This dystopian novel focuses on characters who are part of God’s Gardeners, a progressive/rational/Green religious group that has separated itself from most aspects of mainstream […]
Novelist Richard Mason’s early success — not a flash in the pan
The Drowning People, Mason’s first novel, took the literary world by storm.
Michael Symon’s Live to Cook
I love Michael Symon and I love cookbooks, so this one was a natural for me. As soon as I heard it was coming out, […]
Murder for Christ’s Mass–the Newest Templar Mystery
I’ve been waiting for Maureen Ash’s newest in the Knight Templar series. At the end of the last book, A Plague of Poison, de […]
Return to Thrush Green–or not?
I was excited to learn from one of the folks commenting on my blog about Miss Read that there is a new book that came […]
The Girl Who Played with Fire: Smokin’ Read
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a favorite of mine last year (reveiwed here a few months ago). A generous friend who read my […]
You Are What You Eat
There are so many reasons to eat healthy, organic sustainable food from small farmers rather than from large conglomerates and the evidence presented in these articles is overwhelming.
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse
I couldn’t have come up with a better title if I tried. This first book in the new cozy series—Cats in Trouble—is a winner if […]
Need a Stephanie, Ranger or Morelli Fix?
So, you’ve laughed your way through all of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series? You’ve read her rereleased romances and chuckled through the two Alex Barnaby books? Now what, you ask?
