“Nounou,” inquired Angelique, “Why did Giles de Retz kill so many children? With these words, one of the world’s greatest series of historical fiction begins. It is a translation from French. I have been told that much was lost in… Read More ›
Book Review
PEACE TALKS – HARRY DRESDEN IS FINALLY BACK! – by JIM BUTCHER
I looked it up. I have waited six years for book sixteen in the Harry Dresden world to be published. I have waited patiently, then less patiently. A few months ago, there was a book by Jim Butcher called (tada!)… Read More ›
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED By JOHN BOLTON – Marilyn Armstrong
I expected it to be dull, but it wasn’t dull. I think I’d describe it as “dry.” Not unlike the material I wrote for many years. I wasn’t going to read it, but I decided my curiosity was stronger than… Read More ›
THE WESTERN FILMS OF ROBERT MITCHUM By GENE FREESE
THE WESTERN FILMS OF ROBERT MITCHUM Author: Gene Freese Publication date: November 2019 244 pages in softcover, $39.95 pISBN: 978-1-4766-7849-8 eISBN 978-1-4766-3746-4 McfarlandBooks.com – 800-253-2187 McFarland, Publisher Most biographies of Hollywood film stars are from the “print the legend” department…. Read More ›
“DOUBLE TROUBLE” By GRETCHEN ARCHER
Every mystery written by Gretchen Archer has been complex with multiple subplots and complication upon complication building to a crashing yet happy ending. In this novel, the complications are so intricate you have to read carefully to pick up the… Read More ›
NEW PRINTING OF AN 1896 COOKBOOK – Marilyn Armstrong
FANNIE FARMER 1896 COOK BOOK: The Boston Cooking School The predecessor to all the great Fannie Farmer cookbooks that would be printed over the next 50 years, this was the one I really wanted most. It was out of print… Read More ›
“DOUBLE TROUBLE” IS NOW AVAILABLE! AUDIBLE, KINDLE, AND PAPERBACK! GRETCHEN ARCHER
“DOUBLE TROUBLE” DUE FOR RELEASE JUNE 9! Every mystery written by Gretchen Archer has been complex with multiple subplots and complication upon complication building to a crashing yet happy ending. In this novel, the complications are so intricate you have… Read More ›
“DOUBLE TROUBLE” AT THE BELISSIMO! BY GRETCHEN ARCHER
“DOUBLE TROUBLE” DUE FOR RELEASE JUNE 9! Every mystery written by Gretchen Archer has been complex with multiple subplots and complication upon complication building to a crashing yet happy ending. In this novel, the complications are so intricate you have… Read More ›
GEORGE R. STEWART AND EARTH DAY – RANGER DON
George R. Stewart and Earth Day Many people credit the Sierra Club’s Exhibit This Is The American Earth and the subsequent Sierra Club book based on the exhibit as the foundation of Earth Day. Others credit the first Whole Earth photographs taken… Read More ›
IS CORONAVIRUS THE EARTH ABIDES PLAGUE? from the “Earth Abides” Project
In his amazing predictive authoring, Stewart revived the earth by a plague. Is it here? The book is available in paperback from Amazon and as an audiobook. I have both versions. I’ve read it (repeatedly) and listened to it (at… Read More ›
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS BY ERIC LARSON – Marilyn Armstrong
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Eric Larson It’s not a new book, but it is nonetheless a relevant book. I have rarely been more conflicted about a book than I… Read More ›
THE BEST BOOK I’VE READ ABOUT CANCER – FICTION FOR REAL LIFE – Marilyn Armstrong
Anyone who had cancer, no matter how many years have passed, knows you are never “cured.” The best anyone can say is “so far, so good.” Cancer isn’t one disease nor is there a test to tell you whether or… Read More ›
TRUMP THE BELLWETHER – Marilyn Armstrong
BELLWETHER, BY CONNIE WILLIS This is a book I have read many times. I read it (again) because it’s funny and finding something to laugh about has not been easy recently. And also, because each time I read it, I… Read More ›
2019 – EARTH ABIDES ACHIEVES PLATINUM – Marilyn Armstrong
I don’t know how many copies of “Earth Abides” I have owned or how many times I’ve read it. I first read it when I was a teenager and I’ve been rereading it regularly ever since. I used to give… Read More ›
THE KOREAN WORD FOR BUTTERFLY by JAMES ZERNDT – Marilyn Armstrong
“Americans. They think everybody is snowflake. Only one snowflake. Only one you. But in Korea we think like snowball. Everybody snowball.” Yun-ji packed an imaginary snowball in her hands, then lifted it, palms up, as if offering Billie a present…. Read More ›
THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Surreal This is the second of the two Dirk Gently books written by Douglas Adams, my time-twin except he’s dead and I’m not. Yet. It’s an audiobook and it was written by Douglas Adams and is narrated… Read More ›
