The Reading Diva

October will make 16 years working in libraries. I have worked in college libraries (two and four year schools). I have worked in a medical library which served a medical college and a hospital system. I have even been on the board of trustees of my local public library system. I now work for that same system, over a decade after I got my first library job working for another public library system in the state. When I read an excerpt of Overdue in Electric Literature , my initial thought was "this reads like BS, but I'll give it a shot." But I didn't buy the book. Instead, I had the library order it and put it on hold for me (like a good patron). And for the most part, my feelings were right. Amanda Oliver spent seven years working at libraries until she gave it up. Most of that time, she was a elementary school librarian in Washington, DC. After she got burned out from that, she worked nine months at Northwest One, a branch of the DC Public Library System. The librar...

Disclaimer: Received an advance copy from Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press and Edelweiss. I am also in charge of a library program in which the author did a virtual program (more on that later). Opinions of my own. TW: murders, kidnappings, missing people, serial killings, drug and alcohol abuse, drugging of a character, mental health issues, attempted suicide, domestic violence Summary: Chloe Davis is a psychologist living in Baton Rouge and is getting ready to marry the love of her life.  She is also the daughter of Dick Davis, a well-known serial killer who is in prison for killing six teenage girls. As the 20th anniversary of Dick's arrest approaches, teen girls begin to go missing again and Chole begins to see parallels. Review: With her debut, Charleston author Stacy Willingham has written a good thriller in A Flicker in the Dark. Even though Chloe has fought hard to create the life she has after her father's arrest, she is barley hanging on. Some would even say ...