Category Archives: Opinion

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Posted on May 13, 2024 by mysm2000

This is a book I purchased with mixed feelings. Benjamin calls it historical fiction — more like fictional biography — and it is based on the life of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, famous author and aviator in her own right and wife … Continue reading →

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Cozy Read Wednesday: Heartwishes by Jude Deveraux

Posted on March 17, 2021 by mysm2000

This week’s Cozy Read is by an author I haven’t read before — Jude Deveraux.  She has about 50 books to her credit and more than 6M copies of her work published world wide.  I picked it for my cozy … Continue reading →

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Mystery Monday: On Folly Beach by Karen White

Posted on March 8, 2021 by mysm2000

Today’s title for Mystery Monday is by an author I’ve never read before, Karen White.  It’s called On Folly Beach.  It takes place in two different time periods centred around a small town on one of the barrier islands off … Continue reading →

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The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cumming

Posted on February 18, 2021 by mysm2000

Resurrection was intended to be a non-violent protest movement encouraging ordinary citizens to speak out individually against socially divisive propaganda, a movement that somehow quickly escalates into the most dangerous terrorist organization on three continents.  Anyone with a platform who … Continue reading →

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Cozy Read Wednesday: The Spring at Moss Hill by Carla Neggers

Posted on February 17, 2021 by mysm2000

Today’s Cozy Read is by a new author to me, Carla Neggers, called The Spring at Moss Hill.  This is 7th in a series called Swift River Valley.  I found it in the library in my building and there are … Continue reading →

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The Roll of the Drums by Jan Drexler

Posted on October 30, 2019 by mysm2000

While I have enjoyed a number of stories set in the Amish culture, The Roll of the Drums is the first book I’ve read by Jan Drexler.  It is a story I would classify as a cozy romance although it … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

Posted on May 9, 2019 by mysm2000

Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring) gives us another fascinating historical novel based on the lives of fossilist and palaeontologist Mary Anning and her fellow-enthusiast Elizabeth Philpot and their important discoveries in the early 19th century which fuelled speculation … Continue reading →

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Twas A Dark and Stormy Night

Posted on May 8, 2019 by mysm2000

You probably thought from the title that this was going to be about Snoopy but it is not.  I’ve always wanted to go to a Murder Mystery Theatre Dinner production and finally got to go to one last Friday night … Continue reading →

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Mystery Monday Meme: Camino Island by John Grisham

Posted on May 6, 2019 by mysm2000

Today’s mystery is Camino Island by John Grisham, a complicated look at the underground buying and selling of stolen first editions and manuscripts.  It begins with the theft of 5 priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton University’s Firestone Library … Continue reading →

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Sunday Special: Melanie Willard

Posted on May 5, 2019 by mysm2000

Melanie Willard spoke to our Woman 2 Woman Bible Study (Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa) session recently about how to care for people in crisis.  She speaks of this with authority because she has been through an amazing, torturous journey that … Continue reading →

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