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: Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin commiserates with another tired mama in Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic.

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


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Disclaimer by Renée Knight
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin is haunted by the past with Renée Knight's psychological thriller debut, Disclaimer.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Cat Sitter's Whiskers by Blaize and John Clement
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to Siesta Key for Blaize and John Clement's latest Dixie Hemingway mystery, The Cat Sitter's W...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man by W. Bruce Cameron
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin drowns out the voices in her head with W. Bruce Cameron's audio whodunit The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes a horrifying move with Adam Nevill's No One Gets Out Alive.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp
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On the latest Shelf Discovery, Kristin reminisces about young love with Sarah Tomp's My Best Everything.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Ask the Dark by Henry Turner
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tracks a killer with a troubled teen in Henry Turner’s Ask the Dark.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Officer Elvis by Gary Gusick
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tracks the King’s killer with Darla Cavannah in author Gary Gusick’s Officer Elvis.

Bought by KKRN and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Truth Commission by Susan Juby
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On the latest Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for answers with the teens in author Susan Juby's The Truth Commission.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Repeat by Neal Pollack
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On the latest Shelf Discovery, Kristin loops through time with author Neal Pollack's Repeat.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On the latest Shelf Discovery, Kristin prepares for the end of everything with a conflicted teen in Keija Parssinen's The Unraveling of Mercy Louis.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Discovery, Kristin inhabits a dream world with Cynthia Swanson's The Bookseller.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Wonders by Paddy O'Reilly
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels the world with a trio of modern-day freaks in Paddy O'Reilly's The Wonders.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: This House Is Not for Sale by E. C. Osondu
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin meets the residents of a big, bustling African home in E. C. Osondu's This House Is Not for Sale.

Bought by KKRN and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Swimmer by Joakim Zander
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin dives into the globe-trotting action and suspense of Joakim Zander's The Swimmer.

Bought by KKRN and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Lies That Bind by Maggie Barbieri
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin digs for deep, dark family secrets with a seemingly mild-mannered mom in Maggie Barbieri's Lies That Bind.

Bought by KKRN, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: All That Glitters by Michael Murphy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to historic Hollywood with Michael Murphy's All That Glitters.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Laws of Murder by Charles Finch
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the seedy side of high society with Charles Finch's The Laws of Murder.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores and extraordinary -- and extraordinarily dangerous -- new attraction in Matthew Reilly's The Great...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin stirs up some romance with Betsy St. Amant's All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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