Worthwhile Books

What if you were accused of a crime that you did not commit when the accuser had all the evidence against you, and you had nothing to prove ...

My greatest challenge in reviewing this 500-page book (600 if you count the endnotes) is knowing what quotations to leave out since the whol...

BBC period dramas and classic black-and-white films are my entertainment of choice, but it has taken me a few years to learn to appreciate J...

A few years ago, I gave Kindle Unlimited a try , but wasn't too impressed. Of the thirteen books I read, only four were memorable. In th...

As a follow-up to last week's post on the importance of poetry, I'm linking to some of my favorite poetry books.  I always say that ...

I love poetry, and am always interested in how and why it can leave us speechless with astonishment. Anna Quindlen once wrote, People who ar...

I am a huge fan of WWII memoirs and was delighted to recently discover Pages from a WWII Chaplain’s Diary .     At 40 years of age, successf...