Summer Reading #3: Mainly Mysteries

Here are three titles I read recently:  mysteries by Elizabeth George and Victoria Thompson and a biographical novel by Colum McCann.  Two are great fun; the third requires perseverance. Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George This is an immensely satisfying mystery, although it’s less of a mystery and more of a study of human relationships.  …

Round-up: Books & Film

Books My recent reading has ranged from the very serious to the quite serious to the more frivolous. Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor. Sound depressing, but it wasn’t. Yes, Ms. Fechtor did suffer a brain aneurysm at the tender age of 28, but her optimistic spirit …