reviews

The Truth Will Set You Free... Author:  Sam Harris It’s all about the pickles.  In one of my favorite episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, Barney, Opie and Andy make the mistake of avoiding hurt feelings by telling Aunt Bea that they like her new pickle recipe, even though they really think that they “taste like kerosene”.  As a result, she makes countless batches and the boys are obligated to keep choking them down.   The episode is just played for laughs, without significant moral overtones, but it might really have been better – for both their relationship with Aunt Bea [...]

A Sticky Mystery Author: Hannah Reed As a fan of both mysteries and beekeeping (seriously, we have bees), Hannah Reed’s Queen Bee series of cozy mysteries seems like something right up my alley.  After all, where else can one find the tension-filled excitement of capturing an errant swarm of honeybees and the thrill of solving a murder?  What’s not to love? Our heroine in this series, and in this particular outing – Mind Your Own Beeswax - is Story Fisher, real name Melissa.  Story owns and runs a grocery store in a small Wisconsin town dedicated to selling local merchandise, [...]