Reviews + Articles
Easter Weekend
I'm taking the weekend off. I've met my deadline. I have some library books I want to read, and I may even watch a dvd or two. If everything goes right, I hope to have a surprise for you on Monday. Since I haven't put it all together yet, it might be a surprise to...
Winners and a March Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bonnie K. from Carmichael, CA won Something Read, Something Dead. Susan B. of Seattle, WA will receive Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods. The books will go out in the mail today. I have two more March mysteries to...
What Are You Reading?
I don't have a book to talk about since I'm finishing up my books for deadline. So, let's talk about your books. What are you reading this week?
Book Chat – Cathy Guisewite and Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault
I mentioned on Thursday that I was reading Cathy Guisewite's collection of essays, Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault. I'm still reading it because my deadline for Library Journal for mystery reviews is this coming Friday. I finished a terrific adventure novel I'm...
Notre-Dame de Paris, In Tribute and Sorrow
I don't even know what to say. What a loss to Paris, to the world, to all of us who love Paris, and to everyone who never had the chance to get there to see Notre-Dame Cathedral. Building started on it in 1163. It survived the French Revolution, two world wars. I...
The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
I know I'm in a minority of crime fiction readers. This was my first novel by Alexander McCall Smith. And, unless I receive another one to review, The Department of Sensitive Crimes will be my last. The slow pace, and the story in which very little...