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Monks and Murder Author: Louise Penny Transiting away from Three Pines, Chief Inspector Gamache and his second in command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, journey away from the comforts of Three Pines to the isolated, formerly unknown monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups. The monks who live here are legitimately the last of their kind. Belonging to an order that hid from the Inquisition, and was thought to be dead, they revealed themselves, rather surprisingly, through the release of one badly produced yet sublime CD of Gregorian chants. With the world’s sudden knowledge of them, and desire to enter those forbidden doors that have never opened [...]

Silent Christmas, Deadly Christmas Authors: Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier Christmas Sweets combines three cozy mystery novellas together into one holiday themed offering, giving fans of Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swenson, Laura Levine’s Jaine Austen, and Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone time to catch up with their favorite cast of characters for the holiday season. Whether you’re in the yuletide mood, or just desperate to take a breather with some of your favorite female sleuths, Christmas Sweets is lighthearted and fun, magical and cozy, and almost as delectable as your favorite Christmas dessert. Usually, readers come to these types of collections because they follow one, maybe even two, [...]

  Catholicism v Protestantism Author: Bruce Sullivan  This book originally came to me, courtesy of my mom, when I moved and started looking for a new church. My Christian history has been a spotted one, starting as growing up fundamentalist Protestant, abandoning that when I found out that the gentleness and love my mom had homeschooled me with was completely absent in a fundamentalist college (I was, after all, branded pretty harshly for wearing lipstick and listening to metal), and I have since been jumping around like a pinball, looking for the sweet spot I’m quite sure doesn’t exist. Running away from [...]