Hey, so did you know that Salman Rushdie doesn't like Donald Trump? Because he doesn't. He really, really hates him, in fact. I know this because I read the Golden House, which is ostensibly about Rene and his relationship with his neighbors, the Golden Family, but it is actually quite a … [Read more]
Not just a mystery, but an educational mystery
We have a tradition at our annual work party of a book exchange. You get a book that has something to do with history (I work at a historic site) and you gift-wrap it. Everyone who brings a book gets a number, and then the first person unwraps a book. The next person can either unwrap a book or … [Read more]
A promising start for a new author
So, we have Alice and her mother Ella living a fairly transient lifestyle. They seem to constantly run in to bad luck. Things catch fire, or strange things happen, and Alice even gets kidnapped once. Ella’s mother, Althea, is an author of a book, Tales from the Hinterland. It’s a book of dark … [Read more]
Not starting the year off right
This is a prequel to Ella Enchanted. (The book, not the movie starring Anne Hathaway, which is very different from the source material.) Evie (Evora) is a young girl who is on her way to be a fairly talented physician when her world turns upside down. Her best friend Wormy (Warwick) … [Read more]