Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Let's talk about what you're reading, or what you've read in the last week, since the last time we "talked". How many of you remember the cartoon "Cathy"? I read the cartoon regularly, and identified with Cathy's body image issues. I didn't identify...
A Dream of Death by Connie Berry
I love the start of a new mystery series. So much promise! In this case, so much promise, and a great mature character. I'm looking forward to many more books following Connie Berry's A Dream of Death. Three years ago, Kate Hamilton's husband died on the Isle of...
Introducing Connie Berry – An Interview
It's always a pleasure to introduce a debut author when I loved her book. Tomorrow, I'm running my review of A Dream of Death. It was an outstanding, atmospheric mystery with characters I love. Today, it's my pleasure to introduce author Connie Berry with an...
Catriona McPherson, An Interview
If you've ever met or heard award-winning author Catriona McPherson, you'll be able to "hear" her voice and humor in the following interview. Catriona discusses her latest book, Scot & Soda, her life and career. Thank you, Catriona. Catriona, Would you...
Scot & Soda by Catriona McPherson
Tomorrow, you're all in for a treat, Catriona McPherson, author of Scot & Soda, agreed to answer interview questions, and the post will be up on Monday. Cat is fun, and funny, and, my personal opinion is that the Last Ditch mysteries reflect her sense of humor....
Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell
Edith Maxwell skillfully uses her Quaker Midwife series to tell about history while discussing controversial topics. Quaker Rose Carroll is in the perfect position to ask questions of women in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1869, when the women might not answer...