Posted in Book Review, History, tagged biography, Connecticut on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by M. William Phelps
Other than a few children’s authors, no one has published a definitive biography of Nathan Hale for decades. M. William Phelps has now stepped in to fill the gap. Using his investigative research skills, honed as a true crime writer, Phelps has combed the archives to find any and all of the [...]
Posted in Life, tagged recipe on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s Labor Day already (happy weekend!) and our Connecticut garden is still cranking out those zucchini and summer squashes. This is a good time to share our absolutely favorite recipe for those oh-so-abundant veggies. No genuine pasta involved, so it’s relatively light in calories.
1 large zucchini, or 1 medium zucchini and I medium yellow squash
Fresh [...]
Posted in Book Review, History, tagged England, historical fiction, paranormal on August 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Retribution
Ghostwalk is difficult to describe. Part ghost story, part biography, part murder mystery, it is told in the first person from the point of view of protagonist Lydia Brooke. Lydia is a screenwriter who has been commissioned to complete a bio of Isaac Newton, by the son of the writer, Elizabeth Vogelsang, who [...]
Posted in Book Review, paranormal, tagged England, fantasy, fiction on August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There and back again
All London office worker Richard Mayhew tried to do that evening was help a damsel in distress, but he got more – way more – than he bargained for. Neil Gaiman has spun another magical mystery tour from the elements of the mythological quest paradigm.
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Posted in History, tagged news, Rome on August 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gladiators were bean-eating vegetarians who fought barefoot, participated in refereed matches and suffered floggings if they became inebriated or behaved inappropriately with women, new findings suggest.Those conclusions counter a number of popular Hollywood myths, such as “gladiator sandals,” the notion that these athletes could do as they pleased outside of the arena, and the idea [...]
Posted in Book Review, tagged modern fiction, paranormal on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
magical, yes; real, no
Just as when everyone raves about a movie, it turns out to be a let down, so did Garden Spells for me. Books incorporating a little magic are appealing, but the apple tree in this story exceeded my ability to suspend my sense of credibility.
Review:
review
Posted in Book Review, tagged England, historical fiction, WW II on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
Received this as an ARC from Amazon and fell right into this book on the very first page.
Love story
Like so many others, Englishwoman Juliet Ashton is still reeling from the horrors of WWII, during which she worked as a journalist in London. She still wants to write, [...]
Posted in History, tagged England, needlework on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mary’s first experience with embroidery and needlework took place in France, when she was married to Francois II, the Dauphin. Her first mother-in-law, Catherine de Medici was very skilled in the art as were most women in those days of the Renaissance. When she returned to Scotland, she would embroider while participating in her [...]
Posted in Movie/DVD Review, tagged Boston, crime on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The right thing
A little girl disappears from her run down Boston neighborhood, where Patrick Kenzie grew up and, now in his thirties, has never left. He and girlfriend Angie Gennaro live and work together, and life is good. When this pair of private investigators are asked to find the missing child, they reluctantly [...]
Posted in Book Review, tagged fiction on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just desserts
Social Crimes is built around the efforts of a ruined New York City socialite to rebuild her life – and fortune – after being sideswiped and ruined by an upstart of a little French countess. Once the reader can come to terms with Jo Slater’s concept of financial ruin – eg, having [...]
