Apollyon by Hilary West did remind me of English public school novels, though it didn't take place at what is defined as a public schoo...

I was going to wait until I had some fiction to blog about.  I shouldn't be overwhelming my readers with so much non-fiction.  Yet I do ...

When I first wrote about Henry Berry Lowry in my August  post, "An Afro-Native Robin Hood", I said that I was certain that I'd...

I am returning to the subject of Japanese-American internment during WWII which I discussed in my March post "Revelations About Japanes...

I am very selective about the fiction taking place in Europe during World War II that I read.  It is such a popular subject, but few wr...

The books I can find at a library book sale amaze me sometimes.  I picked up The Messenger by Mayra Montero from the sale cart because I ne...

Sometimes I need to make a separation between the concept of a novel and its implementation.  The concept of  The Path of Lord Jaguar had a...