I haven’t written a book review for a while.  I’ve been reading and have read 10 or so books in the last month, but none of them were ones that I wanted to write about.  I read several mystery novels, one very predictable “thriller,” and a couple of biographies.  I thought I might review the …

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I have read travel journals for years, partly to satisfy my wanderlust and partly to see how other folks have done it and what they have found interesting.  I recently ran across “Travels with Charley in Search of America” by John Steinbeck and enjoyed reading it very much. “Travels with Charley” was originally published in …

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I borrowed “Let Your Life Speak:  Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker Palmer from Karen Graham when we were down visiting.  She had mentioned a portion of the book that really spoke to her, and it sounded interesting enough to read the book.  Parker Palmer is an author, teacher, and teacher of teachers. …

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When I was in college, I went through an Elton Trueblood phase, reading many of his books.  I have saved some of these and acquired others over the years, so I decided to bring a few of them along in the RV and read them in between the novels and travel books.  The Common Ventures …

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A parishioner gave me the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer as a retirement present.  She said that our plans to travel in retirement reminded her of this book.  So now that we are beginning our travels, I decided it would be a good book to read. “Into the Wild” is an older book, …

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Recently I’ve been reading a lot of books by Lawrence Block.  It seems like every third book I read is one that he has written.  As I’ve mentioned before, I like mysteries, and especially series.  Lawrence Block has written over 100 books, and has five mystery series.  He has also written numerous short stories, many …

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One of my favorite authors (I have a lot of them, but then, there are so many books!) is Virginia Lanier.  She wrote a series of mysteries featuring Jo Beth Sidden, the central character who breeds and trains bloodhounds for search and rescue.  Virginia Lanier was a housewife in Georgia who loved to read mysteries …

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I’m always looking for good authors.  I especially like mystery writers who write series.  So I was intrigued by Sally Goldenbaum‘s Seaside Knitters mystery series. I like the ocean.  I like knitting.  I like mysteries – it seems like this series would be a natural. The series is set in the small town of Sea …

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Sometimes as religious folks we forget how big our God is.  “Wonderstruck:  Awaken to the Nearness of God” is a book that invites you to open your eyes to the nearness and wonder of a living and loving God. Margaret Feinberg is a popular Bible teacher, speaker and author.   Her other books include “The …

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The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi is a mystery with an investigator named Hermes Diaktoros.  Hermes is a fat man with white canvas shoes that he always keeps immaculately clean despite the grimy atmosphere of the imaginary Greek island of Thiminos.  Hermes may, or may not, be the Greek god Hermes.  In Greek mythology …

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