A Cineaste’s Bookshelf
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Will Make Me Avoid a Book
No, I am not going to join you on a journey to Zebrith-3 solar system with a band of space Amish and their pet boa constrictors. Stop it.Read More »
Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Make Me Want To Read A Book
Top Ten Tuesday: The topics, themes, and settings that make me immediately interested in a book.Read More »
REVIEW: ICE GHOSTS by Paul Watson
28 of May 1847 H.M.S.hips Erebus and Terror Wintered in the Ice in Lat. 70°5'N Long. 98°.23'W Having wintered in 1846-7 at Beechey Island in Lat 74°43'28"N Long 91°39'15"W After having ascended Wellington Channel to Lat 77° and returned by the West side of Cornwallis Island. Sir John Franklin commanding the Expedition. All well.Read More »
Books for April
It was an April morning: fresh and clear / The Rivulet, delighting in its strength, / Ran with a young man's speed; and yet the voice / Of waters which the winter had supplied / Was softened down into a vernal tone. ~ William WordsworthRead More »
Spring forward
Dust off your shelves, throw open the windows and check out these new books for spring. Read More »
New Column: The Dog-eared Corner
It's a very big week here in Savannah and everything is turning green, including the fountains and people's pets. If you want to know what to read for St. Patrick's Day, check it out.Read More »
Books for March
With absurd hauteur / New tulips dab their shadows / In water-mutter. ~ Richard Kenney Books for March: New titles from Marcus Sedgwick and Lucy Ribchester, and a reissue from Frances Hardinge. Read More »
World Book Day
Happy World Book Day! Here are some cool images or early writing, readers and book covers from around the internet to help you celebrate the printed word. How do you plan to celebrate World Book Day?Read More »
REVIEW: THE WHOLE ART OF DETECTION
Holmes fanatics rejoice! Finally there is a collection of stories that adequately celebrate, and imitate, the original. I will gladly grab my coat and trusty service revolver, and follow wherever Faye wishes to lead me.Read More »
Valentine Book Haul
Valentine's Day was pretty perfect for us. No fuss. We went to dinner at a favorite restaurant which was not full, then he took me to the bookstore.Read More »
ACCENT: DIFFERENT CLASS
Fans of Chocolat will not find any of the light-hearted playfulness of a quaint French village here. What the reader will find is the familiar theme of technology versus traditions, the future versus history.Read More »
Books for February
I have every intention of reading and reviewing each of these in the next couple of weeks, but I know that it’s likely a longer timeline. So consider this a preview of things to come, and maybe some of these titles will strike you even without my commentary. All images link to Goodreads page. Different… Read More »
REVIEW: THE UNSEEING
Sarah Gale is a seamstress and convicted murderer awaiting execution in Newgate Prison. She was tried for assisting her boyfriend, James Greenacre, in the killing of another woman and has lost her case against the Crown. With only a few weeks until her sentence is carried out, Edmund Fleetwood, a barrister, is assigned to review… Read More »
INTERVIEW with Michael Sims, on Arthur and Sherlock
Biographer, editor and man of letters Michael Sims agreed to let me pick his brain about Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, a fascination we share. Sims was a distinguished speaker at the Baker Street Irregulars annual gathering in 2011. Sims’ newest book, Arthur and Sherlock, comes out January 24. Q: Did you read Sherlock Holmes… Read More »
The Friday 56: The Gentle Axe
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. Readers are invited to: Grab a book, any book. Turn to page 56 (or 56% in your eReader), find any sentence and post it. I just picked up The Gentle Axe by R.N. Morris from the library. It’s a creepy Russian mystery. Porfiry lifted his head, looked the pawnbroker in… Read More »