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: Evil Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes undercover with a young spy in training in the audio edition of Evil Spy School by Stuart Gibbs.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: You Have a Match by Emma Lord
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin packs her bags and heads to camp with a teenager and her secret sister in the audio edition of Emma Lord’s ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries to figure out the meaning of life with a small town girl from the ‘90s in Anna Carey’s This Is Not th...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows the decades-long trail of a life-changing novel in the audio edition of Cathy Bonidan’s The Lost Ma...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Killer Content by Olivia Blacke
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin tracks a killer in a trendy NYC neighborhood with a transplant from the bayou in Olivia Blacke’s first Broo...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin overhears a family’s deepest secrets in the audio edition of Tarryn Fisher’s The Wrong Family.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin comes out of retirement with the man formerly known as The Nowhere Man in Gregg Hurwitz’s sixth Orphan X no...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin presses the button for out-of-this-world adventure with Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl’s Char...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Egg Shooters by Laura Childs
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin hunts for a killer in a small town with a café owner and her friends in the audio edition of Egg Shooters b...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Shipped by Angie Hockman
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets sail with a couple of competing coworkers in Angie Hockman’s Shipped.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Perfect Neighbor by Blake Pierce
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes in search of a killer in a beachfront community with the audio edition of The Perfect Neighbor, the 9t...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Woman Outside My Door by Rachel Ryan
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin trusts a mother’s intuition in author Rachel Ryan’s The Woman Outside My Door.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Cobble Hill by Cecily von Ziegesar
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets tangled up in the lives of a group of quirky Brooklynites in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Cobble Hill.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin faces a whole lot of fears with a New England writer in the audio edition of Kristin Bair’s Agatha Arch is ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for answers with Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth in the audio edition of Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Stuck on You by Portia MacIntosh
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows the holiday adventures of a Londoner and her horrible boss in the audio edition of Portia MacIntosh...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Deck the Halls, We're Off the Walls! by Dan Gutman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes to the mall to meet Santa and his friends in the audio edition of Dan Gutman’s Deck the Halls, We’re O...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin dodges death while searching for treasure with Stephanie Plum in Janet Evanovich’s Fortune and Glory.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Christmas in Evergreen by Nancy Naigle
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to snowy Vermont for the Hallmark-style holiday drama and romance of Nancy Naigle’s Christmas in Ev...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Realer by David Hewson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin ventures into a virtual world to solve a murder in David Hewson’s Realer.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4

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