Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Equilateral markets itself as “an intellectual comedy”. Math, particularly geometry and trigonometry feature heavily in the plot and thus if you don’t like them, this one’s probably not for you. That being said, just like geometry is more than lines…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Histories of Nations: How their Identities were Forged is fascinating! Divided into twenty-eight chapters, one for each country, the book gives a history of several nations- both east and west, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, north and south, rich…
Hello! It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book. After Monday’s post on the enduring symbol of friendship between the United States and France, it seemed appropriate to write about Colum McCann’s TransAtlantic. It is both as expansive as the sea that separates Europe and North America as…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or her book.The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens’ London by Judith Flanders is an insider’s guide to the streets of London,when Oliver Twist and Scrooge were penned. With details outlining the street sellers, the development of a fire department, illuminations for celebrations, and…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday” when I discuss another author and his or her book. I never read Alice in Wonderland as a child. In fact, I didn’t even see the movie. It was only this past year that I read the book for the first time. First I encountered Alice in Alice’s Adventures in…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday” when I discuss another author and his or her book. Where are you going? It’s a great question and one that is often answered by maps. Even in the age of technological advancement with gps, maps are still leading the way. To the Ends of the Earth: 100 Maps that…
Hello!It’s time for “Writer Wednesday”, when I discuss another author and his or book. Paris 1919 grabbed me from the minute I saw it on the bookshelves. History, especially of international relations, has been my focus of study for a long time. When possible, I include story lines into my novels around such topics. In…
Hello! When I was thinking about what book to write about for today’s “Writer Wednesday”, the idea of hot dogs and summer came to mind and made me think of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. What have hot dogs got to do with Mars? You may be asking this question, if you’ve not read the…