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: Trophy Life by Lea Geller
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes an unexpected move with a pampered wife and mother in Trophy Life by Lea Geller.

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


  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin pays a return visit to a care home in Amsterdam with On the Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Gr...

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Ink by Alice Broadway
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin pays a visit to the local tattoo parlor with the people of Saintstone in Alice Broadway’s Ink.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: A Drop of Hope by Keith Calabrese
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries a little kindness with three small-town kids in author Keith Calabrese’s A Drop of Hope.

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


  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cumming
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels the world with an amateur spy in Charles Cumming's The Moroccan Girl.

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


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Witch Wars by Sibéal Pounder
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the magical adventures of Witch Wars by Sibéal Pounder.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes on a new mission with Orphan X in Gregg Hurwitz's Out of the Dark.

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


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game by Crystal Allen
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the class competition with The Magnificent Mya Tibbs in author Crystal Allen’s The Wall of Fame Game.

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


  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Baby Daddy Mystery by Daisy Pettles
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On this week's Discovery, Kristin is back on the case with a couple of senior sleuths in Baby Daddy Mystery by Daisy Pettles.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Crazy Cupid Love by Amanda Heger
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns about love with a misfit Cupid in Crazy Cupid Love by Amanda Heger.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Antidote by Shelley Sackier
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights to save a young ruler and his kingdom with a young healer in Shelley Sackier’s The Antidote.

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


  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Two Peas in a Pod by Sarah Mlynowski
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries to get some rest in a faraway castle with two adventurous siblings in the audio edition of Sarah Mlyn...

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


  • Added: Jan 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the continuing quest for answers at an academy in the mountains with author Maureen Johnson’s The Van...

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


  • Added: Jan 21, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Be Fearless by Jean Case
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes big plans for the new year with Jean Case's Be Fearless.

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


  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets a spray tan and extensions with an unlikely pageant princess in author Teri Wilson's The Accidental Be...

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


  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Amazing Fantastic Incredible by Stan Lee
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the life and career of Marvel's Stan Lee in his memoir, Amazing Fantastic Incredible.

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


  • Added: Jan 01, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into a different kind of haunted house with a down-and-out developer in Ezekiel Boone's The Mansion.

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


  • Added: Dec 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: A Wedding One Christmas by Therese Beharrie
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets caught in the middle of the holiday festivities of A Wedding One Christmas by Therese Beharrie.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin investigates two mysteries—one old, one new—with an inquisitive teen in the audio edition of Maureen Johnso...

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin curls up with a cup of tea and a holiday whodunit with author Joy Avon's first A Tea and a Read mystery, In...

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


  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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