reviews

If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy Author: Kaui Hart Hemmings Did you ever see The Descendants? (If not, do you live under a rock?) The Oscar-winning film came out in 2011 and earned George Clooney multiple nominations and awards for his lead role as the floundering Matt King. In short, it managed to be smart, dark and humorous all at the same time, which is exactly how I like my movies. And my books. The Descendants was based on the superb novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, which I practically gulped down because I could not read it fast enough. [...]

The Roaring 20s, A Murder Mystery, and Forbidden Love Author: Kimberley Freeman It's 1926 and among the glamorous bobbed heads and the dapper seeming gentlemen the portent of murder is stirring. Locked into the elegant, yet remote Evergreen Hills resort for the fabulously wealthy and intensely private, addiction, betrayal, forbidden love, sex, and isolation combine during a ferocious blizzard to shatter expectations and plunge sedate individuals into decisions that will haunt them for the rest of their lives. First, there’s Violet, the rebellious serving girl. Constantly fired from job after job, her would-be-boyfriend secures her a position as a waitress [...]

The Ultimate Car-Speak Guide for Beginning Mechanics Author: Deanna Sclar I've been on a kick of late to spend my post-work nights educating myself. I decided that since I own three cars, now four with the addition of my fiancé’s wheels, and seem to have an inordinate love of the gas guzzling, touchy beasts, educating myself about car lingo and basic repairs was a good place to start my whole life-improvement skill set. Despite adoring cars and having a finicky vintage project car among my small but eclectic fleet, my knowledge never extended beyond re-filling wiper fluid, changing tires, and [...]