Reviews + Articles
Community Book Tasting
Saturday's Community Book Tasting at the Canal Winchester Public Library was as enjoyable as ever. I'm not so sure about the December one, the last program before the Columbus Metropolitan Library opens the new much larger branch. The books selected for December sound...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
I was off gallivanting yesterday (as Kevin Tipple would say) instead of reading. I went to the library book group, and then to Linda's to watch the Ohio State football game. So, I'm turning the blog over to Kevin to review Michael Connelly's latest Lincoln Lawyer...
Things I Wish I Told My Mother by Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo with James Patterson
I skipped this novel when it came out a couple years ago. Things I Wish I Told My Mother is one of the selections for today's book group at the library, and it's the one I chose to read. It's the story of a fraught mother/daughter relationship. But, Paris! A good deal...
A Christmas Witness by Charles Todd
At 212 pages, Charles Todd's A Christmas Witness is the longest novella I've ever read. It's also tedious, and repetitive. Nothing happens except for a man who swears he sees a ghost and changes his life a la Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Because he's unmarried...
What Are You Reading?
It's been a busy week. I drove back on Sunday. I had a dentist appointment Monday. This morning is my annual eye exam. I went to lunch with Linda yesterday, and we caught up after a couple weeks. I don't have anything on the agenda for next week. Yay! Reading time! I...
Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
Matthew Norman's novel, Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon, wasn't at all what I expected. I expected a story in which the two main characters watched holiday movies, and discussed them. There was a little of that, but this story of two grieving people was...