Death Comes to Pemberley
For all you Jane Austen enthusiasts, here’s a new sequel from mystery powerhouse P.D. James: Death Comes to Pemberley. Here’s the gist. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are six years married, have dutifully procreated, and suddenly things go south. Apparently, not only is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do’well brother-in-law Mr. Wickham dead, but it falls to her to solve [...]
Up to the Challenge: 2010′s Most Frequently Challenged Books
The American Library Association has updated its list of frequently challenged books to include 2010. I’m ashamed to say I’ve only read four of these; I say this because if the books are challenged, there must be something good about them. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson The Absolutely True Diary [...]
New Book from Anne Hart Preus: Stories from the Hart
Hearty congratulations go out to Anne Hart Preus, whose new book, Stories from the Hart, has just released and is now available at Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon.com. It’s a funny and thoughtful collection of stories about growing up in Mississippi during the fifties and sixties, and it has a bit of everything: an Elvis [...]
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