As COVID-19 pandemic curtailing the publication of the print version of SHELF LIFE, Paul Sutter, the editor and publisher of the magazine recorded videos with his reviews. Even as the world gets back to normal, Paul continues recording videos that have been compiled here.
Please note: You can also view Paul’s video reviews on our Facebook Video page and on Shelf Life’s YouTube channel.
New Reviews for 2022
- Reviewing A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta In the Movies 1917-1960 by Mary Graham. An impressive look back at the film industry and how Alberta played such an integral part – December 31, 2022
- Reviewing the Summit Series by John U. Bacon (How Team Canada Fought Back, Took the Summit Series, and Reinvented Hocky) – December 30, 2022
- Reviewing Incredible Science Fiction: The EC Archives. Reproductions of Issues 27-29 of Weird Science Fantasy and Issues 30 to 33 of Incredible Science Fiction – December 29, 2022
- Reviewing Shock Suspenstories Volume 2: The EC Archives, courtesy of Dark Horse Book. Reproducing classic issues 7 to 12. – December 28, 2022
- Reviewing Wired For Music (A Search for Health and Joy Through The Science of Sound) by Adriana Barton. Reading this book will be music to your ears (and eyes). – December 27, 2022
- Reviewing All Things Aside (Absolutely Correct opinions) by Iliza Shlesinger (Netflix sensation) – December 25, 2022
- Reviewing In On the Joke by Shawn Levy. A tribute to the original queens of comedy, including Joan Rivers, Totie Fields, Moms Mabley, Phyllis Diller, Minnie Pearl, and many more. – December 24, 2022
- Reviewing We Are the Light by Matthew Quick. More quality fiction from the author of The Silver Linings Playbook – December 19, 2022
- Reviewing Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb – This is riveting Book 55 of the In Death series – December 19, 2022
- Reviewing Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh – Book 5 of the Bree Taggert series is just as highly recommended as all four books before this one – December 18, 2022
- Reviewing Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs – Book 21 of the popular Temperance Brennan forensic fiction series – December 16, 2022
- More highly recommended fiction: The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames – Book 2 in the Happy Doll series – Noir-style fiction at its best – December 15, 2022
- Highly recommended fiction: The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon – A classic gothic/horror mystery that pays homage to Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein – December 15, 2022
- Review of Robert Ludlum’s The Treadstone Transgression by Joshua Hood, Book Three of the popular Treadstone Series – December 13, 2022
- New review: Hunting Time by Jeffrey Deaver – Tense thriller with Book Three of the Colter Shaw Series – December 12, 2022
- Reviewing The Maze by Nelson Demille, thrilling Book 8 of the John Corey series – December 10, 2022
- Reviewing one sweet treat of a book, Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild. It’s a classic mystery/thriller! – December 9, 2022
- Must-read Fiction from K.L. Armstrong: The Life She Had. (K.L. Armstrong is the pseudonym for a famous Canadian author noted for her Rockton and Cainesville series.) – December 8, 2022
- Riveting Reading: Reviewing Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens. Suspense at its best. – December 7, 2022
- Review of The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz. A tale combining horror, fantasy, science-fiction, mystery and more. – December 5, 2022
- Book Review: No More Lies by Kerry Lonsdale. This is Book Two of the No More Series. – December 4, 2022
- Must-read Fantasy Fiction from the KING of classic writing – Stephen King. Fairly Tale is almost 600 pages of brilliance in the grand King style – November 30, 2022
- More Recommended Fiction: In The Pines by Kendra Elliott – Book Seven of the Mercy Kilpatrick and Book Three of the Columbia River Series – November 29, 2022
- Highly Recommended Fiction: In the Dark We Forget by Sandra SG Wong – November 28, 2022
- Reviewing The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James – Combines suspense with a touch of the paranormal. Definitely a page turner! – November 27, 2022
- Highly Recommended Fiction from C.J. Box – Shadow’s Reel – Book 22 in the Joe Pickett Series – November 26, 2022
- Celebrity Reviews: Live Wire – Long Winded Short Stories by Kelly Ripa and You Should Sit Down For This: A Memoir About Life, Wine + Cookies by Tamera Mowry-Housley – November 17, 2022
- Non-Fiction: Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Black Hollywood (Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments) by Carell Augustus – November 15, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Spiderman (A History & Celebration of the Web-Slinger Decade by Decade) by Peter A. David and Robert Greenberger and Weather: A Force of Nature (Spectacular Images from Weather Photographer of the Year) by Royal Meteorological Society – November 14, 2022
- Reviewing new Jack Reacher – No Plan by Lee and Andrew Child, plus Amy Among the Serial Killers by Jincy Willett – November 12, 2022
- Reviewing Long Shadows by David Baldacci and What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline – Two highly recommended thrillers – November 10, 2022
- Mystery/Thriller Reviews: The Last To Vanish by Megan Miranda and Movieland by Lee Goldberg – Recommended reading for a Fall or Winter (or any other time of year) evening – November 7, 2022
- Mystery/Thriller Fiction Reviews: Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter and Near You by Mary Burton – November 4, 2022
- Recommended Fiction: The IT Girl by Ruth Ware and Vanished by Lynda La Plante – October 29, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Anatomy of 55 More Songs by Marc Myers and The Battle Cry of The Siamese Kitten by Philipp Schott – October 26, 2022
- Short Non-Fiction Reviews: Fat Girls Hiking by Summer Michaud-Skog and The Edgy Veg Easy Eats by Candice Hutchings – October 24, 2022
- Fiction Reviews: The Last Invitation by Darby Kane and Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb – October 23, 2022
- Fantastic Fiction Reviewed: The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding and The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell – October 19, 2022
- Highly Recommended Fiction by David Baldacci, The 6:20 Man, and Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Shadow Murders – October 15, 2022
- Fabulous Fiction Finds: The Crooked Knife by Jan Morrison and Nowhere to Hide by Neil Pattison – October 11, 2022
- Non-Fiction Review: All the Lies They Did Not Tell by Pablo Trincia and Top 170 Unusual Things To See in Ontario by Ron Brown – October 7, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Let’s Do It; The Birth of Pop by Bob Stanley and Spirits Unveiled- A Fresh Perspective on Angels, Guides, Ghosts & More by Michelle Welch – October 5, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: The Boy In the Woods (A True Story of Survival During the Second World War) by Maxwell Smart and Fans (How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Understanding) by Larry Olmsted – October 2, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Healing (When A Nurse Becomes A Patient) by Theresa Brown and Mennonite Valley Girl by Carla Funk – September 28, 2022
- Reviewing 5 Children’s Books – The Most Beautiful Thing, Dear Black Child, Some Days, Teatime Around the World and Eyes That Speak to the Stars – September 25, 2022
- Fiction Reviews: The Sisters Sputnik by Terri Favor and A Kid Called Chatter by Chris Kelly – September 18, 2022
- Recommended new fiction: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn and Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross – September 16, 2022
- Recommended fiction titles: 22 Seconds by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro and Book of Night by Holly Black – September 11, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Backroads of Ontario Sixth Edition by Ron Brown and Baking with Dorie by Dorie Greenspan – September 3, 2022
- True Crime book reviews….Shadow Man (An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling) by Ron Franscell and Scoundrel (How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, The Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free) by Sarah Weinman – September 2, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviewed: If I Cry I’ll Fill the Ocean (The Catherine Linehan Story) As Told To Ida Linehan Young, and Open Every Window by Jane Munro – August 30, 2022
- Recommended fiction: Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton & James Patterson, and Infinite By Brian Freeman – August 29, 2022
- Fantastic Fiction Reviewed: Tessa Goes Down By Jason Bovberg and The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter – August 24, 2022
- Fiction Reviews 2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson & Candice Fox. and The Burning by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman – August 21, 2022
- Reviewing 2 DK Books Classics – Batman: The Ultimate Guide New Edition and Smithsonian Drive: The Definitive History of Driving – August 19, 2022
- Reviewing Tales from the Crypt: The EC Archives Volume 2 and The Vault of Horror: The EC Archives Volume 2 from Dark Horse Comics – August 17, 2022
- Recommended Non-Fiction: Pulp Power (The Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Art of the Street & Smith Universe) by Neil McGinness, and The Art of the Batman by James Field – August 16, 2022
- True Crime Reviews Murder on the Inside (The True Story of the Deadly Riot in Kingston Penitentiary) by Catherine Fogarty and the Beatle Bandit (A Serial Killer’s Deadly Heist, A Cross-Country Manhunt, and the Insanity Plea That Shook The Nation) by Nate Hendley – August 14, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Dancing is the Best Medicine by Julia F. Christensen and Dong-Seon Change and The Marmalade Diaries (The True Story of an Odd Couple) by Ben Aitken – August 11, 2022
- Fantastic Non-Fiction- Miss Dior – A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie and Ageny Josephine – American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis – August 8, 2022
- Non-fiction reviews: Under Construction (Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work) by Chrishell Stausse and Lies My Mother Told Me (Tall Tales From a Short Woman) by Melissa Rivers – August 3, 2022
- Fabulous fiction reviewed: Killer View by Roy Johansen and The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf – July 10, 2022
- Fantastic fiction – Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb and Dream Town by David Baldacci – June 14, 2022
- Must-read fiction: Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay and Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – June 8, 2022
- Fabulous Fiction finds – Reviewing The Match by Harlen Coben and The Marriage of Rose Camilleri by Robert Hough – June 6, 2022
- New recommended fiction: Vile Spirits by John Maclachlan Gray and the Lying Club by Annie Ward – June 1, 2022
- Fabulous must-read fiction: Nobody by Us by Laure Van Rensburg and DId I Say You Could Go by Melanie Gideon – May 29, 2022
- Special edition – 4 picture books for younger readers: Hungry for the Arts, I Hear You Forest, Turkey Goes to School and Still Mine – May 26, 2022
- Fantastic fiction – Highly recommended The Truth about Melody Browne by Lisa Jewell and Nine Lives by Peter Swanson – May 24, 2022
- Highly recommended new fiction: Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka and I Know You by Claire McGowan – May 14, 2022
- Fabulous fiction reviews: Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey and Her Perfect Family by Teresa Driscoll – May 11, 2022
- Recommended fiction: The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain and the Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller – May 6, 2022
- Two highly recommended fiction titles: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton and The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling – May 3, 2022
- Recommended fiction: Vince Flynn’s Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills and The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales by Emily Brewes – April 30, 2022
- Recommended fiction: The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin and The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms – April 25, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Things I Should Have Said by Jamie Lynn Spears and This Is My Real Name (A Stripper’s Memoir) by Cid V. Brunet – April 22, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Perfect English Style by Ros Byam Shaw and Bittman Bread (No Knead Whole Grain for Baking Every Day) by Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan – April 19, 2022
- Fabulous Non-Fiction: Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life of Wrestling’s Original Sheik by Brian R. Solomon and the Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of Andre the Giant by Bertrand Hebert and Pat LaPrade – April 16, 2022
- Fabulous Fiction Reviewed: Fear No Evil by James Patterson and The Lives of Edie Pritchard by Larry Watson – April 11, 2022
- Fiction Reviews: The Midnight Lock by Jeffrey Deaver and Kill the Mall by Pasha Malla – April 7, 2022
- Fiction Reviews: Laura Cassidy’s Walk of Fame by Alan McMonagle and The Secret Path by Karen Swan – April 3, 2022
- Reviewing two must-see books: The Art of the Mitchells vs. The Machines by Ramin Zahed and Becoming Sugar Free by Julie Daniluk – March 31, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: A Killer by Design by Ann Wolbert Burgess and Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt – March 29, 2022
- Non-Fiction Reviews: Hollywood Black The Stars, The Films, The Filmmakers by Donald Bogle and Hazards of the Trade by Phyllis Humby – March 25, 2022
- Non-fiction reviews: The Weight of Sand (My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara) by Edith Blais and The Dressmakers of Auschwitz (The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive) by Lucy Adlington – March 22, 2022
- The 150th Video Review – The Donnellys: Powder Keg 1840-1880 by John Little – March 18, 2022
- Reviewing 2 classic EC reprints: Shock Suspenstories Volume 1 and the Haunt of Fear Volume 1 from the EC Archives – March 15, 2022
- Books Worth A Look – The Runaway by Nick Petrie and Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg – March 4, 2022
- Fiction Reviews – Highly recommended The Good Lie by A.R. Torre and Cutthroat Dogs by Lorne D. Estleman – March 2, 2022
- New Fiction – Highly recommended Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens and What’s the Matter With Jane by Candas Jane Dorsey – February 27, 2022
- Fiction Reviews – The Hive by Gregg Olsen and Good As Dead by Susan Walter – February 24, 2022
- Fiction Reviews – The Judge’s List by John Grisham and The Divinities by Parker Bilal – February 21, 2022
- Fiction Reviews – Foul Play by Stuart Woods and The Spires by Kate Moretti – February 20, 2022
- Must-read fiction – Quicksilver by Dean Koontz and The Pledge by Kathleen Kent – February 18, 2022
- Reviewing Mercy by David Baldacci and The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves – February 17, 2022
- Fiction Reviews: Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza and In Another Light by A.J. Banner – February 16, 2022
- Reviews of 2 new cookbooks – No Recipe? No Problem by Phyllis Good and Trisha’s Kitchen by Trisaha Yearwood – February 13, 2022
- New and recommended fiction – Legacy by Nora Roberts and The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson – February 9, 2022
- Video reviews of 2 great new books – The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell and The Searchers by Tana French – February 7, 2022
- Two recommended fiction books – The Receptionist by Kate Myles and Such A Quiet Place by Megan Miranda – February 4, 2022
- Reviewing 2 Non-Fiction Must-Reads: Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz and Letter to a Stranger (Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us) by Colleen Kinder – February 2, 2022
- Fiction Reviews: As the Wicked Watch by Tamron Hall and Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb (Book 53 of Eve Dallas Series) – January 31, 2022
- 2 new recommended fiction books: High Stakes by Iris Johansen and Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown – January 30, 2022
- Fiction Reviews – 2 Recommended titles: 1979 by Val McDermid and State of Terror by Hilary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny – January 28, 2022
- Reviewing 2 recommended non-fiction books: Going There by Katie Couric and Led Zeppelin: The Biography by Bob Spitz – January 26, 2022
- Reviews of 2 Recommended Books: Sorry Not Sorry by Alyssa Milano (Who’s the Boss) and The Boys by Ron Howard (Happy Days) and Clint Howard (Gentle Ben) – January 23, 2022
- Recommended fiction: The Bullet by Iris Johansen and The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill – January 16, 2022
- Reviewing recommended fiction The Wish by Nicholas Sparks and Finding Ashley by Danielle Steel – January 7, 2022
- Recommended fiction – Reviews of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy and Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron – January 1, 2022
Older Reviews
2020
- Shelf Life Book Reviews – April 5, 2020
- Shelf Life Book Reviews – 5 Books worth a look – April 22, 2020
- Shelf Life Book Reviews #3 – May 4, 2020
- Open Book by Jessica Simpson – May 7, 2020
- Four more fantastic fiction titles – May 17, 2020
- Latest reviews of fiction – May 22, 2020
- Reviews of three highly-recommended non-fiction titles – May 31, 2020
- Reviews of non-fiction titles – June 9, 2020
- Short reviews of 4 recommended fiction titles – June 18, 2020
- Review of 4 Fabulous Non-Fiction titles – June 25, 2020
- Four Recommended Can’t Put Down Titles – July 2, 2020
- Short video reviews of the latest by Galligan, Berry, Pochoda and King – July 21, 2020
- 4 Fiction Finds…My Dark Vanessa, Whisper Man, You Are Not Alone & Do No Harm – August 1, 2020
- More Fiction Finds to Read – August 9, 2020
- Four More Fabulous Fiction Finds – August 13, 2020
- Review of Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner – August 21, 2020
- Review of Smithsonian Warfare: The Definitive Visual History – August 25, 2020
- Non-Fiction Reviews You Can Use – August 26, 2020
- Reviews of A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost and Incomparable by Brie and Nikki Bella – August 29, 2020
- Review of 2 Books: Blindside by James Patterson and James O. Born plus Hush by James Patterson and Candice Fox – September 3, 2020
- 2 Fiction Reviews of Nora Roberts & James Boice – September 11, 2020
- Two new DK classics – The Peanuts Books and WWE Encyclopedia- September 17, 2020
- Reviews of latest books by Harlan Coben and Lauren Beukes -September 21, 2020
- Reviews of the new books from Christa Couture & Brad Meltzer with Jon Mensch
- Reviews of two new highly recommended books – Who is Alex Trebek? and A Better Man – October 9, 2020
- Two Fiction reviews you can use – October 14, 2020
- Reviews of Beautiful Ontario and 150 Nature Hot Spots in Canada – October 18, 2020
- Review of The Batman & The Flash and their 100 Greatest Moments – October 27, 2020
- Reviews of 350 Classic DC Comics Covers & 100 Comics That Defined the Marvel Universe – October 27, 2020
- Review of two books impossible to put down
- Reviews of books by Reid Mitenbuler, Sunny Hostin & Stephen Lancaster – November 10, 2020
- The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini & The Phantom Prince–My Life With Ted Bundy reviewed – November 10, 2020
- Book Review – New books by Christina Baker Kline & David Baldacci – November 24, 2020
- Reviews of They Never Learn and Don’t Look for Me – December 2, 2020
- One by One and the Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett reviewed – December 11, 2020
- Book of Two Ways and the Law of Innocence reviewed – December 15, 2020
- Reviews of new books from Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) and Janet Evanovich – December 22, 2020
- Book reviews of latest from Robert Ludlum and Clive Cussler – December 29, 2020
2021
- Reviews of new books by Jane Arden and Michael J. Fox – January 8, 2021
- Reviews of the Disney Princess and The Midnight Library – January 11, 2021
- Recommended Non-Fiction books Greenlights and Oceanology – January 23, 2021
- Reviewing latest books from Lisa Unger and Lisa Jewell – January 27, 2021
- Scorers Versus Goalies and What To Watch When Reviewed – January 31, 2021
- 1st Case and Deadly Cross Reviewed – February 1, 2021
- Reviewing Two Recommended Fiction Titles – February 5, 2021
- Reviews of the latest books by Alex Gilly and Dr. Maynard Wills – February 10, 2021
- Reviewing Mia Kang and Jack Sephiroth and Jaymi Elford Tarot deck – February 15, 2021
- Reviewing Storyteller by Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman in the Fifties – February 18, 2021
- Reviewing Van Hari’s latest Food Babe Kitchen and Marvel Myth and Legends – February 20, 2021
- Reviews of Vince Flynn’s Total Power and Chaos by Iris Johansen – February 25, 2021
- Reviews of the latest from Lars Kepler and Suzy Krause – March 1, 2021
- Reviewing new fiction from Preston & Child and Jeff Lindsay – March 15, 2021
- Reviews of the latest books by Peter Vronsky and Jo Nesbo – March 18, 2021
- Reviews of The Deep by Alma Katsu and Tombstone by Tom Clavin – March 23, 2021
- Reviews of the latest from John Connolly and Stuart Woods – March 24, 2021
- Reviews of new fiction from Nick Petrie and Michael Koryta – March 27, 2021
- Reviews of the newest titles from Katie Sise, Jason Pinter, and Jon Land – March 31, 2021
- Reviews of three new books that are highly recommended – April 6, 2021
- Reviews of The Other Emily and The Drowning Kind – April 11, 2021
- 3 Fiction Reviews: What Could Be Saved, The Woman Outside My Door and The Butterfly House – April 14, 2021
- Reviewing Heartbreak Bay and Lucky, two recommended fiction books – April 18, 2021
- 2 Fiction Reviews Heaven’s A Lie and You’ll Thank for This – April 21, 2021
- Reviewing new fiction from Bryan Reardon and Janet Evanovich with Steve Hamilton – April 24, 2021
- Reviewing new fiction – Breakout by Paul Herron and Ocean Prey by John Sandford – April 28, 2021
- Reviewing A Gambling Man by David Baldacci and Girl A by Abigail Dean – April 30, 2021
- 2 Fiction Reviews: Lies We Bury by Elle Marr and Dark Sky by C.J. Box – May 4, 2021
- 3 New Fiction Books Reviewed…… DARK ROADS by Chevy Stevens, CALL ME ELIZABETH LARK by Melissa Colasanti and IN HER TRACKS by Robert Dugoni – May 6, 2021
- Reviewing the Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths and Find You First by Linwood Barclay – May 10, 2021
- 2 Non-Fiction Reviews – Off Script Living Out Loud by Marci Ien and Intuition by Amisha Ghadali – May 14, 2021
- Non-Fiction Review – I’m Fine and Other Lies by Whitney Cummings – May 19, 2021
- Non-Fiction Review – Crossing The River – Seven Stories That Saved My Life by Carol Smith – May 19, 2021
- Reviewing We Are All Perfectly Fine by Lillian Horton – May 23, 2021
- Reviewing Captured the Betty & Barney Hill UFO Experience by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden – May 23, 2021
- Recommending 2 coffee table classics, Glamour: 30 Years of Women Who Have Reshaped the World and Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs – May 26, 2021
- Reviewing Battle of Brothers (William & Harry – The Inside Story of A Family in Tumult) and Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife – May 28, 2021
- Reviewing The Girls Are All So Nice Here and The Summer House – June 1, 2021
- Reviewing the Secret World of Weather and Why We Cook – June 8, 2021
- Reviewing ALWAYS A SONG (SINGERS, SONGWRITERS, SINNERS & SAINTS) BY ELLEN HARPER, and THE FILM BOOK A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF MOVIES BY RONALD BERGAN – June 12, 2021
- Reviewing MIRRORLAND by Carole Johnston and PIECE OF MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke – June 22, 2021
- Reviewing No More Words by Kerry Lonsdale and the Jean Harlow Bombshell by Mollie Cox Bryan – June 27, 2021
- Reviews of fiction books: Final Judgment by Marcia Clark and Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner – July 1, 2021
- Reviewing two fiction titles: The Way of the Warrior (Marvel’s Mightiest Martial Artists) by Alan Cowsill and 100 Miles of Summer: Fifty Games, One Summer by Dale Jacobs & Heidi Jacobs – July 8, 2021
- Reviews of The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer and Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots – July 13, 2021
- Reviewing Walking Away from Hate by Jeanette and Lauren Manning and Manic by Harold Schechter – July 15, 2021
- Reviewing Because He’s Jeff Goldblum, the Rise of Real-Life Superheroes and Sky (Not Star) Gazing – July 20, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: Central Park and 21st Birthday – Latest titles from Guillaume Musso and James Patterson & Maxine Paetro – July 23, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: The Push by Ashley Audrain and The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda – July 28, 2021
- Fiction Review #1 The 22 Murders of Madison May – July 31, 2021
- Fiction Review #2 The Maidens by Alex Michaelides – July 31, 2021
- NBA 75 – The Definitive History by David Zarum and On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel by Brenda Marie Davies – August 5, 2021
- Non-Fiction Reviews & Fantastic Fiction: The Perfect Medicine by Brodie Ramin and StoreCupboard Vegan by Laura Veganpower and Sebastian Kardinal – August 6, 2021
- Must-read Non-Fiction: My Daughter Rehtaeh Parsons by Glenn Canning with Susan McClelland – August 8, 2021
- Watching the Devil Dance by Will Toffan and Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman & Jonathan Plackett – August 13, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb and Murder by Milk Bottle by Lynne Truss – August 18, 2021
- Reviewing The Final Twist by Jeffrey Deaver and the Almost Wife by Gail-Anderson Dargatz – August 25, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: Bloodless by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child and Red Hands by Christopher Golden – August 30, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: The Retreat by Elisabeth De Mariaffi and Her Last Breath by Hilary Davidson – September 2, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs and Choose Me by Tess Gerritsen & Gary Braver – September 6, 2021
- Shelf Life Video #100 – Presenting Fabulous Fiction: A Different Dawn by Isabella Maldonado and An Ambush of Widows by Jeff Abbott – September 8, 2021
- 4 Children’s Books Reviewed: Hey Little Rockabye, My Dog Banana, Kat and Juju and Please Don’t Change my Diaper – September 10, 2021
- 3 Children’s Books Reviewed: The Girl With the Cat, When Pumpkins Fly and Lilian and the Frogs – September 16, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: Not a Happy Place by Shari Lapena and Dark and Secret Place by Jen Williams – September 21, 2021
- Fiction Reviews: Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale and In My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead – September 25, 2021
- Reviews of 2 recommended Non-Fiction titles – Your Cruelly Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson and Ontario’s Ghost Town Heritage – Second Edition by Ron Brown – September 29, 2021
- Non Fiction Reviews: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea by Alex Wood and News and How To Use It by Alan Rusbridger – October 5, 2021
- Non Fiction Reviews – Our Team (The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series that Changed Baseball) by Luke Epplin and So-Called Normal (A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience) by Mark Henick – October 8, 2021
- Two Non-Fiction Reviews – Forever Young: A Memoir by Hayley Mills and Sea Creatures by Erich Hoyt – October 11, 2021
- Non-Fiction Reviews – The Railway Beat (A Century of Canadian Pacific Police Service) by David Laurence Jones and How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception and Why Magic Matters by Joshua Jay – October 14, 2021
- Fiction Reviews – All The Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz and Lake Crescent by J.J. Dupuis – October 20, 2021
- Reviewing recommended Fiction – Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson and Dream Girl by Laura Lippman – October 26, 2021
- Fiction Reviews – While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams and the Day She Died by S.M. Freedman – October 29, 2021
- Fiction Reviews – The Last Exiles by Ann Shin and The Others by Sarah Blau – November 3, 2021
- Reviewing 2 new must-read fiction books – Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian and Better Off Dead by Lee & Andrew Child – November 9, 2021
- Fiction Reviews -Billy Summers by Stephen Kings and Cul-De-Sac by Joy Fielding – November 15, 2021
- Reviewing 2 great new fiction books: A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins and Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger – November 19, 2021
- Shelf Life presents reviews of Right Behind Her by Melinda Leigh and The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jonasson – November 23, 2021
- Reviewing highly recommended titles: The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly and The Nameless Ones by John Connolly – November 26, 2021
- Reviewing recommended new fiction: The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver and You Can Run by Karen Cleveland – December 2, 2021
- 3 Fiction Reviews – Falling by T.J. Newman, Game On by Janet Evanovich and The Darkest Flower by Kristin Wright – December 8, 2021
- Non-Fiction Reviews – Set the Night on Fire by Robbie Krieger of the Doors and All of the Marvels by Andrew Wolk (Looking back at 60 years of Marvel comics) – December 13, 2021
- Non-Fiction Reviews – King of the Blues (The Rise and Reign of B.B. King) by Daniel De Vise and Eruption (The Eddie Van Halen Story) by Paul Brannigan – December 16, 2021
- DK Books presents three fabulous non-fiction masterpieces: Captain America: The Ultimate Guide New Edition, The D.C. Book: A Vast and Vibrant Universe Simple Explained and the Marvel Universe Map by Map, – December 20, 2021
- Non-Fiction Reviews – She Kills Me by Jennifer Wright and the Whisper on the Night Wind by Adam Shoalts – December 23. 2021
- Non-Fiction Reviews of The Great Escape by actress Mena Suvari and Living Strong After Abuse by Theresa Jackson – December 28, 2021
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