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: Friend Request by Laura Marshall
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes to social media and gets a haunting message from the past in Friend Request by Laura Marshall.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Kill the Heroes by David Thurlo
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for a killer who’s targeting local heroes in author David Thurlo’s fourth Charlie Henry mystery, K...

Bought by KKRN and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Showing Off by Emily Jenkins, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle
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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...

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer
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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 Defecti...

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
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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 Fail...

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KRPS


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: 13 Dates by Matt Dunn
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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.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Beachbound by Junie Coffey
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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.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Once Upon a Frog by Sarah Mlynowski
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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...

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights for marriage with a couple of newlyweds in Michelle Richmond's psychological thriller The Marriage P...

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Secret Diary of Henrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen
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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 Hendri...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay
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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.

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the wild world of health and fitness with Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Child by Fiona Barton
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On this week's Discovery, Kristin follows a desperate journalist on an emotional journey in Fiona Barton’s The Child.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Weight of Lies by Emily Carpenter
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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 Carp...

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Shivers!: The Pirate Who's Back in Bunny Slippers by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White
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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 Bon...

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Sunbaked by Junie Coffey
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin trades the hustle and bustle of city life for an island mystery in Junie Coffey's Sunbaked.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KAOS


  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit by Octavia Spencer
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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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.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves to a Midwestern orchard with The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert.

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 29, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Beauty Queen by Sarah Mlynowski
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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 Beaut...

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Last Chance Matinee by Mariah Stewart
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets to work with three long-lost sisters in Mariah Stewart's The Last Chance Matinee.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4

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