Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

January 30, 2019

Think carefully before you spit into that test tube for Ancestry.com or any of the other genealogy sites. Dani Shapiro took it all lightly, but she was traumatized by the results. She writes of it inInheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love. ...

Agatha Award Nominees

January 29, 2019

To all of you who haven’t read this year’s Edgar nominees, the 2019 Agatha Award nominations have been announced by Malice Domestic. The awards will be given out May 4 during Malice Domestic 31. Congratulations to all of the nominees. Best Contemporary...

Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher

January 28, 2019

Even the subtitle of Mary Pipher’s latest bestseller, Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age, doesn’t really do an adequate job describing how fascinating this book is. If you’re a woman over sixty, you might...

Sandie’s Corner – Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly

January 27, 2019

I’m a little too close to the book I just finished, so I was happy to find Sandie Herron’s review in my email. Perfect timing for a “Sandie’s Corner” post. It gives me time to think about my book before writing my review. Diane...

Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach

January 26, 2019

I have itchy feet. I’m ready to pack and head somewhere. Alice Steinbach’s Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman entices me to travel to Paris or Ireland or Lisbon, Portugal, the  places that beckon to me. If you’re an...