Translated by Brian Bruya What do you believe and how strongly do you believe it? For awhile, a fad sped through the people I was hanging with called the belief-o-meter, a cool little diagnostic tool - you answered a few questions and it told you which spiritual practice was best aligned with your beliefs.* At …
What are you concealing in your hidden quadrant? The family of Jessi Hempel, podcaster extraordinaire for LinkedIn had quite a bit that they weren't talking about. Jessi herself came out of the closet, her sister joined her, her other sister announced she was Trans-male, and her father came out as gay (and, in once scene, …
Continue reading 365 Books: The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel
Hm, whose priceless mirror is that in my entryway and how did it get there, and is this going to end up being my fault somehow? That is the question that Sarah Kelling Kelling asks herself when she uses the (mostly avoided) front entry of her "summer" house on Cape Cod. She inherited this drafty …
Continue reading 365 Books: The Bilbao Looking Glass by Charlotte MacLeod
Maybe you know Phoebe Atwood Taylor from her Asey Mayo mysteries (which I will cover some other time). But she also had another writing career as Alice Tilton, author of Leonidas Witherall Mysteries. Sometimes mystery authors carry on two series at the same time, under different pen-names, with very different styles. Charlotte McLeod had her …
Continue reading 365 Books: Cold Steal by Phoebe Atwood Taylor writing as Alice Tilton
I love Sarah Caudwell's books but I always feel a little sad when I read them, as hilarious as they are. Because there are four and there will be no more. Ever. Caudwell's books focus on a bunch of yuppie British tax lawyers. The beautiful and perfect Serena. The sexy and irrepressible Julia. The unattainable …
Continue reading 365 Books: Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell
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