• Books,  Mystery

    Book Bites 1

    Footsteps in the Dark Georgette Heyer was a British writer in my favorite era and this copy of one of her mysteries caught my eye at the second hand bookstore. The story stars…

  • Books,  Mystery

    Book Review: The Thirteen Problems

    This month’s Read Christie 2025 selection was The Thirteen Problems, a collection of Miss Marple short stories. I enjoyed the book, but I typically don’t like to read short story collections from beginning…

  • Books

    Book Review: A Shadow in Moscow

    I was flipping through a book distributor’s catalog a while back and ran across a book with the tantalizing subtitle “a cold war novel.” As I said in my review of the original…

  • Books,  Mystery

    Book Review: Third Girl

    Third Girl was written in the 1960s, and it has a lot of great elements from that era. Poirot and his friend, the writer Ariadne Oliver, are faced with a case involving modern young…

  • Books,  Mystery

    Book Review: The Valley of Fear

    When it comes to my favorite fiction, I’m something of a purist. Most newer adaptations are met with skepticism and rarely approval from me. I am the pickiest by far about Sherlock Holmes.…

  • Books,  Mystery

    Nancy Drew and Co.

    Since I have never been a huge fan of fantasy, I didn’t have many modern reading options as a teen. Middle-grade and young adult books these days seem very dragon-forward. Fortunately, I was…

  • Vintage

    Vintage Voyages

    (Ok, “journey” would probably be a better word, but that’s cliché in the blog-o-sphere, not alliterative, and cannot be interpreted as a sneaky Star Trek reference.) I’ve wanted to do a post like…

  • Books,  Sci-Fi

    Book Series Review: Firmament

    I suppose, technically, watching Star Wars with my dad was my first experience with sci-fi. Or maybe it was my Dora and the Purple Planet video game, although I feel like that doesn’t…