Murder at the Mansion
I've noticed authors of cozy mysteries tend to begin multiple series, and man of these series contain between ten and fifteen books....
The Silk Roads: A New World History
I've been talking about this books for weeks on Facebook; it's about time I wrote a review. Usually I read three to five non-fiction...
How to Stop Time
Americans today are mesmerized with the idea of living a long life. The world average life expectancy in 1900 was 31 years. By 2014, it...
Another Flashback
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog addressing one of the major issues I've encountered with book series that add a prequel to the series....
Intellectual Integrity
It's not rare that I start a book and don't finish it. That happens frequently, actually. I'll take five books out of the library and...
What Are You Reading?
I always have at least two books partially read, and usually three or four. That's not to say "partially read and never finished." I...
Jumping Frogs and Pudd'n Heads
We all have read either Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer in high school. Some of us might even say we suffered through them, although in my...
Feel the Burn
One of my favorite books is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The futuristic dystopian novel features firefighters who burn books in a...
Swirling Mists of Distraction
There's a reason why writer's crave solitude. When the business of life distracts us, nothing gets accomplished. I have ideas floating...
Annual Fiction Fast 2017
Every year I participate in a Fiction Fast. I read a lot of books. For 11 months of the year, these are mostly murder mysteries,...
