Shelf Discovery

Series produced by Kristin Dreyer Kramer

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Each week on Shelf Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kramer offers listeners a brief look inside the pages of a new book. From mysteries to memoirs, classics to chick lit, busy readers are sure to find plenty of picks to add to their shelves. On this week's show, Kristin follows a new bride’s search for the truth in Bride and Groom by Rona Halsall.

Shelf Discovery is a three-minute weekly feature, dedicated to helping busy readers wade through the shelves and shelves of options to discover books that are worth their often limited reading time.

The show is hosted by Kristin Dreyer Kramer, frantic reader, lover of all things entertainment, and editor-in-chief of NightsAndWeekends.com.

Please feel free to send questions, comments, or suggestions to Books@ShelfDiscovery.org.

630 Pieces

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Shelf Discovery: Eighth Grave after Dark by Darynda Jones
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin rejoins the battle between good and evil with Eighth Grave after Dark, the eighth Charley Davidson novel by...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Stuck in Manistique by Dennis Cuesta
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with a reluctant innkeeper in Dennis Cuesta's Stuck in Manistique.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield by Kathy Cooperman.
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights for the arts with a love struck administrator in Kathy Cooperman’s The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Matilda by Roald Dahl
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin battles bullies with a precocious little girl in Roald Dahl’s kids’ classic Matilda.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin scrambles to solve a murder with author Stuart Turton’s twisting, turning debut, The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn H...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, WTJU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Charmed by Jen Calonita
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin battles evil fairies with a reformed thief in author Jen Calonita's Charmed.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: At the Wedding by Matt Dunn
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin prepares for a surprise wedding with Matt Dunn's At the Wedding.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin discovers the tools to succeed with Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Haunted Hayride with Murder by Auralee Wallace
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets out to solve a Halloween mystery with Erica Bloom and her friends in the sixth Otter Lake Mystery, Hau...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Ghost Busting Mystery by Daisy Pettles
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin hunts for ghosts with a couple of senior sleuths in author Daisy Pettles’s first Shady Hoosier Detective Ag...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Exes' Revenge by Jo Jakeman
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights back with a trio of fed-up women in The Exes’ Revenge by Jo Jakeman.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin reunites with old friends in Christina Lauren's Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KUPR low power FM, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Poached by Stuart Gibbs
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes in search of a missing marsupial with a preteen sleuth in Poached by Stuart Gibbs.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin ventures into the Alaskan wilderness with two teens in Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Okay Fine Whatever by Courtenay Hameister
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin faces her fears with author Courtenay Hameister's Okay Fine Whatever.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: She Was the Quiet One by Michele Campbell
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin enrolls in an exclusive prep school with two clashing siblings in Michele Campbell's She Was the Quiet One.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Murder at the Flamingo by Rachel McMillan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin runs away to 1930s Boston with a couple of unlikely sleuths in Rachel McMillan's Murder at the Flamingo.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KUPR low power FM, WLPR , and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
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On this week's Discovery, Kristin battles the lies women tell themselves with lifestyle blogger Rachel Hollis’s Girl, Wash Your Face.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Harford Community Radio, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: I See Life through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin laughs about life in general with I See Life through Rosé-Colored Glasses by mother/daughter duo Lisa Scott...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin revisits a beloved classic with Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Harford Community Radio, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3

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