reviews

Adventures in Ambulation... Author:  Jim Reisler Most of today’s sports fans probably don’t realize that even before Philo T. Farnsworth invented the “idiot box” in the 1920s and long before ESPN started broadcasting sporting events in 1979, there were internationally renowned athletes who were just as famous as LeBron James or Tom Brady are today.    Edward Payson Weston may not be a household name anymore, but when he dominated the world of professional walking in the latter half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries he was an undisputed superstar.  For several decades following the American Civil War, Weston [...]

Feeble Fable... Author:  David Duchovny Best known as paranormal detective Fox Mulder and womanizing novelist Hank Moody, award-winning television actor David Duchovny – who received an MA in English Literature from Yale University before he became famous – has recently tried his hand at writing fiction.  The result is Holy Cow, a light-hearted exploration of what happens when a determined dairy cow gets an idea in her head. Elsie Bovary, a happy-go-lucky cow who enjoys hanging out on the farm with her cow friend Mallory, tells how her peaceful pastoral existence is abruptly interrupted one night after the two pals [...]

Hannah Finally Makes a Decision!!! Author: Joanne Fluke After accidentally becoming a killer herself in book 17, Blackberry Pie Murder, Hannah is nervously awaiting her trial for manslaughter. After partying in Vegas for Delores’ and Doc’s honeymoon, and experiencing an unexpected whirlwind romance herself, Hannah returns to Lake Eden to face the music. She gets more than she anticipates when moments before canceling her trial, the hapless judge ends up bludgeoned by his own gavel. Town suspicion is on Hannah, and it’s up to her to clear her own name. Who could have wanted the judge dead? The vitriolic ex-wife? [...]