The Memoirs of William T Sherman Volume 1 by William T Sherman
The Memoirs of William T Sherman Volume 2 by William T Sherman
"According to Cothren, in his 'History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut,' the Sherman family came from Dedham, Essex County, England." I read the Ulysses S Grant memoirs not that long ago, which he wrote while he was dying of mouth cancer as a way to secure a financial legacy for his family. … [Read more]
Stalked by the Kraken by Lillian Lark
Stalked by the Kraken tells the tale of a Kraken who falls in love at first sight, finds the bathhouse her family runs, and contracts with her to have three sexual encounters while her family harvests the wild magic that comes from their union. Of course, he knows she is his Mate (capital M) and all … [Read more]
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Talia Hibbert continues to delight with the third novel in the Brown Sisters series. At this point, the only sister left unattached is Eve, and of the three Brown sisters, Eve is the flightiest one. At Twenty-Eight, she still can't hold down a stable job, and her parents worry that she just isn't … [Read more]
In Search of Perfumes: A Lifetime Journey to the Source of Nature's Scents by Dominique Roques
Dominique Roque, a sourcing agent working in the perfume industry, recounts his travels and travails in pursuit of natural ingredients used in perfumes and dives into the storied history and often precarious methods of the producers of those raw materials. Perfume is a ubiquitous thing, to the … [Read more]
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy by Scott Meslow
I love romantic comedies. It’s the same reason I love Romance novels, I’m sure. There’s a joy in knowing that the end of the story is going to be happy, and that you’ll be treated to laughs along the way. They are my re-charge kind of story. When I saw Ellesfena’s review last year I plunked Scott … [Read more]
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Henry James by A Tragedy of Error
Midnight Caller by Stephen Graham Jones
Don't Turn on the Lights by Cassandra Khaw
The Tumor by John Grisham
Tears of the Anaren by CW Longbottom
Village of Islands by Jim Shepard
The Loved One "All the day the heat had been barely supportable but at evening a breeze arose in the west, blowing from the heart of the setting sun and from the ocean" I rented the first disc of Six Feet Under from Blockbuster just as soon as the dvds of the first season came out. I remember … [Read more]
