Literature

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with a bunch of magical misfits in the audio edition of Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic novel by authors Emily Jenkins, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle.

Title: Showing Off (Upside-Down Magic #3)

Author: Emily Jenkins, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle

Runtime: 3 hours, 21 minutes

Publisher: Scholastic Audio

AISN: B01M6BTMXC

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into a new house next to a nosy neighbor with author Julie Lawson Timmer’s Mrs. Saint and the Defectives.

Title: Mrs. Saint and the Defectives

Author: Julie Lawson Timmer

Pages: 366

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1477819968

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin commiserates with a stressed-out mom in the audio edition of Bunmi Laditan’s Confessions of a Domestic Failure.

Title: Confessions of a Domestic Failure

Author: Bunmi Laditan

Runtime: 9 hours, 7 minutes

Publisher: Harlequin Audio

AISN: B01MZGLIP3

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on a series of dates in an attempt to find love with 13 Dates by Matt Dunn.

Title: 13 Dates

Author: Matt Dunn

Pages: 322

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1612185798

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin escapes to the beach for another mystery on Pineapple Cay with Junie Coffey’s Beachbound.

Title: Beachbound (Pineapple Cay #2)

Author: Junie Coffey

Pages: 257

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1542046459

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin ends up stuck in the story of the frog prince with a couple of adventurous siblings in the audio edition of Sarah Mlynowski’s Once Upon a Frog.

Title: Once Upon a Frog (Whatever After #8)

Author: Sarah Mlynowski

Runtime: 3 hours, 21 minutes

Publisher: Scholastic Audio

AISN: B018UTHDDO

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights for marriage with a couple of newlyweds in Michelle Richmond’s psychological thriller The Marriage Pact.

Title: The Marriage Pact

Author: Michelle Richmond

Pages: 417

Publisher: Bantam

ISBN: 978-0385343299

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into a retirement community that’s anything but dull with the maybe-memoir The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old.

Title: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old

Author: Hendrik Groen (translated by Hester Velmans)

Pages: 237

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

ISBN: 978-1455542178

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin hunts for a killer with a cupcake baker in the audio edition of Jenn McKinlay’s Sprinkle with Murder

Title: Sprinkle with Murder

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Runtime: 6 hours, 24 minutes

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

AISN: B01N1LTMJQ

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the wild world of heath and fitness with Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza.

Title: Fitness Junkie

Author: Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza

Pages: 256

Publisher: Doubleday

ISBN: 978-0385541800

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a troubled young woman on a mission to uncover the truth about her family’s past in author Emily Carpenter’s The Weight of Lies.

Title: The Weight of Lies

Author: Emily Carpenter

Pages: 375

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1477818435

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a desperate journalist on an emotional journey in Fiona Barton’s The Child.

Title: The Child

Author: Fiona Barton

Pages: 329

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 978-1101990483

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns to sea with a petrified pirate in Shivers!: The Pirate Who’s Back in Bunny Slippers by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White.

Title: Shivers!: The Pirate Who’s Back in Bunny Slippers  (Shivers! #2)

Author: Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Connor White

Runtime: 2 hours, 51 minutes

Publisher: HarperAudio

AISN: B019PIJPNU

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin trades the hustle and bustle of city life for an island mystery in Junie Coffey’s Sunbaked.

Title: Sunbaked (Pineapple Cay #1)

Author: Junie Coffey

Pages: 244

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1477823934

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin kicks, punches, and digs for clues with the kids in Octavia Spencer’s The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit.

Title: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective #1)

Author: Octavia Spencer

Runtime: 4 hours, 27 minutes

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

AISN: B00DEKZCI8

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves to a Midwestern orchard with The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert.

Title: The Simplicity of Cider

Author: Amy E. Reichert

Pages: 247

Publisher: Gallery Books

ISBN: 978-1501179723

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on a beastly adventure with a couple of smart siblings in the audio edition of Sarah Mlynowski’s Beauty Queen.

Title: Beauty Queen (Whatever After #7)

Author: Sarah Mlynowski

Runtime: 3 hours, 28 minutes

Publisher: Scholastic Audio

AISN: B00WH0HF3Q

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets to work with a trio of long-lost sisters in Mariah Stewart’s The Last Chance Matinee.

Title: The Last Chance Matinee (Hudson Sisters #1)

Author: Mariah Stewart

Pages: 277

Publisher: Gallery Books

ISBN: 978-1501165351

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin packs her back and heads to author Mary McCoy’s Camp So-and-So.

Title: Camp So-and-So

Author: Mary McCoy

Pages: 301

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

ISBN: 978-1512415971

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries to escape the deadly creepy-crawlies of Ezekiel Boone’s Skitter.

Title: Skitter (The Hatching #2)

Author: Ezekiel Boone

Pages: 282

Publisher: Emily Bestler Books

ISBN: 978-1501125072

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes her coffee to go with another Java Jive mystery, Brew or Die by Caroline Fardig.

Title: Brew or Die (Java Jive #4)

Author: Caroline Fardig

Pages: 283

Publisher: Alibi

AISN: B01I85PPSK

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the troubled, tragic, and wildly entertaining life of Carrie Fisher with the audio edition of Wishful Drinking.

Title: Wishful Drinking

Author: Carrie Fisher

Runtime: 3 hours, 8 minutes

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

AISN: B001NQ6HKW

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets trapped in a blizzard with Auralee Wallace’s Snowed In with Murder

Title: Snowed In with Murder (Otter Lake Mysteries #3)

Author: Auralee Wallace

Pages: 322

Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks

ISBN: 978-1250077790

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets out on a casino caper with a new mom in Double Up by Gretchen Archer.

Title: Double Up (Davis Way #6)

Author: Gretchen Archer

Pages: 196

Publisher: Henery Press

ISBN: 978-1635111842

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes the bus to sixth grade with Steven B. Frank’s Armstrong & Charlie.

Title: Armstrong & Charlie

Author: Steven B. Frank

Pages: 295

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 978-0544826083

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes a drama-filled stop at a lake-front inn with Christine Nolfi’s Sweet Lake.

Title: Sweet Lake

Author: Christine Nolfi

Pages: 340

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1503942516

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin listens in on the adventures of a late Hollywood legend with Make ‘Em Laugh by Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway.

Title: Make ‘Em Laugh: Short-Term Memories of Longtime Friends

Author: Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway

Runtime: 5 hours, 51 minutes

Publisher: HarperAudio

AISN: B014I5G07E

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a single guy on an ill-advised quest in Girl 99 by Andy Jones.

Title: Girl 99

Author: Andy Jones

Pages: 309

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

ISBN: 978-1503942295

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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes back to school with the kids in the Upside-Down Magic class in Sticks & Stones by Emily Jenkins, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle.

Title: Sticks & Stones (Upside-Down Magic #2)

Author: Emily Jenkins, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle

Runtime: 3 hours, 9 minutes

Publisher: Scholastic Audio

AISN: B01FI73XPI

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the challenges of young love with the four characters in Julie Pennell’s The Young Wives Club.

Title: The Young Wives Club

Author: Julie Pennell

Pages: 296

Publisher: Emily Bestler Books

ISBN: 978-1501136467

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