Reviews + Articles
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
I can't recommend Virginia Evans' novel, The Correspondent, highly enough. If you like epistolary novels with a depth of character, meet Sybil Van Antwerp. Sybil is retired from practicing law. She's divorced, a mother and grandmother who lives in Annapolis, Maryland....
What Are You Reading?
It's been a good week. Easter dinner at my sister and brother-in-law's. Weather in the 70s a couple days. Last night, Linda and I went to see "A Beautiful Noise", the musical about Neil Diamond. Because I'm writing this before the show, I don't have anything else to...
My Mistake
I waited all day for Kate DiCamillo's second book in her series, Orris and Timble: Lost and Found. It was only at the end of the day that I checked, and saw release day is next Tuesday, not yesterday. Darn. So, instead of a fresh review, you have my reviiew of Orris...
Olivetti by Allie Millington
Allie Millington's Olivetti may have been written for young people, but it's really for readers who want to be drawn into a beautiful story of a family that falls apart, and the typewriter that tries to save them. If the premise sounds odd, it works. Olivetti knew the...
Hidden in Smoke by Lee Goldberg
In the third thriller in his Sharpe and Walker series, Hidden in Smoke, Lee Goldberg brings back a character from the first book, Malibu Burning. But, Goldberg and I both want to emphasize that you can start with this book, although it's more fun if you read the first...
On the Road Again
On the road again. Heading home after a week at Mom's. We had a good, relaxing time; did jigsaw puzzles, laughed a lot, and as far as we went was the edge of town. We really just enjoyed our time together. So, I'm heading home. Thank you to Kevin Tipple for filling in...