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: Every Anxious Wave by Mo Daviau
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels through time with author Mo Daviau's indie rock time travel love story, Every Anxious Wave.

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Bad Luck by Pseudonymous Bosch
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Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns to the magical summer camp at Earth Ranch with Pseudonymous Bosch's Bad Luck.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns home with a prodigal daughter in Richard Fifield's The Flood Girls.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Opening Belle by Maureen Sherry
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads to Wall Street for Maureen Sherry's Opening Belle.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin battles a mysterious enemy with the Nowhere Man in author Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish by Tim Flannery
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin investigates mystery at a museum with Tim Flannery's The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on an audio parenting adventure with Jen Mann's People I Want to Punch in the Throat.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Bette Davis Club by Jane Lotter
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads out on a cross-country comic adventure with Jane Lotter's The Bette Davis Club.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Navel Gazing by Michael Ian Black
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin contemplates middle age with Michael Ian Black in Navel Gazing.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Sink or Swim by Bob Balaban
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads back to middle school with a mutant dinosaur in the audio edition of Sink or Swim, the second book in...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowsky, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin practices her spells with the magical misfits in the audio edition of Upside-Down Magic by authors Sarah Ml...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Fixed in Fear by T. E. Woods
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with the Fixer in Fixed in Fear, the latest Justice novel by author T. E. Woods.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Bella's Christmas Bake Off by Sue Watson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin cooks up some holiday heart and humor with Bella's Christmas Bake Off by Sue Watson.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Age of Reinvention by Karine Tuil
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin reunites with three old friends in author Karine Tuil's The Age of Reinvention.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on a mysterious audio adventure with a lovable young underdog in Jessica Lawson's Nooks & Crannies.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Movie Game by Michael Ebner
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes to the movies with a troubled teen in Michael Ebner's Movie Game.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Death Before Decaf by Caroline Fardig
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin settles in for a cup of coffee and a mystery with author Caroline Fardig's Death Before Decaf.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Good Neighbor by Amy Sue Nathan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tracks the secrets and lies of a blogger in Amy Sue Nathan's The Good Neighbor.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin hunts for a digital thief with a geeky amateur sleuth in Max Wirestone’s The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahli...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: The Honest Toddler by Bunmi Laditan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns about parenting from The Honest Toddler (as told to author/blogger Bunmi Laditan).

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1

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