Before you roll your eyes and say, “oh boy, yet another mystery novel set in Victorian London.” And before you ask, “will there be urchins? will there be prostitutes? will women be treated poorly?,” know this: Sherlock Holmes and Moriarity also show up. And the answer to all the other questions is (of course) yes. This book is a prequel to The Devil’s Grin, which I’m pretty sure I reviewed last year. That’s the book where our heroine, Anna Kronberg, meets up with Sherlock Holmes. […]
Star Wars Rebels Origin Story: Yes, I watch cartoons.
I think I’m getting geekier as I get older. I caught it from my kid. He’s just getting into Star Wars (and Marvel stuff), and he came to it by way of cartoons on Disney XD. For anyone who hasn’t seen it, “Star Wars Rebels” is an animated series, which is about to start its second season. The show takes place between Episodes 3 and 4 – the Empire is in charge, the Jedi are underground, and no one is happy. On the show, there […]
Oh yeah, more medieval murder mysteries
The Medieval Murderers are a group of writers who, you guessed it, write medieval murder mysteries. There are a series of books, with a rotating cast of authors and characters. Each book is based around a theme, and each author writes about the theme (or object, or whatever) in his or her time period. In this book, all of the stories revolve around what may be the relics of King Arthur – which are sacred, especially to the Welsh. The bones are initially discovered in […]
The Drunken Botanist
I have this book to thank for my newfound love of Strega. My liver may not thank me, but I also now have a very long list of liquors that I want (need?) to try. What’s Strega, you ask? It’s an Italian liqueur, named after the witches of Benevento, a town south of Naples (where my great-grandparents are from). According to the book, there are 70 ingredients in Strega, including cinnamon, iris, juniper, mint, citrus, cloves, anise, and myrrh. It’s herbal based, and can be […]