You Are Free by Matthew Montague My review on Amazon.com: Sea Story – Not for Everyone (which leaves more for me) It’s obvious from the vastly different ratings here that this book isn’t for everyone. That may be because some readers were unwilling to give the second-person narrative style a chance. It is slightly unconventional, […]
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Here are a few things I’ve found online that I’ve been waiting to share! Abandonments Reinvented: The World’s Most Stunning Bookshops from one of my favorite sites, UrbanGhosts, features awesome photographs of a few places I could definitely live happily forever. Sarah Illenberger’s “Good Weather” from another favorite site, The Coolist.com, spotlights an artist I
Between travel and work, I’ve had less time for reading lately, but I’m never far from a stack of books. As promised, I will be reviewing two of my favorites: Steve Hockensmith’s latest book Dear Mr. Holmes and Ruth Downie’s Caveat Emptor as soon as possible. Other reviews to come: Song of the Silk Road by Mingmei Yip; The
People of the Book: A Novel – by Geraldine Brooks; a fictionalized account of the Sarajevo Haggadah and the people who protected this early Jewish illuminated manuscript. The modern tale is of scientific research by a restoration expert and include romance, mystery and philosophy along with the history. HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!
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In no particular order, here are a few books I hope to read in the next few months: Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie, a novel of the Roman Empire; 3rd in the series of Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso in Britannia A Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer of the Court of Venice by
Cholla cactus blossoms in our yard, April 2011; after Photoshop Ink Outlines filter © Jan McClintock of We Need More Shelves
The Black Dove by Steve Hockensmith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another fun adventure in sleuthing with the cowboy-detective brothers, this time in San Francisco’s Chinatown, 1893. The previous, railroad-based story does carry over to this one somewhat, but not enough to keep this from being a decent standalone book. In this third book
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Psalm 73, A Psalm of Asaph, here speaking of the wicked: 4 For there are no pangs in their death, But their strength is firm.5 They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men.6 Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them
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