Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the ...

  What literature fan would not want to read a book called Greene on Capri: a Memoir , by Shirley Hazzard? Graham Greene . The enchantin...

She was known to be beautiful and thought to be impossible, but she was an asset at a party.  Her tireless activity was felt to be in searc...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it ...

  Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , is the classic tale of split personality, exa...

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the s...

  Len Stevens brings sparkle and snap and a little old-fashioned Hollywood glamor to his debut mystery novel, The Hapless Valet . In ...

  Four times a year, I review the books I've read to that point and see what kind of progress I've made on my books lists and ...

After the buffalo hunt, the Coeur d'Alene set out for their permanent winter camp in what is now known as Kingston, Idaho. According to...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it...

  Four times a year, I review the books I've read to that point and see what kind of progress I've made on my books lists and re...

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sen...

The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century appeared in the May 3, 1999, issue of National Review magazine , in response to the ...

Authors tend to be readers, so it is natural for them to create characters who like to read.  It is always interesting to me to read wh...