Category Archives: books

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 →

This is such a fun and enlightening book. Oh my goodness. I kind of wanted to read it straight through in one sitting or one day but I got tired and didn’t want to miss a word. That said I … Continue reading →

This was my 2nd reading of PSS because it was very good (even though I understand it needs updating but how can a book written 18 years ago be “updated” when so much has changed since then?)  I know I … Continue reading →

The title of Karen Joy Fowler’s latest novel is almost self-explanatory.  Generally, it’s a family saga wrapped in 19th century US social, political and economic history from 1822 to 1865 and beyond. John Wilkes Booth became the most famous member … Continue reading →

And this is how I forget to post about the  books I read.   I write something up but then I get on with the next thing before I post. OR –  I am too sleepy and just go to … Continue reading →

If you didn’t guess this already, I’m a True Crime fan (not a buff) and finally reading Helter Skelter in spite my natural disinclination to read sensationalist hyper-popularized material.  I’m very interested in the procedural aspect and the trials.  I … Continue reading →

I don’t usually enjoy books narrated by the author unless they’ve been professionally trained in some way. This book is an exception because the voice of Dianne Lake makes the feel of the story even more authentic and it is … Continue reading →

It’s hard to put my finger on why but this book just doesn’t live up to what I expect from a true crime book.  It’s still pretty good – nicely written by Bloom and Atkinson.  Again, it’s an older book … Continue reading →

Oh such a fine True Crime book!  First published in 1988 so it’s an older tome, but it’s a classic, imo.  I’ve been reading True Crime off and on since the 1980s, but at that time I was kind of … Continue reading →

I Will Find You was on my Wish List because I enjoy the occasional suspenseful and gritty works of Harlan Conan.  And then, yesterday there came a sale so Audible kindly notified me something on my Wish List was On Sale. … Continue reading →