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Top Picks for Kids Christmas Books
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Light up a child's day with a charming, family-friendly, holiday book by bestselling author Janice Garden Macdonald. 5 Star Reviewed by Amy Louise Hill for Readersâ Favorite I Heard Christmas Whisper by Janice Garden Macdonald is a holiday-themed picture book for young children. Does your child love Christmas? Then this book will become their new favorite. A little dog can feel Christmas in the air and soon realizes that a Christmas tree is following him. The dog decides to take care of it and hopes it will stay around forever. But unfortunately, the dog learns that the tree has to go away,...
Atomic Sunset: a quirky new mystery book by what's her name ...
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Alien Librarian Snatches Atomic Sunset â No Late Fees on Mars
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 If youâve been waiting for a sign from the universe, this is it. Aliens have landed in Radio Springs â or at least, theyâre stocking up on reading material before heading home. I caught them mid-abduction of Atomic Sunset (see photographic evidence below). Can't blame them. The soda's radioactive, the librarianâs suspicious, and the donkeys are smarter than half the town. So if youâre looking for a weird, witty, small-town mystery with a dash of government cover-up and a possibly psychic coyote⌠grab your copy before the mothership runs out of cargo space. Atomic Sunset by Janice Garden Macdonald writing...
Desert Heat and Sharp Turns
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 This is an adult mystery book! (writing as J.G.Macdonald) Sometimes the best reviews are the ones that surprise you. One recent reader wrote: "Radio Springs is the kind of book that sneaks up on youâquirky, smart, and full of desert heat and sharp turns. At first, it feels like a cozy mystery with a touch of road trip charm, but it quickly veers into something far more bizarre and addictive." And honestly? I couldnât ask for a better summary. Atomic Sunset (yes, thatâs the real title) started as a story about a woman stranded in a dusty town off Route...
Welcome to Radio Springs
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Ts is an adult mystery title (writing as J.G. Macdonald) Where the sodaâs suspicious, the donkey has a fan club, and Jane just wants to photograph some lizards. Jane Dougherty never meant to stay long in Radio Springs. She was heading through the Arizona desert with a camera and a planâstop for a day or two, snap some wildlife photos, maybe help her cousin catalog lizards for a biology grant. Instead, she ends up in a town that feels like a time warp on the fritz. Thereâs a suspicious librarian, a mechanic with too many maps and a sheriff who's itching...