The Pure Cold Light by Gregory Frost Heffernan would never appreciate that magnetism was what killed him. The alarm klaxon honked twice in the tiny lunar shack, so loud that he fumbled his coffee cup and seared a stripe across … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Hey, I started this cookie thing and I rarely eat cookies any more as I’m gluten-free, dairy-free, and additive free. If you want to sell books like Oreos, as Bruce says, you need to be aware of the true quality … Continue reading
We’ve started the Reactive Rover class given by Sandi Pensinger of Living With Dogs, in order to help Tajji with her reactivity to dogs and, to a lesser extent, people she doesn’t know. The first two sessions were watching videos … Continue reading
When I was a kid there was a weird antique-cum-kitsch store in the town where my family spent summers: Jennifer House. They had beautiful furniture, expensive handmade garments, and the cheesiest, most bizarre “furnishings”–aprons that said “Kiss the Cook,” and … Continue reading
Back in the late 70s, I went to a conference on women and the law. Most of it was panels on important legal issues of the day, but one night they had a show that included a comedian. She told … Continue reading
WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? … Continue reading
There are two parties involved in critique: the critiquer and the critiquee. Okay, I just made those words up. So, let’s say there is the giver of the critique and the recipient of the critique. This is true whether the parties are … Continue reading
Patrice Greenwood returns readers to the cozy Wisteria Tearoom with a new mystery set against the dramatic backdrop of Santa Fe’s world-famous Opera. Wisteria Tearoom owner Ellen Rosings coaxes Detective Tony Aragón to go with her to the Santa Fe … Continue reading
The Clockwork Fairy Kingdom by Leah Cutter Adele—the beautiful Fairy Queen with wings of clockwork—despairs when her husband, the Master Tinker, dies before he finishes the Great Machine that will reignite the human-fairy war and drive the humans away. When … Continue reading
Before I took off for ten days in New York City, I loaded up my trusty e-readers with offerings from Book View Café writers, then picked books at random. What a delight they were! Katharine Eliska Kimbriel’s “Alfreda” novels – … Continue reading