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- Martin's Must Reads: 'Honey and Venom'If you’ve ever wanted to become better friends with bees, then you must read Honey and Venom by Andrew Cote.2 min
- Martin's Must Reads: 'Honey and Venom'If you’ve ever wanted to become better friends with bees, then you must read Honey and Venom by Andrew Cote.2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'All the Colors of the Dark'“Later that day the cops would crawl over the intricacies of his life and discover he was into pirates because he had been born with only one eye."2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Thursday Murder Club'“Killing someone is easy. Hiding the body, now, that’s usually the hard part. That’s how you get caught."2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'A Pair of Wings'“Santa Monica, 1923. The plane rattled, as if with fever. The engine spit once, and then, like a ruptured heart, my Curtiss OX-5 engine burst, spewing hot oil from both sides of its chest."2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'The God of the Woods'“Louise. August 1975. The bed is empty. Louise, the counselor— twenty-three, short-limbed, rasp-voiced, jolly—stands barefoot on the warm rough planks of the cabin."2 min
- Martin's Must Reads: 'The Lincoln Highway'“To Emmett, all the houses in this part of the country looked like they’d been dropped from the sky. The Watson house just looked like it’d had a rougher landing. The roof line sagged on either side of the chimney and the window frames were slanted just enough that half the windows wouldn’t quite open and the other half wouldn’t quite shut. In another moment, they’d be able to see how the paint had been shaken right off the clapboard.”2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'Joy Moody Is Out of Time'“1 August 2023 4:34 p.m. There were only five minutes left for Joy Moody and her twin daughters."2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'High Season'“I mostly remember the trial,” she said. “And the aftermath - being taken into a room and asked to draw what happened."2 min
- Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Dressmakers of London'“Lizzie pressed hard on the bridge of her nose, willing the numbers in front of her to change.”2 min
About Martin's Must-Reads
From the publisher's feed
There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads…
app, the Cape Library’s Staff picks shelf and now Martin’s Must-Reads.Every Wednesday at 7:42 a.m. and 5:18 p.m., and Sunday at 8:18 a.m., Betty Martin recommends a must read based on her own personal biases for historical fiction, quirky characters and overall well-turned phrases. Her list includes WWII novels, biographies of trailblazers, novels with truly unique individuals and lots more. Reading close to 100 titles a year, Betty has plenty of titles to share. Tune in each Wednesday and visit KRCU.org for previous must-reads.Local support for "Martin's Must Reads" comes from the Cape Girardeau Public Library and Kent Library at Southeast Missouri State University.