Reviews

I was intrigued by the cover of this book and the story line.  Dr. Andrew Marlow,  Washington, D.C. psychiatrist, is prompted by a colleague to accept the case of a painter gone mad.  Robert Oliver, a brilliant artist,  is caught in the act of slashing a valuable painting on display at the National Gallery of Art.

Barry Levinson is one of Hollywood's great but probably underrated directors. His efforts include "Rain Man" and "Wag the Dog," and film buffs and his peers love him -- but he's not exactly a household name like a Spielberg or Lucas.

"The Baltimore Trilogy" refers to three loosely connected movies set in Levinson's hometown: "Diner," "Tin Men" and "Avalon."

Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House first published in 1959 is a contemporary Classic that leaves you with the hairs on the back of your neck standing up.  " No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality: even larks and katydids are supposed, by some to dream.

This fourth installment of the Mistress of the Art of Death series is just as compelling as the previous entries.  King Henry II compels Adelia Aguilar, a female Jewish doctor traine

Lucid Intervals: a Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods

The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig is a gem I stumbled upon because the cover art created nostalgia within me (that one-room schoolhouse). I happily discovered that Doig is a master developer of characters, plot, time and place, but most especially language.

A Rumpole Christmas by John Mortimer is a collection of short stories written by the creator of the Horace Rumpole character -- a highly popular series on PBS.  These stories were not used for the television program, so they bring new story lines to fans of Rumpole.  As John Mortimer died recently, it was fun to read posthumously some of this writings which are brand new to the library.  Rumpole is a barrister {lawyer} in London, and these stories are mysteries, but more importantly, they contain charming views of life in London with a brilliant lawyer who also happe

Looking for something uplifting to add to my daily meditation readings, I happily came upon Victoria Moran's Younger by the Day. Her book is so inspiring, that I save it to relish as my last reading each day so that I head out for the world renewed and positive. Moran writes in her typical elegant, yet practical and profound manner. This is a real find. I even purchased extra copies to give as gifts for friends and family!

If this book doesn't make you want to put your McMansion up for sale and load up your spoiled Johnson County children and head to Western Kansas for a slice of real life well I don't know what will. Yes, A Perfect Season is about high school football, some of the best in the state.

Lucy Jo Ellis, formerly of Dayville, Minnesota, is a wannabe fashion designer. She has been working for up-and-coming fashion designer Nola Sinclair as a pattern cutter since her arrival in the “Big Apple” and has begun to get a little discouraged that she will never be able to break out and make it on her own as a designer. She just needs that one big break which she thinks has finally arrived when she gets a last minute “invitation” to Nola’s Holiday/Resort fashion show.