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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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