Subtitle: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Publication Date: August 27, 2024 I’m a retired librarian, one of thousands. And also a STRONG opponent of book banning and censorship, among other current threats to liberty and democracy these days. As a librarian, I dealt with my share of challenges, complaints, etc, but I never …
Publication Date September 17, 2024 Earlier this year, Lee Goldberg’s novel Dream Town was published, and I was incredibly eager to read it. It was #5 in the Eve Ronin series, and I had read and enjoyed 1-4 (Lost Hills, Bone Canyon, Gated Prey, and Movieland). Then, last August, I attended Bouchercon in San Diego, …
Publication Date August 20, 2024 I remember reading an article inThe Atlantic entitled “Was Shakespeare a Woman?” (June, 2019) which examined the possibility (and, for some, the staunchly held belief) that Emilia Bassano was the true author of some/many/all (your choice) of the works attributed to William Shakespeare, the man considered by many to be …
Publication Date August 27, 2024 Talking To Strangers by Fiona Barton Overall, I’ve been entertained by Fiona Barton’s mysteries (The Child and Local Gone Missing come to mind), so I was pleased to receive a copy of Talking To Strangers in exchange for my honest review. Local Gone Missing featured Detective Elise King, and The …
Publication Date September 3, 2024 Death At The Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson Shockingly, it has been TWENTY years since I “met” Jackson Brodie, the private investigator (who has been one of my favorite characters in recurring mystery series) in Kate’s Atkinson’s Case Histories. So it shouldn’t have really shocked me when I …
Publication Date September 17, 2024 Back in 2020, I read and reviewed Rumaan Alam’s Leave The World Behind and it was a solid five-star read for me. If you missed that one, here’s a quick summary from my review: “Amanda and Clay take their teenage children on a week-long getaway from their home in NewYork …
Publication Date September 10, 2024 Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty I’ve enjoyed some of Liane Moriarty’s work (including 2021’s Apples Never Fall, which was a four-star for me, and which was the unusual title where I enjoyed the movie/series at least as much as I did the book – Annette Benning was awesome). So …
Publication Date July 9, 2024 I’m a fan of family sagas and social satire, so I was eager to read Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who wrote Fleishman In Trouble. Thanks to Random House and NetGalley, I received a copy in exchange for my honest review. For starters, and because I don’t really know …
Publication Date June 25, 2024 OK, first off, anyone who knows me knows I LOVE these guys. All three worked in the White House during the Obama administration (Favs and Lovett were speechwriters, and Tommy worked in National Security). They started the wildly successful media company Crooked Media, and now are maybe best known for …