The perfect choice for a determined effort to read good books while ignoring Twitter, Facebook, and all those e-mails, The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli delivers. First of all, I love mysteries, and it doesn’t matter whether they’re noir or cozy, police procedural or amateur sleuth. It’s only natural I’d put mysteries high on my …Read More
Lemony Snicket’s Horseradish
I admit I was expecting something funny. Instead, I found Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid to be as bitter as the root after which the author named his book. It is pessimism and cynicism with a little dark humor thrown in–not what I was looking for to begin my two-day reading project. It’s my …Read More
Let the Reading Begin
If you read yesterday’s post, you know I’m taking a great big break and intend to read for fun most of today and tomorrow. Four books have clawed their way to the top of my stacks of books: Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid — Lemony SnicketThe Cold Spot — Tom Piccirilli (mystery — Colorado …Read More
Temporarily Out of Order
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning I’m going to declare myself “Temporarily Out of Order.” I might even write that on a Post-It note and stick it to my forehead. Tomorrow and Monday, I will not spend more than two hours per day at my computer. I will not check most lists or groups. I will not visit …Read More
Ten Things I Don’t Love
A couple of days ago, I blogged about ten things I love. That one was easy. Today I’ll let you in on the rest of the story. I have another side. Yes, it’s true, there are things in this world I don’t care for. Side note: the really bad stuff would go on a list …Read More
Some Thoughts About Creating Characters
As I read through my advance review copy of The Desert Hedge Murders, I’m reminded how much fun I had creating and writing about The Florida Flippers, a travel club of elderly ladies. One of the ladies, Kristina Grisseljon, is the mother of my protagonists, Sylvia Thorn and Willie Grisseljon. Kristina is a spirited gal …Read More
Ten Things I Love
1. Wednesdays. I love Wednesdays. I think it’s because I associate that day with pleasant things. For instance, I schedule my monthly massage on a Wednesday. And another thing, I never have to cook dinner on a Wednesday because my husband grabs a sandwich before he leaves to play bridge. On Wednesdays, I know I …Read More
Sleep-Deprived Blogger Has Brain Fog
I’m really tired today (Monday). Last night I came upstairs at 10:00 to do one more thing at my computer (after watching the Survivor finale), and ended up hitting the sack at 2:45 AM. As usual, the “one more thing” had turned into ten more things. Once in bed, of course, I couldn’t fall right …Read More
Colorado Author — Paula Reed
Remember that teaser blog last week about Author Janet? I was playing around. Our Colorado author of the week is Paula Reed. Everything else I told you about her was true. She was a teacher at Columbine in 1999, she has been published in the romance genre, and she has just sold a historical novel …Read More
Photos from Norway
Today I wanted to experiment with posting photos, something I hadn’t tried on the blog yet, so I’ve chosen three from the solo trip I took to Norway in May 1998. Norway was a natural choice for an adventure. My maternal grandfather, Lars Ringstveit, emigrated to the United States with one of his brothers when …Read More