Michael Connelly’s The Wrong Side of Goodbye Some mystery writers have trouble maintaining a series. After a few books, the plots seem repetitive, the characters stale, and the writing [...] December 21, 2016
Mincemeat – The Education of an Italian Chef Chefs used to confine themselves to writing cookbooks. Then along came Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, which shocked diners [...] December 20, 2016
The Dog-Walking Diaries – A Year in the Life of an Autistic Dog-Walker Like most would-be writers, I’ve tried my hands at a score of ‘real’ aka paying jobs over the years. And like many other people on [...] December 13, 2016
Linger in The Waiting Room Aristotle posited that a perfect story is one whose entire action, the protagonist’s personal evolution as well as their physical [...] December 10, 2016
Five Great Christmas Reads With the holiday season upon us, we all like to find a comfortable chair (ideally in front of a roaring fireplace,) to curl up in, with a [...] December 3, 2016
Five Great Reads on Evolution November 24 is Evolution Day, commemorating the anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species on that [...] November 24, 2016
Tight, Controlled and Rocket-Fast: Stefanie Pintoff’s City on Edge Just in time for the holidays, readers who like a little extra spice with their treats should try Stefanie Pintoff’s new thriller, [...] November 23, 2016
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – A New York City Holiday Tradition – The Book! 2016 is the 90th Anniversary of what was organized in 1924 by R.H. Macy’s immigrant employees as a street carnival. The group would [...] November 21, 2016