Reviews + Articles
Winners & Terrence McCauley, Guest Blogger & Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Sandy O. from Milford, OH won E.J. Copperman's Written Off, and Cheryl S. of Fort Pierre, SD will receive Larry. D. Sweazy's See Also Deception. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. Terrence McCauley,...
The Cherry Orchard and Theater
I read Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard tonight, thinking it might be a possibility for my November trip to New York and Broadway. Joel Grey and John Glover are joining Diane Lane in a new production. But, I don't think so. I don't go to a show on Broadway just...
The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
I should have known a novel featuring a hospice nurse would be a heartbreaker. Add the dying professor and a veteran suffering from PTSD after three tours in Iraq. Then, there's the story of World War II and the aftermath. Stephen P. Kieran's The Hummingbird...
A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
"Curiouser and curiouser." When I read Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli's first Little Library Mystery, I wished I had paid more attention to Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Although the book stands on its own as a mystery, the reader is thrust...
What Are You Reading?
There I was, feeling good that I read Linda Castillo's entire book on Saturday, finished another book so I could wrote a book review for a journal, and wrote a book column for the local newspaper. Then, at 4:30 Sunday afternoon, I realized I hadn't even thought...
Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder novels never disappoint. They're emotionally intense, sometimes disturbing stories. And, in each one, we get to know Kate a little more. The latest book, Among the Wicked, takes her into her own emotions by putting her in a...