Touch of Evil
The 1958 Orson Welles film, Touch of Evil, is analyzed from a filmmaker’s perspective. Unfortunately, there is little new information here. It reads like a master’s thesis regarding other’s writers’ analyses of the film. 10% of the book is the Notes section referencing other sources. Another 5% of the bookContinue Reading
Killing Time
My Review By day, Dodie is the manager of the Windjammer restaurant in Etonville, New Jersey. By night (or anytime really), she helps her fiancé, Police Chief Bill, solve crimes. It’s the day before Halloween. And it’s almost Killing Time in Etonville Little Theater’s production of Dracula. Will life imitateContinue Reading
Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Math & Logic Games
Most of us have a few minutes here and there to stretch our brains. Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Math & Logic Games is the perfect book to pick up occasionally for a few minutes. With 104 puzzles testing various thinking skills, it is perfect to keep your mind active. There areContinue Reading
Doing Agile Right
There is definitely a way of Doing Agile Right and, unfortunately, a way to do agile completely wrong. This book describes both so you can quickly see what your agile team is doing correctly and incorrectly. Agile sounds so good. Faster results. Quick setup. Self-management. More innovative solutions. So whatContinue Reading
Rosemary’s Baby
What is Rosemary’s Baby? The answer is surprisingly much more complicated than a 1969 horror film directed by Roman Polanski. The movie has a gothic woman-in-danger who-can-help-her plot. Newlyweds Rosemary and struggling actor, Guy, find the perfect apartment in New York City. And the neighbors seem so friendly. But thenContinue Reading
Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse Review, Interview and Giveaway
Character Interview with Marygene In your last book, Southern Sass and Killer Cravings, Heather offered the use of her large brood of brothers to beat up your estranged husband, Peter. Based on the bruise on your neck, Peter had recently beat you up. Plus he had just repossessed your carContinue Reading
Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps
By using simple shapes as a base, you can Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps by reading this book. If you, or more likely your children, can barely doodle a flower, this is the perfect book to up your drawing game. It assumes no prior knowledge ofContinue Reading
Murder with Clotted Cream
Daisy and her Aunt Iris own Daisy’s Tea Garden in rural Willow’s Creek, Pennsylvania. They do catering jobs on the side. Little do they know that, instead of Apple Gingerbread, they would soon be serving up Murder with Clotted Cream. Former actress Margaret has returned to her home town withContinue Reading
Something is Killing the Children Vol 1
Something is Killing the Children Vol 1 is an excellent start to a new horror comic series. One dark night, four boys are playing truth or dare. James tells a story about a monster in a ravine. The other boys don’t believe him and go to the ravine to proveContinue Reading
No Filter Guest Post and Giveaway
Guest Post by Macy Hatfield of the Barks & Beans Cafe cozy mystery series by Heather Day Gilbert Dogs have always been my “thing.” But for the entirety of my seven-year marriage, I haven’t been able to have one because of our rental house agreement. However, this year my marriageContinue Reading
Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Code Breakers
If cryptograms are your favorite type of puzzle, you will enjoy the 101 puzzles within Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Code Breakers. All are based on puzzles used in real life by emperors, spies, and warriors. Each puzzle has a task for Dr. Watson (you) to do. The brief stories and illustrationsContinue Reading
Kill the King
Kill the King is the last book in the Columba Caselli trilogy. Columba is convinced that her partner, Dante, is not dead. During an explosion in the previous book, Dante disappeared. He hasn’t been seen in fifteen months. She is on leave from work awaiting his return. In another narrativeContinue Reading
30-minute Gluten-free Cookbook
Just glancing through the 30-minute Gluten-free Cookbook, it looks like a good choice. However, when I dug deeper, the flaws kept piling up. First, the positives include flags for other types of allergens and full nutritional information. There is also a great variety of recipes from appetizers to desserts. ThereContinue Reading
Buzz Books 2020: Fall and Winter
In this troubled time of curbside pickup, the Buzz Books 2020: Fall and Winter is an invaluable resource for finding new books and authors to read. When looking for a new book to read in a bookstore or library, everyone reads the blurb on the back or the front flap.Continue Reading
Furmidable Foes
I loved the previous books in the Mrs. Murphy series. However, Furmidable Foes made Mrs. Murphy and the other animals a side story. Front and center are St. Luke’s gardens and the historical fiction of runaway slaves in 1787. The Dorcas Guild’s events also play a role in the presentContinue Reading
A Walk Through Hell
Something evil lurks inside a Long Beach warehouse in A Walk Through Hell. Two FBI agents, Goss and Hunzikker, walk into a warehouse never to return. An eight-person SWAT team is sent in to find the missing agents. Thirty seconds later, they come out talking of dread and someone comingContinue Reading