The Rambling Writer Book Review: Going Solo by Roald Dahl
The fascinating second volume of Roald Dahl’s autobiography takes you along on his early work in Africa and then enlistment as RAF fighter pilot in
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January Read 2026
…and Happy New Year, again. So, that time of the year again – my, time flies. For those who haven’t encountered the “January Read” thing
Sexy! Fun! And slyly smart: review of THE BEARSKIN RUG, by Jennifer Stevenson
Early on in The Bearskin Rug, protagonist Jewel Heiss fondly looks back on a relationship she’d had at seventeen with the family’s septuagenarian lawyer. He
The Rambling Writer Book Review: BOYFRIEND FROM HELL by Patricia Rice
A wildly inventive urban fantasy where ancient mythology emerges in a toxic superfund site The first in Patricia Rice’s 3-book Saturn’s Daughters series (new editions
The Rambling Writer Book Review: CORONETS AND STEEL by Sherwood Smith
A fabulous tale of intrigues and derring-do, with a flavor of folkloric magic. Sherwood Smith has done it again – keeping me up to read
The January Read 2024
So another year has rolled by. If you haven’t strolled past here before there’s a tiny bit of backstory to get through. Mysteries are so
Expanding on The Expanse
Fantasy has its Game of Thrones. Science fiction has its The Expanse. (Picture from here. Leviathan Wakes is the first book of The Expanse.) Game
The January Read, 2023
You may remember me writing about last year’s read and the tradition that led to that – but this year there it was, another Walt
The Rambling Writer Book Review: SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND by David Valdes
A lively YA time-travel romp with an important mission – and attitude. I’ve been reading several books selected by the International Pulpwood Queens & Timber
The January read…
I don’t really read mysteries – that was Deck’s thing, not mine. He earnestly tried to get me into it for a while – he