Staircase Wit

In late 19th century Yorkshire, Sam Hardacre guts herrings for a living, earning pennies to support his wife, Mary, and two young sons. It ...

In the penultimate book in the series – at least by the great and powerful L. Frank Baum – The Magic of Oz , it is Ozma’s birthday again and...

As the introduction by Elizabeth Crawford to this new edition points out, after serving as a Wren in WWII, Molly Clavering settled in Moffat...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and everything in between! Thanks to Marie Cloutier for reminding me of this end-of-year book meme: Descri...

It is quite trendy to write mysteries around famous, real-life characters and I tend to stay far away from these undertakings, as I usually ...

In this historical novel, two determined teen siblings play a role in winning the war for the Allies.   Everyone tells fourteen-year-old Liz...

I enjoy the Christies that feature Ariadne Oliver, the occasionally ditzy mystery author who dislikes the fictional detective she has made s...

Can you spell the month in books?  All from books I read this year: D aughter of Lir by Diana Norman (1988). This was an outstanding histo...