J ust finished This Must Be the Place , a novel by Maggie O'Farrell.  She certainly knows how to spin an intriguing story or two.  O...

I'm doing something new today - First Chapter ~ First Paragraph Tuesday Intros , which is hosted by Diane at  Bibliophile by the Sea , ...

 I have enjoyed all of the books by Martin Walker, in his series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police.  The Patriarch , is our current selec...

  Blood at the Root , by Peter Robinson, is the 9th in his Inspector Banks mystery series.  I don't like to admit it really, but a ...

 Don't you love discovering new authors and new foods?   Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries have just done it.  He's been ...

No Tricks, just treats today! Saturday morning project!  My first experiment in cacao nib brittle making, or brittle making period.  I ...

 I j ust finished A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis, the debut novel for a new series, and was quite impressed with his unique combinati...

Our latest Cook the Books Club selection was Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, her charming, somewhat bucolic, and idealized novel ...

  The Corsican Caper is another of Peter Mayles' light, summer reading type thrillers, with beaucoup good food and wine mingled th...