As promised, I’m going to go back to our days in Edinburgh since I didn’t have much chance to blog about them yet. We landed at about 8am local time, but to our bodies it was about 3 in the morning. We stumbled off the plane, went through customs and found a very nice, very…
REVIEW: THE TRUTH-TELLER’S LIE by Sophie Hannah
This gripping mystery from the UK is not for the faint of heart. Naomi, the main protagonist, has endured the most unspeakable of personal horrors yet found a way to carry on. So unspeakable that three years later her closest friends are still unaware of it. That is until she becomes obsessed with finding her…
A Good Word: Balaclava
A balaclava is a piece of headgear that basically just leaves your eyes and nose open, but protects the rest of your head from the elements. It makes one look like a combination of a knight and bank robber. This isn’t a word you hear much anymore, even among skiers and sporting good stores.…