Most people love to eat and have cherished memories of meals they’ve shared over the years with friends and family. If you’ve ever read Peter Mayle, Frances Mayes or Carol Drinkwater, you know exactly what I mean. Their memoirs, while not technically in the culinary genre, all describe the planning and execution of those meals in a very personal way.
Book Discussion Series: Bud, Not Buddy
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father — the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Why Aren’t You Reading Richard Montanari?
Richard Montanari, the talented American thriller writer, is even more popular in England and other European countries than he is in the United States. He’s often found […]
Take a ‘classic’ to the beach
(Photo by Sean O’Flaherty courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Vacation season is upon us and many folks will be going to the beach or just lazing […]
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Meet peaceful, patient Capricorn Anderson, a dyed-in-the-wool hippie who has grown up on the Garland Commune for all of his 13 years with his grandmother […]
C. J. Box: Great Mysteries for Summer Entertainment
Beginning with “Open Season” in 2001, C. J. Box has published 11 books. Seven of them star Wyoming Game Warden Joe Picket, an introspective and […]
The Underneath
Kathi Appelt is a first time novelist, but you wouldn’t know it. Her Newbery honor winner The Underneath reminds me of someone telling a folk […]
Things Not Seen
What would you do if you woke up one morning and discovered that you had become invisible? This is what happens to 15-year old Bobby […]
The Higher Power of Lucky
In The Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron has created an indomitable character in ten year old Lucky Trimble. Lucky lives in Hard Pan, CA […]