Sonny's Castle Dangerous

"Witch Wood," one of three novels contained in this volume, takes place in Scotland during the Anglo-Scottish War of 1650-1652. F...

This tune, a big hit for The Hollies, fascinated me back in 1972. I loved  the two-guitar break halfway through, but the lyrics puzzled me -...

I read Tarkington's  Penrod  novels when I was a young lad, but I never got around to reading Seventeen . Perhaps that was because I was...

I don't dare to put this on my other social media platforms, but I must speak out, if only to vent my concern. Having read the opinion o...

In terms of reader enjoyment and elegant prose, I'd give The Ferryman my highest rating. I congratulate the author on producing another...

My father, born in 1930, was an avid reader of fiction about World War II. Too young to participate in the war himself, I suppose this was h...

I don't dare post this on Facebook, because it will infuriate a certain percentage of people and lead to a series of messy, exhausting o...

I asked Nancy that question recently. Her response: "If God doesn't exist, then how did we get here?" That's a useful way ...

This English actress is one of the reasons I like the "Carry On" films from Ealing Studios. Who could forget her in "Carry O...

  My rating: 2 of 5 stars Every so often, I read a book simply because it has been on The New York Times bestseller list for a long time...

My cold or Covid or whatever it is has turned into a deep cough that is, in clinical terms, “productive.” I had a teleconference appointment...

  Suffering with a wicked cold, I've devised a three-point plan for my recovery.  Get my strength back Get back on my feet  Get back to ...

Having completed my reading of The Gospel According to John (The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Standard Revised Version), I have to say s...

After the Uvalde TX killings, two Facebook users (one of whom is unknown to me) took me to task for using the phrase "military-style r...

Important news: this “classic” Abbott and Costello film from 1952 is now out on BluRay:   https://www.classicflix.com/blog/2022/04/18/jack-a...

249 pp. Hard Case Crime/Titan Books. London. 2014. ISBN 978-1-78116-777-9 This is a reprint of a novel originally published in 1961 under ...

The Pagan God: Popular Religion in the Greco-Roman Near East   by Javier Teixidor The idea of a pagan god has a certain creepy attraction. ...

  Revelator by Daryl Gregory My rating: 5 of 5 stars How much did I like this book? So much that I began it on Wednesday night and finish...

  Message from Malaga by Helen MacInnes My rating: 3 of 5 stars Originally published in 1971, this espionage novel is indeed a "good...

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying this book. I didn't pa...