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 travels to Hawaii with a single girl who’s desperate to find an impressive date for her sister’s wedding in The Suite Life by Portia MacIntosh.

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.

629 Pieces

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Shelf Discovery: Sabotage by Emma Gannon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the ups and downs of self-sabotage with the audio edition of author Emma Gannon’s Sabotage.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights back with a vengeful professor in They Never Learn by Layne Fargo.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Switch by Beth O'Leary
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin trades places with a Londoner and her grandmother in Beth O’Leary’s The Switch.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin replays a holiday getaway over and over in Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins in on a getaway with the girls gone horribly wrong in the audio edition of author Jody Gehrman’s The ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: One by One by Ruth Ware
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to the French Alps with a tumultuous tech company in Ruth Ware’s One by One.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Abby in Oz by Sarah Mlynowski
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin journeys to Oz with a group of mystified 10-year-olds on a mission to save the day in the audio edition of ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Intergalactic Interloper by Delas Heras
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins in a man’s quest to find his missing cat while aliens look on in The Intergalactic Interloper by Dela...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Have You Seen Me? by Kate White
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins in the search for answers with a woman who’s disconnected from her life in Kate White’s Have You Seen...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Happily Whatever After by Stewart Lewis
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin finds friendship and inspiration at the local dog park with the lonely new girl in town in Stewart Lewis’s ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes to the streets of New York City in search of a vampire with Lydia Kang’s Opium and Absinthe.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns to Panem for a very different Hunger Games in the audio edition of Suzanne Collins’s The Ballad of ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Mall by Megan McCafferty
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin stops at Orange Julius on the way to work with the other mallrats in Megan McCafferty’s The Mall.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin plugs into the playlist with a couple of teenage music lovers in Erin Hahn’s More Than Maybe.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: What I Know by Miranda Smith
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for answers with a concerned teacher in Miranda Smith’s What I Know.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The New One by Mike Birbiglia
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores parenthood with a comic and a poet in Mike Birbiglia’s The New One.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin digs for answers with one of three women married to the same man in the audio edition of Tarryn Fisher’s Th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries to keep family secrets buried with the audio edition of Elinor Lipman’s Good Riddance.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin starts over with a former Olympic hopeful in Hannah Orenstein’s Head Over Heels.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins in the quest to preserve literary history with Natalie Jenner’s The Jane Austen Society.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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