a loss of words. I say to him that when you’re away from all the hustle-and-bustle of city life and phone calls and appointments, sitting on a quiet beach as if you own it and taking up a book make a great vacation. I have fun doing nothing but slouching on that beach chair!
They will probably now try to convince me that a five-ounce bird can, in fact, carry a one-pound coconut. You know, the world today seems absolutely crackers. With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high. There are fools and idiots sitting on the trigger. It’s depressing. It’s ...
9-year-old Robin Dufresnes was found hanging by the neck from a piece of rope, slung over a low branch of a tree sitting on the overgrown hedge. Atmosphere and tone are perfectly set for a southern Gothic mystery: who or what could have possibly been able to appear in someone’s backy...
OK so I’m looking at Lisa’s hair and I’m trying to work out what’s cool about it. Maybe it was longer or taller or… I dunno… pinker when the date happened. I don’t want to cast aspersions on Neville here, and I don’t for a minute think he is doing this, but experie...
I checked in at the Booking Through Thursday blog, which is the host for a weekly book meme or blogging prompt. Here is this week’s prompt: I want you to think about your ideal reading experience. Think about the location. (Your bed? Favorite chair? The beach? Indoors or outdoors?)....
This is a memoir about a life’s work to find happiness. It’s a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for...