I've been a member of many clubs in my 30 years on this planet. First, there were things like The Girl Scouts and the Bluebirds. Next came service organizations like the Mentoring project, Ohio Read and Alpha Lambda Delta,. As a true adult, I can count on my membership in the Rubber City Book Posse, Stitch and Brunch, NaNoWriMo and even the Brown Coats. Yes, to a certain extent, I'm a joiner. As ...
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Your Guardian Angel:: Inspiration
I found a mix cd I made from iTunes for a book that I wrote a few years ago. It's hard to believe that I wrote 'The Last' in 2007. The story most definitely needs reworked and tightened--I think I know the characters a bit better than I did then, and there' s always the grace of experience that allows you to look back at something with a clearer eye. I was originally inspired by this song: ...
Review:: Murder of a Royal Pain by Denise Swanson
It's a PAIN that these books are so short. I joke about the title because Scumble River is a great escape, and every trip there is bittersweet because the book has to end. In her eleventh full-length novel, Denise Swanson once again breathes life into our favorite school psychologist (and sleuth) Skye Dennison. When murder hits a prominent afterschool and prom committee member, Skye tries to ...
Review: The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
Pearlie lives live much like any other housewife in Northern California in the early 1950s. She dutifully works to keep the house clean, keeps her polio striken son as healthy and vibrant as possible and her husband happy and calm (so as not to aggrevate his heart condition. All seems well, or at least liveable (like her husband's affair) until a knock at the door turns Pearlie's world upside ...
Review:: Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess
Such a Great Book, May 8, 2009 This review is from: Such a Pretty Girl (Paperback) One time 'Daddy's Girl' Meredith holds a secret so terrible that it is talked about by everyone--her neighbors, her schoolmates and even people she doesn't know. Meredith's testimony at her father's trial three years ago was the nail in the coffin--and he should have been in prison for a very long ...
Review:: Wonder When You’ll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
Faith Duckle tries to reinvent herself at high school by losing weight at an institution after a failed suicide attempt. Despite the weight loss, Faith doesn't make any waves until a single, violent act forces her to flee her home and meet up with a friend whose disappeared into a circus. Faith, fearing capture, renames herself Annabelle and goes on a multi-state journey before finding the ...
