Category Archives: books

I think I’ve gotten involved with this sereies.  I’ve read 4 or 5 out of order simply because they sounded good,  but now I’ve started from the beginning and am going through them in order (as far as I get). … Continue reading →

Whew!  I finished again.  I came across parts I hadn’t really processed earlier and I came across parts which had angered me on my prior reading.  At this point I think it’s a nice book. – a really sweet book … Continue reading →

I was much more interested in the parts about the actual fire which occurred in 2016 in northern Alberta Canada along with the people involved and the destruction it did than I was in the scientific underpinnings.  That said, I … Continue reading →

I’m enjoying the Joe Pickett series more and more and this is the best so far.  It starts out in a snow storm just before Christmas when Joe is called to the scene of a murder where another forestry employee … Continue reading →

This book is said to be based on a true story – it could be.Something about it feels that way, but if you’d asked me before I read that piece of info I wouldn’t have guessed. It’s just not real … Continue reading →

I saw Wesley Lowery, the author of American Whitewash, on television Friday morning and just then and there found the book at Audible and put it on my Wish List.  A few hours later I was tired of reading Poverty, … Continue reading →

Recommended by a someone in a reading group, I likely wouldn’t have read it otherwise but she was so enthusiastic about it.  Anyway,  I was pleased with the book and hooked into it for the whole day. I wasn’t overwhelmed, … Continue reading →

I read the first two books in this series a couple years ago and enjoyed them both. Timothy Dalton, the narrator of the audiobook, does an excellent job and the story is  intelligent and beautifully written, as always, from John … Continue reading →

So I jumped right into another really good mystery tale by Louise Penny.  Three years ago? Well, I wasn’t exactly a fan of Louise Penny. Now?  I’m still not her biggest fan, but I have a fondness for Armand Gamache … Continue reading →

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 →