Op-Ed: Powerful Secrets in Abusive Relationships
Today is sadly the 20th anniversary of the day Crystal Judson Brame was fatally shot in a Gig Harbor, WA parking lot by her estranged husband, Tacoma’s Chief of Police […]
Author Archives: Anne Caroline Drake
Book Review: The Giver of Stars
If you are looking for a new author, I recommend Jojo Moyes. I’ve read several of her books recently, and The Giver of Stars is the most compelling. It is […]
Celebrating: V-Day25!
It began 25 years ago today with Eve Ensler’s production of The Vagina Monologues and became a world-wide One Billion Rising (OBR) call for freedom and an end to violence […]
Book Review: Dreamland
Today I’m breaking my policy of never writing a negative review of a book. Yes, Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks was that bad. I’ve been a Sparks fan for decades, but […]
Book Review: The Shadow Box
Wow! Y’all know that I seriously have to love a book to come out of retirement to write a review. It is another superb recommendation from retired librarian extraordinaire Susan […]
Book Review: The Tobacco Wives
It’s rare that I give a book five stars. The Tobacco Wives is Adele Myers‘ debut novel, and I read it cover-to-cover yesterday. The way Ms. Myers wove together disparate […]
He’s Dead!!!
Thirty years. This morning my cat Beau woke me up at 4:00 AM. My first thought was that this bastard should be dead already. When I Googled his name, it […]
Book Review: Second Chance Christmas
Second Chance Christmas by Lori Wilde is another superb recommendation from retired librarian extraordinaire Susan Chatfield Griswold. Isabella is fourteen and a new mother of a baby boy. Her beloved […]
Roe v. Wade
The problem with Roe v. Wade was that Justice Potter Stewart’s concurring opinion wasn’t embraced by the majority. It was decided on the basis of right to privacy rather than […]
Book Review: The Wedding Veil
The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey is the most charming book I’ve read in a long time. I was introduced to her books by retired librarian extraordinaire Susan Chatfield […]
Anne Caroline Drake 