Tag Archives: Books

In keeping with my interest in mystery fiction, I decided to take a step back into yesteryear and read a few Mike Hammer novels (Mickey Spillane). I forgot that I had the printed version on my bookshelf, so I bought … Continue reading →

The Silkworm is book 2 in the Cormoran Strike series by J. K. Rowling (writing under the pen name, Robert Galbraith). Written in 2014 (456 pages in Kindle), in this book we find private detective Cormoran Strike doing a tiny … Continue reading →

The Cuckoo’s Calling is book 1 in the Cormoran Strike series. Written in 2013 by J. K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith, this is a true mystery novel without any strange embellishments. 550 pages on Kindle. The protagonist … Continue reading →

In keeping with my desire to limit my exposure to politics — and, thus, safeguard my sanity because, let’s face it, politics are insane these days — I have decided to read more. Which is new. I used to read … Continue reading →

I have banished most politics from my content consumption and that has left me with time for other things, such as reading. It’s been a while since I did much reading — most books are entirely too predictable for my … Continue reading →