Birth of a Book, Mystery Solved

http://www.amazon.com/View-From-Sixth-Floor-Oswald-ebook/dp/B00NPCZW6W When I was a little girl my father had a book about people who had disappeared never to be seen again. I was about ten pr eleven years old. My mother did not think it was appropriate reading for a child. She may have been right. But I shared my father’s interest in mysteries and crime. I often raided Daddy’s stash of books. Growing … Continue reading Birth of a Book, Mystery Solved

Lions and Lambs?

On Thanksgiving St Bartholomew’s Church in New York City hosted an unusual dinner. Guests who paid $100 a head shared their holiday dinner with the homeless. This was an interesting experiment to say the least. About five hundred extremely diverse people eating dinner in a church. And apparently this was no slap dash meal prepared by the ladies guild. The meal was prepared by chefs … Continue reading Lions and Lambs?

External link to Brooklyn’s Classics Book Group kindly requests your help

Brooklyn’s Classics Book Group kindly requests your help

wordbookstores: Hello, classics readers (and everyone else with opinions about books)! We’ve put together the rough draft of next year’s Classics Book Group reading list, and now we need your help. The theme for 2015 is genre classics: science fiction/fantasy, mystery, horror, and romance. There are SO MANY good… Brooklyn’s Classics Book Group kindly requests your help Continue reading Brooklyn’s Classics Book Group kindly requests your help