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: Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on an all-important mission with a clever middle-schooler in Finney and the Secret Tunnel, the first b...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin reconnects with warrior-turned-café-owner Viv on an adventure from her youth in the audio edition of Booksh...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, KKRN, WRMU and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Inheritance by Nora Roberts
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into a haunted manor that needs help breaking a curse in Inheritance, the first book in the Lost Brid...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRMU and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a retired orc warrior on a new quest to open a coffee shop in a small village in the audio edition of...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman as she finds herself transported into the life of her older self in The Good Part by ...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with a best-selling author as he’s taunted by a copycat killer in Becoming the Boogeyman by Rich...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin visits a small town that’s haunted by a Christmas tragedy in Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger.

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins an American student on a Cotswolds Christmas getaway that doesn’t go as planned in The Christmas Gues...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: The Night House by Jo Nesbø
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a troubled teen’s quest to prove his innocence when his classmates start to go missing in The Night...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRMU, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a cold case investigator as her latest case brings up memories of her own dark past in The Taken Ones...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliot
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young Indigenous mother as she tries to settle into a new life in And Then She Fell by Alicia Ell...

Bought by WRMU, RADIOLEX, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Remi Bone by William L. Myers
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a single dad’s quest to provide for his daughter before it’s too late in Remi Bone by author Willia...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Clara Poole and the Long Way Round by Taylor Tyng
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin embarks on a balloon race around the world with an adventurous girl, an old woman, and a bunch of monkeys i...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: From Dust to Stardust by Kathleen Rooney
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets out to find stardom with a young girl in Hollywood’s Silent Film Era in From Dust to Stardust by Kathl...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, and WUTC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman as she uncovers the secrets in her mother’s past in the audio edition of Gone Tonight...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, KKRN, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins two parents on a quest to keep their troubled son safe in Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Peril at Price Manor by Laura Parnum
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a young girl’s quest to save her favorite horror movie director’s home from creepy creatures in Peril...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: S.O.S. (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves #2) by Tom Phillips
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets off on a high-flying crime-fighting adventure with a sleuth in the making in S.O.S., the second Curiou...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Speech Team by Tim Murphy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with a bunch of old classmates as they reminisce about shared pain in Speech Team by Tim Murphy.

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: The Block Party by Jamie Day
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a group of neighbors through a year of scandal and suspicion in the audio edition of The Block Part...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5

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