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 two flower-selling sisters as they search for a killer in Chinatown in Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee.

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.

631 Pieces

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Shelf Discovery: Oh, Valentine, We've Lost Our Minds! by Dan Gutman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin sits in on a chaotic class with the audio edition of Dan Gutman’s Oh, Valentine, We’ve Lost Our Minds!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin closes in on a pair of killers from different decades with a teen sleuth in The Hand on the Wall, the final...

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


  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Holly Banks Full of Angst by Julie Valerie
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves to a perfect town with an imperfect mom in Julie Valerie's Holly Banks Full of Angst.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Weather or Not by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin teams up with some magical kids for a school project in Weather or Not by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: True to Me by Kay Bratt
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin packs her bags and moves to Maui with Kay Bratt’s True to Me.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns a little bit about friendship with a spirited little girl in Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Southern Harm by Caroline Fardig
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries to solve a decades-old mystery with a couple of Southern sisters in Caroline Fardig’s Southern Harm.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin is on the case with Luc Moncrief in the audio edition of The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson and Richa...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin attempts to turn life into a rom-com with Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels through town with a patient cabbie in the audio edition of Terri Blackstock’s Catching Christmas.

Bought by WOUB and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Raven Lane by Amber Cowie
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin finds trouble in a tight-knit community in author Amber Cowie’s Raven Lane.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Maybe This Time by Kasie West
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin attends a year of events with a budding designer and her friends in the audio edition of Kasie West’s Maybe...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 11, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin prepares for the holidays with Becky Bloomwood Brandon in Sophie Kinsella’s Christmas Shopaholic.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Dear Girls by Ali Wong
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns about life, love, and being funny with comic Ali Wong’s Dear Girls.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the same love story at different times in life with Christina Lauren’s Twice in a Blue Moon.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads out on an adventure with the audio edition of L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 14, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Furies by Katie Lowe
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes friends with a group of fiercely loyal outsiders in author Katie Lowe’s The Furies.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets a pep talk from Rachel Hollis in the audio edition of Girl, Stop Apologizing.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Nobody People by Bob Proehl
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin meets a school full of kids with extraordinary powers in Bob Proehl’s The Nobody People.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns life lessons from a legend with Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4

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