If you’re a fan of suspenseful thrillers, richly drawn characters, and the kind of storytelling that keeps you up reading way past midnight, let me introduce you to my absolute favorite author: Paul Doiron. His Mike Bowditch series—centered around a game warden in the wilds of Maine—delivers everything a crime fiction fan could ask for: atmospheric settings, taut plots, emotional depth, and a protagonist you can’t help but root for, flaws and all.    

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From ALA.org

Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. During the month, the American Library Association and libraries unite in a national effort to ensure every child signs-up for their own library card.

My favorite online library resource is the Library of Congress at loc.gov:

Learn how the Library of Congress collects, preserves & provides access to its universal collections.

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Paul Doiron’s Mike Bowditch game warden mystery books are a great find. I loved reading them and have just a few more to read. It’s cool to read a book and recognize the places in the fictional novel.

The plots are really well thought out. Mike Bowditch is a believable character. His job as a game warden seems very exciting and interesting, but I don’t think I could do that type of work.

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I have favorite authors, both men and women, but since it’s Women’s History Month, I’ll share my reviews of the 30 books I’ve read that were written by Ruth Rendell.

The asterisked book titles are the Ruth Rendell books I read. I love reading books on my Kindle. Have you tried it yet? The light from the Kindle might be enough to read from in a dark room but that’s not good for your eyes so use a second form of light when reading from your Kindle.

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I have enjoyed watching shows about psychic mediums such as Theresa Caputo in Long Island Medium and John Edward in Crossing Over. Tyler Henry in the Netflix series Life After Death was interesting, too. I was gifted a book called, “Signs,” by Laura Lynne Jackson that is subtitled, “The Secret Language of the Universe.”

This is what the book’s publishers says about the author and her books:

Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us.

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