book reviews

Digging Up Skeletons Author: M.C. Beaton Agatha Raisin is once again bored, and that is never a good thing when it comes to our adventure seeking, romantically immature sleuth. It may barely be into October, but Agatha is back on her dream of the perfect, story-book Christmas, complete with a reigniting of her languishing flame with James Lacey. Never mind that the Lacey fever is long gone. Agatha must have some romantic intrigue to break up the days of finding lost dogs and dealing with other plodding cases. Meanwhile, as Agatha plots another attempt at home cooking and a Christmas [...]

Proof That Tony Spencer Has a Heart Author: William Paul Young Tony Spencer is a man dedicated to winning, and by all outward appearances he has won big time. A successful businessman, he has single handedly built an empire, renowned for both its ruthlessness and its net worth. What most of the envious outsiders don’t know is that Tony is paranoid, shuttered away in secret, high-security homes, writing and re-writing wills, planning revenge for slights, both imagined and real, drinking his aged liquor and avoiding ever really addressing his cancerous loneliness. His empire is irrefutable, but the state of his [...]

Laura Grows Up: The Sweetest of Little House Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Many of us have followed the adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder since our childhood days, growing up alongside her. Some of us (ok, me) remembered this so fondly, that a return visit was necessary, putting aside the confines of responsibility to reminisce about the sweetness and magic of childhood and the first true touches of love. These Happy Golden Years resonates in a very special way with me now that I am married. I finally understand why this was one of my mom’s favorite Laura books. It is my favorite too. In These Happy Golden Years, sixteen-year-old [...]