No matter what some citizens of the world may think of the United States, it is still the last great hope for many people. There […]
There is Nothing New. No Really.
When a friend and I were vacationing in Miami, we happened upon a delightful advertisement in the back of one of those vacation guides in the […]
Strong Women: great, gritty Scottish detectives from Denise Mina and Val McDermid
I read all kinds of mysteries, but I find I’m particularly drawn to those with smart, tough, independent women characters. Denise Mina has written two […]
Reading Culinary Memoirs — A Guilty Pleasure
How sinfully delicious it can be to read culinary memoirs. The stories are entertaining, often quite humorous and the descriptions of the food may be mouth watering but, luckily, not caloric. […]
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” and “Skeletons at the Feast”: two must-read recent novels on World War II
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Skeletons at the Feast, Chris Bohjalian I stumbled (luckily) on both […]
Speaking of the White House…
Consider this new book: Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out~Created by 108 Renowned Authors and Illustrators and the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance, […]
Three little Kittens
Well not really kittens, more like vicious blood thirsty tigresses with gore and blood dripping from their razor sharp fangs. And no they didn’t lose […]
Dolls and Robbery — What Could They Have in Common?
The Heights Library System has a local authors’ collection that is continually growing. Sometimes we stumble upon authors and find that they lived in or were associated […]
Vacationing with China Bayles
I’m back from vacation and, yes, I had a good time (I was in Florida, enjoying the sunshine, but that’s another blog). As I was […]
Nectar of the Gods
Galileo said that it is “sunlight, held together by water”, while Robert Louis Stevenson stated it was “bottled poetry” and Thomas Jefferson declared that it is “a necessity […]
