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Through a Glass Darkly

Sordid, Bleak, Depressing.  Welcome to the 18th Century. Author: Karleen Koen In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit to having little experience of the subgenre of historical fiction into which Through a Glass Darkly fits.  Set in the early 18th century England and France, this 700+ page romance tome is quite the eye opener about the time period.  I don’t really mean that as a compliment. Through a Glass Darkly tells us the tale of Barbara Alderley.  Barbara is fifteen years old and a member of a privileged, noble family.  Living on the country estate of Tamworth, [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:01-07:00July 22nd, 2012|Tags: , , , |

Garbage Land

Reduce, Reuse, Reread Author: Elizabeth Royte Garbage, recycling, yard waste: for most of us, once we dump it in a bin and maybe drag it to the curb, it vanishes from our lives and our minds. But what really happens to the stuff that we don’t want anymore? Elizabeth Royte decides to find out in Garbage Land, starting with picking through her own daily trash for a year to analyze the contents. She attempts to follow her garbage to a landfill, her recyclables to a processing facility, even (gulp) her raw sewage to a treatment plant, with mixed results — [...]

2024-04-11T00:58:01-07:00July 22nd, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , |

Pushed Too Far

Bloody Knife Beach Read Author: Ann Voss Peterson Pushed Too Far.  Bloody Knife murder mystery.  Written by a Wisconsin author.  Takes place entirely in Wisconsin.  First book read on my new Kindle.  Obtained for free.  What more could I ask?  As it turns out, very little. Pushed Too Far is a murder mystery/police procedural set in the fictional small Wisconsin town of Lake Loyal.  Val Ryker is the relatively new police chief; having spent her early career in Chicago she likes the slower pace of small town policing.  In her time in Lake Loyal she has had one gruesome headline [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:05-07:00July 11th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |
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