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: The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin runs from spiders with The Hatching, the first book in author Ezekiel Boone's creepy-crawly new series.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KKRN, Harford Community Radio, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Heist! by Jeff Diamant
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin robs a bank with a bunch of bumbling crooks in the audio edition of Jeff Diamant's true crime story, Heist!

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: My Girl by Jack Jordan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin hits rock bottom with a grieving wife and mother in Jack Jordan's My Girl.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to the early days of radio with author Sarah-Jane Stratford's Radio Days.

Bought by KHSU and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Maximum Security Book Club by Mikita Brottman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns about literature with some unlikely scholars in Mikita Brottman's The Maximum Security Book Club.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Harford Community Radio, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Dead End Fix by T. E. Woods
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin seeks out family with a crime boss and a wannabe gangster in the latest Justice novel, Dead End Fix, by T. ...

Bought by KKRN, Harford Community Radio, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Always Waching by Lynette Eason
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tracks down a stalker with a team of bodyguards in the audio edition of Always Watching by Lynette Eason.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin relives the days leading up to a widely-reported tragedy in Noah Hawley's Before the Fall.

Bought by KKRN and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: If the Shoe Fits by Sarah Mlynowski
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns to fairy tale land with a couple of modern-day kids in author Sarah Mlynowski's If the Shoe Fits.

Bought by KKRN and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Candidates by Matthew S. Hiley
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On the latest Shelf Discovery, Kristin hits the campaign trail with author Matthew S. Hiely's outrageous political farce, The Candidates.

Bought by KKRN, Harford Community Radio, and WLPR


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin packs her bags for an emotional summer at the beach with The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews.

Bought by KKRN, Harford Community Radio, and WLPR


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Pride v. Prejudice by Joan Hess
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin spends a holiday weekend on the case with Claire Malloy in Pride v. Prejudice by Joan Hess.

Bought by KKRN and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin stalks the hottest boy band in the audio edition of Goldy Moldavsky's young adult adventure Kill the Boy Band.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Mug Shot by Caroline Fardig
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin refills her coffee cup for author Caroline Fardig's second Java Jive Mystery, Mug Shot.

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


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Skinny Dipping with Murder by Auralee Wallace
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin dives into a new mystery series with Skinny Dipping with Murder, author Auralee Wallace's first Otter Lake ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to fairy tale land with a couple of adventurous siblings in the audio edition of Sarah Mlynowski's ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Decent Proposal by Kemper Donovan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin is paired up with an unlikely couple in author Kemper Donovan's The Decent Proposal.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Lie in Plain Sight by Maggie Barbieri
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for answers with a not-so-mild-mannered single mom in Maggie Barbieri’s latest Maeve Conlon novel,...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into a mysterious little town with the audio edition of Natalie Lloyd's A Snicker of Magic.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Big Brush-Off by Michael Murphy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin is on the case with a pair of Hollywood hotshots in Michael Murphy's latest Jake and Laura mystery, The Big...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1

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