Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
First, I want to thank Jeff, Grace, Margie and Glen for sharing their favorite books of 2017. Let's do it again next year! Watch for those good books this year. I bet it doesn't come as a surprise to anyone that I'm finishing Foxglove Summer, the next book in Ben...
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
While Broken Homes isn't my favorite in Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series, the ending came as surprise. And, it was perfect. Peter Grant is a police constable with a little bit of magic. He and a former classmate, Lesley May, reside at the Folly with their...
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
How often do you read a novel and find it so wonderful that it makes you want to not only reread it, but also read another book? Deanna Raybourn's third Veronica Speedwell mystery, A Treacherous Curse, moves the characters' relationship along, while also making...
Murder of a Good Man by Teresa Trent
I liked the first mystery in Teresa Trent's new Piney Woods series. I really did, and I hope to read the next book. But, her stereotypes and comment about a senior really bothered me when I realized how old the character was. And, neither the author nor the amateur...
Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
A friend in Wales told me to believe everything Ben Aaronovitch's books say about London, and, even more so. That means underground London is even more interesting than Paris with its catacombs. Peter Grant, police constable and wizard-in-training, has the chance to...
Last Stop in Brooklyn by Lawrence H. Levy
Someday I'm going to recruit my sister, Christie, to write book reviews for the blog. She reads some of the series I haven't yet had time to pick up, and her comments are perceptive and on target. She liked Lawrence H. Levy's...