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

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  If gritty reality set to a jazz beat is your thing, then The Man with the Golden Arm is the book for you. It's Jack Kerouac meets...

Once or twice already, Lara had stopped irresolutely and hesitated on the threshold of the drawing room, hoping that Komarovsky, who sat ...

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

This weekend is Wordstock, Portland's annual book and literary festival, a showcase for contemporary writers. I am excited t...

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

When a venerable member of the Bellona Club is found dead in a wingback chair, Bellona member, Lord Peter Wimsey, is called in to make so...

    . . . I had always felt that people should put problems of youth, including abuse, behind them. Big deal. Get over it. M...

  François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute, ruled Haiti from his election in 1957 until his death ...

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

This is the last of my three quarterly blog assessment posts.  The first part addressed my book lists. Part Two ran through my author...

Four times a year, I take a look at what books I've read to that point and see what kind of progress I've made on my books lis...

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

Ngaio Marsh wrote 32 detective novels featuring British police inspector Roderick Alleyn. Published between 1934 and 1982, most of the ...

  All my instincts said to avoid any cases that involved the rape and murder of a general's daughter. It was a lose-lose situation....

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

Michael Bond is best-known for his beloved books about Paddington Bear . But he has also written a series of 16 mystery novels featuring ...

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

To many, a squirrel is a squirrel and by any other name is still just a squirrel. . . .  They are also capable of ravaging birdfeeders ...

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

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

Four times a year, I take a look at what books I've read to that point and see what kind of progress I've made on my books l...