
JULY
Community Book Center Homefest || New Orleans, Louisiana
July 2017 – Dates to be Announced
National Book Club Conference || Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, July 28, 2017 to Sunday, July 30, 2017
AUGUST
Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair || Denver, Colorado
Friday, August 4, 2017 to Saturday, August 5, 2017
Leimert Park Village Book Fair || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Mississippi Book Festival || Jackson, Mississippi
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Onyxcon || Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, August 26, 2017 to Sunday, August 27, 2017
SEPTEMBER
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival || Salt Lake City, Utah
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Burlington Book Festival || Burlington, Vermont
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced
AJC Decatur Book Festival || Decatur, Georgia
Friday, September 1, 2017 to Sunday, September 3, 2017
Library of Congress National Book Festival || Washington, DC
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Hobart Festival of Women Writers || Hobart, New York
Friday, September 8, 2017 to Sunday, September 10, 2017
BWABC Literacy Festival || Memphis , Tennessee
Friday, September 15, 2017 to Saturday, September 16, 2017
Brooklyn Book Festival || Brooklyn, New York
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Baltimore Book Festival || Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, September 22, 2017 to Sunday, September 24, 2017
Jaipur Literature Festival || Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, September 23, 2017
OCTOBER
Fall for the Book || Fairfax, Virginia
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony || Washington, DC
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Ashland Literary Festival || Ashland, Oregon
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced
SCIBA Trade Show || North Hollywood, California
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Alaska Book Week || Statewide, Alaska
Sunday, October 1, 2017 to Saturday, October 7, 2017
New York Comic Con || New York, New York
Thursday, October 5, 2017 to Sunday, October 8, 2017
High Desert Book Festival || Victorville, California
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Brattleboro Literary Festival || Brattleboro, Vermont
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
Fort Worth BookFest || Fort Worth, Texas
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
The Cavalcade of Authors || Chicago, Illinois
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend || Bowie, Maryland
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017
Twin Cities Book Festival || Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017
Vancouver Writers Fest || Vancouver, Canada
Monday, October 16, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017
International Festival of Authors || Toronto, Canada
Thursday, October 19, 2017 to Friday, October 20, 2017
National Black Book Festival || Houston, Texas
Thursday, October 26, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017
Vegas Valley Book Festival || Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, October 21, 2017
West Virginia Book Festival || Charleston, West Virginia
Friday, October 27, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017
Louisiana Book Festival || Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Boston Book Festival || Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Books by the Banks || Cincinnati, Ohio
Saturday, October 28, 2017
NOVEMBER
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading || St. Petersburg, Florida
November 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Wisconsin Book Festival || Madison, Wisconsin
Thursday, November 2, 2017 to Sunday, November 5, 2017
Kentucky Book Fair || Frankfort, Kentucky
Friday, November 10, 2017 to Saturday, November 11, 2017
Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival || Portland, Oregon
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Bluffton Book Festival || Bluffton, South Carolina
Friday, November 17, 2017 to Saturday, November 18, 2017
Miami Book Fair International || Miami, Florida
Saturday, November 18, 2017 to Sunday, November 19, 2017
Mosaic Literary Conference || Bronx, New York
Saturday, November 18, 2017
DECEMBER
Magical Mirrors Book Fair || Washington, DC
December 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair || St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
April 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Ohioana Book Festival || Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, April 8, 2017
San Antonio Book Festival || San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Annapolis Book Festival || Annapolis, Maryland
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Southern Kentucky Bookfest || Bowling Green, Kentucky
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Saturday, April 22, 2017
Bethesda Literary Festival || Bethesda, Maryland
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017
Alabama Book Festival || Montgomery, Alabama
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, April 22, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017
The Bocas Lit Fest || Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017
Arkansas Literary Festival || Little Rock, Arkansas
Thursday, April 27, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017
Newburyport Literary Festival || Newburyport, Massachusetts
Friday, April 28, 2017 to Saturday, April 29, 2017
Dayton Book Expo || Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Dallas Book Festival || Dallas, Texas
Saturday, April 29, 2017
The Sistahs On Lit Book Festival || Sliver Spring, Maryland
Sunday, April 30, 2017
MAY
PEN World Voices Festival || New York, New York
Monday, May 1, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
RT Booklovers Convention || Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
Greater St. Louis Book Fair || St. Louis, Missouri
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
The Festival of Literary Diversity || Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017
The Bronx Book Fair || Bronx, New York
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Anguilla Literary Festival || Venue TBD, Anguilla
Thursday, May 18, 2017 to Sunday, May 21, 2017
Gaithersburg Book Festival || Gaithersburg, Maryland
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Books in Bloom Literary Festival || Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Queens Book Festival || Queens, New York
Saturday, May 27, 2017 to Sunday, May 28, 2017
Book Expo America || New York, New York
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 to Friday, June 2, 2017
JUNE
BookCon || New York, New York
Saturday, June 3, 2017 to Sunday, June 4, 2017
Bay Area Book Festival || Berkeley, California
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Printers Row Lit Fest || Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, June 10, 2017 to Sunday, June 11, 2017
Ann Arbor Book Festival || Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, June 15, 2017 to Saturday, June 17, 2017
American Library Association Conference || Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, June 22, 2017 to Tuesday, June 27, 2017
JULY
Community Book Center Homefest || New Orleans, Louisiana
July 2017 – Dates to be Announced
National Book Club Conference || Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, July 28, 2017 to Sunday, July 30, 2017
AUGUST
Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair || Denver, Colorado
Friday, August 4, 2017 to Saturday, August 5, 2017
Leimert Park Village Book Fair || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Mississippi Book Festival || Jackson, Mississippi
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Onyxcon || Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, August 26, 2017 to Sunday, August 27, 2017
SEPTEMBER
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival || Salt Lake City, Utah
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Burlington Book Festival || Burlington, Vermont
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced
AJC Decatur Book Festival || Decatur, Georgia
Friday, September 1, 2017 to Sunday, September 3, 2017
Library of Congress National Book Festival || Washington, DC
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Hobart Festival of Women Writers || Hobart, New York
Friday, September 8, 2017 to Sunday, September 10, 2017
BWABC Literacy Festival || Memphis , Tennessee
Friday, September 15, 2017 to Saturday, September 16, 2017
Brooklyn Book Festival || Brooklyn, New York
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Baltimore Book Festival || Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, September 22, 2017 to Sunday, September 24, 2017
Jaipur Literature Festival || Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, September 23, 2017
OCTOBER
Fall for the Book || Fairfax, Virginia
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony || Washington, DC
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Ashland Literary Festival || Ashland, Oregon
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced
SCIBA Trade Show || North Hollywood, California
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Alaska Book Week || Statewide, Alaska
Sunday, October 1, 2017 to Saturday, October 7, 2017
New York Comic Con || New York, New York
Thursday, October 5, 2017 to Sunday, October 8, 2017
High Desert Book Festival || Victorville, California
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Brattleboro Literary Festival || Brattleboro, Vermont
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
Fort Worth BookFest || Fort Worth, Texas
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
The Cavalcade of Authors || Chicago, Illinois
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017
Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend || Bowie, Maryland
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017
Twin Cities Book Festival || Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017
Vancouver Writers Fest || Vancouver, Canada
Monday, October 16, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017
International Festival of Authors || Toronto, Canada
Thursday, October 19, 2017 to Friday, October 20, 2017
National Black Book Festival || Houston, Texas
Thursday, October 26, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017
Vegas Valley Book Festival || Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, October 21, 2017
West Virginia Book Festival || Charleston, West Virginia
Friday, October 27, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017
Louisiana Book Festival || Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Boston Book Festival || Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Books by the Banks || Cincinnati, Ohio
Saturday, October 28, 2017
NOVEMBER
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading || St. Petersburg, Florida
November 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Wisconsin Book Festival || Madison, Wisconsin
Thursday, November 2, 2017 to Sunday, November 5, 2017
Kentucky Book Fair || Frankfort, Kentucky
Friday, November 10, 2017 to Saturday, November 11, 2017
Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival || Portland, Oregon
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Bluffton Book Festival || Bluffton, South Carolina
Friday, November 17, 2017 to Saturday, November 18, 2017
Miami Book Fair International || Miami, Florida
Saturday, November 18, 2017 to Sunday, November 19, 2017
Mosaic Literary Conference || Bronx, New York
Saturday, November 18, 2017
DECEMBER
Magical Mirrors Book Fair || Washington, DC
December 2017 – Dates to be Announced
Monday, January 2, 2017
January Mystery Book New Releases
THE OLD MAN by Thomas Perry
HIDDEN: A MITCHUM STORY by James Patterson
STILL LIFE (Chesapeake Valor) by Dani Pettrey
A RUSTLE OF SILK (A Gabriel Taverner Mystery) by Alys Clare
DEAD COLD BREW (A Coffeehouse Mystery) by Cleo Coyle
GRAVEYARD SHIFT (A Pepper Martin Mystery) by Casey Daniels
CLOWNFISH BLUES (Serge Storms) by Tim Dorsey
A WEE HOMICIDE IN THE HOTEL (A ScotShop Mystery) by Fran Stewart
A PUZZLE TO BE NAMED LATER (Puzzle Lady Mysteries) by Parnell Hall
MURDER ON THE MOOR (A Drew Farthering Mystery) by Julianna Deering
THE HERETIC'S CREED (An Ursula Blanchard Elizabethan Mystery) by Fiona Buckley
DEATH OF THE BIG KAHUNA (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Book 6) by Catherine Bruns
HIDDEN: A MITCHUM STORY by James Patterson
STILL LIFE (Chesapeake Valor) by Dani Pettrey
A RUSTLE OF SILK (A Gabriel Taverner Mystery) by Alys Clare
DEAD COLD BREW (A Coffeehouse Mystery) by Cleo Coyle
GRAVEYARD SHIFT (A Pepper Martin Mystery) by Casey Daniels
CLOWNFISH BLUES (Serge Storms) by Tim Dorsey
A WEE HOMICIDE IN THE HOTEL (A ScotShop Mystery) by Fran Stewart
A PUZZLE TO BE NAMED LATER (Puzzle Lady Mysteries) by Parnell Hall
MURDER ON THE MOOR (A Drew Farthering Mystery) by Julianna Deering
THE HERETIC'S CREED (An Ursula Blanchard Elizabethan Mystery) by Fiona Buckley
DEATH OF THE BIG KAHUNA (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Book 6) by Catherine Bruns
Sunday, January 1, 2017
New Year's Resolutions 2017
Last year was horrible in so many ways. It didn't end well.
Awoke to rain and dark skies on this first day of the New Year.
I can't let the doom and gloom set the tone for 2017.
Awoke to rain and dark skies on this first day of the New Year.
I can't let the doom and gloom set the tone for 2017.
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