Monthly Archives: June 2023

Imo, this is one of the best in Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series.  Before I started this particular book, I think I’d read 16 of the 18 books to date. I ‘m not sure because for awhile I tried and … Continue reading →

Powerful –   way more than I expected.  For some reason I was more impressed by the first half of the book than the latter.  I have no idea why.  This is supposed to be a collection of short stories … Continue reading →

In the splendid retirement village of Cooper’s Chase which lies not too far from Kent UK, live four friends, all in their seventies, who solve cold case files. There’s Joyce, a former nurse, Ron, a trades unionist, Ibrahim, a retired … Continue reading →

I’m still exploring – I can’t find help for Mac with Safari and when I tried Firefox the same thing happened although I did get through one time. I can’t comment anywhere (Maybe I should explore.) . I thought it … Continue reading →

Setting 1964 – Southern California   Elizabeth Zott, age about 21 or 22,  is set up to get a PhD in Chemistry when her advising professor makes a pass and she completely rebuffs him. So, with admission denied, .she gets … Continue reading →

I’ve done a lot of those things already going by the advice I can find on the site. I do pay for WordPress (because I loathe the ads – they’re okay on other pages but not on mine). This means … Continue reading →

I sincerely apologize. This is very frustrating but I can’t respond to any comments even on my own blog. I can’t comment on other blogs either. Somehow my passwords send me into a loop of some kind and never show … Continue reading →

This is historical fiction concerning a specific set of events in North Island, New Zealand instigated by the English who began reasonably well for the colonials. But ended up as a tragedy for all concerned. eventually depriving the Maori of … Continue reading →

This book, Poverty by America, is disappointing comparing it to Desmond’s prior, Evicted.  But the point of Poverty in America is very different.  Where Evicted was about showing the reader how the very poor lived on a daily basis.  The … Continue reading →

“Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time, vivid storytelling that brilliantly illuminates an introspective young mind trying to make sense of everything around him.”https://wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2022/04/treacle-walker.html ***** Treakle WalkerBy Alan Garner2023 … Continue reading →

Joe Pickett, Wyoming Game Warden extraordinaire, is out in his truck and going about his business when he discovers a dead body hanging in a building full of “sheds” – the antlers of moose which are shed in the fall … Continue reading →

How lovely to be able to kick back and read something to relax with.  Evans Above is the 1st in a 10-book series featuring Evan Evans,  a constable in Wales. This is a kind of cozy series in a way, … Continue reading →

This is a 1st person novel but the 1st person is usually much more of an observer than an actual participating character. Still, there are times he’s certainly involved. This narrator is unnamed and somewhat older than the eponymous Odd … Continue reading →

In rural Charon County, Virginia, Titus Crown, the area’s first black  sheriff,  goes to see about a shooting at the  high school.  This is current day so the idea of a school shooting panics everyone. Titus is a home grown … Continue reading →

This book consists of the brilliant and beautifully written biographies of Martin Luther and Erasmus as well as the world they lived in. It’s long but engrossing. It’s also dense and I had to take breaks  sometimes for air and other … Continue reading →

Well I read it again in large part because I had a feeling there was more to it than I was getting (the usual reason for me reading a book twice).  I was right.   I think the first time … Continue reading →