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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Book Review: Before We Were Strangers
What happened to Clara McBride? This is the central question in Brenda Novak‘s riveting Before We Were Strangers. When she was just five years old, her daughter Sloane overheard her parents’ […]
Happy 80th Birthday, Tina Turner!
Anna Mae Bullock entered the world on November 26, 1939 unloved. “How did that child prevail in spite of the many strikes against her?” is answered in Tina Turner’s My […]
Book Review: The Sound of Glass
Have you made yourself invisible? I have. But, I didn’t realize I’d made myself invisible until I read Karen White’s The Sound of Glass the second time. I gained weight. […]
Book Review: The Oysterville Sewing Circle
What is your super power? We all have one. When we pool our resources and talents, we can make a huge dent in preventing violence against women. This is the […]
Assault Weapons: Do Something!
Assault weapons. The one common denominator in every recent shooting rampage. Did Trump mention a ban on assault weapons during his laundry list of preventative measures this country should take? […]
One Second: Guns & Karma
1001. Are you dead? Are you alive? It took less than one second for the shooting rampage perpetrator to kill or wound each of his victims in Dayton, Ohio. One […]
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