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James Herriot's Loving Memories as He Goes Through WWII Author: James Herriot Back in the cozy realms of James Herriot’s Yorkshire, where the care-worn Dales’ farmers embrace a hard life but still manage to give back love and appreciation, World War II is raging oversees. James, torn from his very pregnant new wife and his beloved job as a large animal vet, has now said his (hopefully temporary) goodbyes and trudged off, drafted into the RAF. Away from friends, family, familiar faces, and most especially animals, a lonely James makes it through the rigor of military training and the heart-stopping [...]

Serving Up Murder - Or is it Cold Leftovers? Author: Diane Mott Davidson Thanks to several mystery book lots from eBay, a love for kitschy covers, and a host of friends who read and love everything penned by Davidson, I decided that is was finally time to immerse myself in the popular Goldy cozy mystery series. What’s not to love about plates of delicious steaming food, a feisty caterer, and the wide-open mountainous beauty of Colorado? Enter Catering to Nobody, the first offering in a (currently) 17 book long series. The cozy was killed pretty early on in the first chapter when [...]

Oedipus: The Classic Story of Spiteful Fate Author: Sophocles “Look upon that last day always. Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain.” Back on the classics kick, my randomized list set me off to read Oedipus by Sophocles. The story, more commonly referred to as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King (to distinguish from a later work regarding the same ill-fated King of Thebes) is a story already commonly known and popularized by Freudianism. Unlucky Oedipus, through the viciousness of uncaring fate and an unshakable belief that his blessings would always continue, manages to murder his father, [...]