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2024-12-17

  Martin's Must Reads: 'A Girl Named Zippy'

I’m Betty Martin with "Martin’s Must Reads" and Haven Kimmel’s autobiography A Girl Named Zippy took me back to those glorious days of childhood freedom and innocence. Haven grew up in the 1960’s in the small town of Mooreland, Indiana, population 300....
  Betty Martin author
2024-12-10

  Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Good Neighbor'

“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?”
  Betty Martin author
2024-12-03

  Martin's Must Reads: 'Virgil Wander'

This week, Betty reviews Leif Enger’s newest book Virgil Wander. Enger is a master storyteller and this book does not disappoint.
  Betty Martin author
2024-11-19

  Martin's Must-Reads: "The Frozen River"

“The body floats downstream. But it is late November, and the Kennebec River is starting to freeze, large chunks of ice swirling and tumbling through the water, collecting in mounds while clear, cold fingers of ice stretch out from either bank, reachin...
  Betty Martin author
2024-11-12

  Martin's Must-Reads: "A Court of Thorns and Roses"

“The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice. I’d been monitoring the parameters of the thicket for an hour, and my vantage point in the crook of a tree branch had turned useless."
  Betty Martin author
2024-11-05

  Martin's Must-Reads: "James"

“That evening I sat down with Lizzie and six other children in our cabin and gave a language lesson. These were indispensable."
  Betty Martin author
2024-10-29

  Martin's Must-Reads: "The Other Mothers"

“London Evening Post, November 21, 2017. A warning about the dangers of open-water swimming has been issued following the death of a young woman at a local nature reserve. Sophie Blake, twenty-one, went missing on the evening of July 7, 2017."
  Betty Martin author
2024-10-22

  Martin's Must-Reads: "Off the Books"

“She examines him again, this immaculate twenty something, his tall form folded into the back seat with the large suitcase he’s kept beside him, opting to fill the trunk with smaller things: his tablet and laptop, backpack, duffel, cooler bag. Miserable...
  Betty Martin author
2024-10-15

  Martin's Must-Reads: "The Princess of Las Vegas"

“I’m going to tell you what happened in Las Vegas, and I’m going to tell you everything as best I can, but my best is hampered by the fact this all occurred when I was doing two shows a night, channeling a dead princess, sleeping until lunchtime, poppi...
  Betty Martin author
2024-10-08

  Martin's Must-Reads: "Demon Copperhead"

“Dead in the heart of Lee County, between the Ruelynn coal camp and a settlement people call Right Poor, the top of a road between two steep mountains is where our single-wide was set."
  Betty Martin author