Week Off

December 15, 2024

I need this right now. I’m up at my Mom’s for the next few weeks, and I’m on deadline this week. Naturally, I’m frantically reading. And, then I hope to do some reading for me. I have a couple Christmas books I’d like to find time to...

Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson

December 14, 2024

Every year during the Christmas season, I review Craig Johnson’s Spirit of Steamboat. It’s my favorite of his books, and it’s a Christmas routine for me. I go back and reread it, and cry over it all over again. It’s a World War II veteran, a concentration camp...

Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson

December 08, 2024

P. J. Nelson’s Booked for Murder has one of the most impulsive amateur sleuths I’ve ever read about. Madeline Brimley ignores all attempts to rein her in, which will drive some readers nuts. On the other hand, the book has some of the most beautiful...

Happy Thanksgiving

November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating this year. For some of us, this isn’t the easiest of Thanksgiving celebrations. We’re still in shock after the election, and fearful of the years ahead. But, we’ll muddle through, and find our...

A Day Off

November 26, 2024

Edit – Thank you, Glen! I forgot we’re doing “What Are You Reading?” on Wednesday instead of Thursday this week. If he hadn’t said that, I would have just put up a review. Thank you so much! YES! We are doing “What Are You...

Craig Johnson at The Poisoned Pen

November 22, 2024

Most of you know I’m the blogger for The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona. I write my blog,, which is totally different from the blog I write for The Pen. And, they have over 200 authors visit the bookstore every year, both in person and virtually....