Prologue: I don’t remember the night he disappeared. I was not born yet… May 2018… It was an unusually warm, sultry May afternoon. Although not […]
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Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love by Thomas A. Tarrants
Synopsis: As an ordinary high school student in the 1960s, Tom Tarrants became deeply unsettled by the social upheaval of the era. In response, he […]
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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum
Have you ever thought about the food you eat? I mean, the saying does go “You are what you eat.” To be honest, I never […]
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Crooked Snake by Lovejoy Boteler
This past week, a state wide search was conducted for a criminal who raped and murdered an elderly lady in a small town in Mississippi […]
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Maude by Donna Mabry
I’m going to guess you have never heard of this book. I would be very surprised if you have. You may be wondering how I […]
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Need a Book?
In a few days, millions will be traveling the road to visit family or take a brief vacation. Teachers, who according to research makes around […]
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The Deepest South of All: Part 2…a visit to Natchez
First, if you have not read my previous blog post on Richard Grant’s latest novel, click here to read. As soon as I read the […]
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Nonfiction Book Reviews (before the blog)
Several years ago, I decided to cook a recipe that matched the setting of each book I read. I then would share the book on […]
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The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant
Amazon link First, if you have not read Dispatches from Pluto, you need to read that book before this one. I was skeptical of an […]
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The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
Sorry, no recipe. Since this book takes place in the United States (and today is Thanksgiving), there is not much of anything unique I want […]
