It took seventeen years for Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help (and the movie of the same name), to publish her second novel, The Calamity Club, and it was worth the wait. I’ve been able…
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Elizabeth Strout’s New Book Is Perfectly Timed for Father’s Day
Over the years, I have read all of Elizabeth Strout’s New York Times’ best-selling books, beginning with Olive Kitteridge, and she has never disappoints. Her latest, The Things We Never Say, is a slim, satisfying little…
Books I Love To Hate . . . And Others I Do Not Hate
Reading is a highly subjective pastime. I might hate a book you absolutely love, and you might dislike a book I perceived as the second coming. Several decades ago, I realized that I do not…
Enjoy A Light-Hearted Look at Life In “The Home”
Every so often, we come upon a book that is a total and utter delight to read. The Secret Diary Of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old is such a book, and it was a welcome…
Theo of Golden is a Golden Read
With so much death, war, corruption, and disaster in the world these days, it’s a relief to come upon a book that provides a respite from all that. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi is an…
The Call of The Klondike Still Echoes
There may not be a better form of reading escapism than a good, old, rootin’, tootin’ story of historical fiction set in the Klondike during the gold rush days in the late 1800s. The Rush…