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• Book Reviews: 2 in 1 This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness

  Over 2 million sold.   Written in 1986 and 1989 respectively.  These novels are bold, elegant and powerful.  I much prefer these over Harry Potter books.  One reviewer described the books as “Christian thrillers.”  Smile 🙂  Each narrative is set in a small U.S. town with complex problems. These books were brought to my attention in […]

• Book Review: Origin, A Novel by Dan Brown

  Book 5 of 5 featuring Professor Robert Langdon I have been a Dan Brown fan for years.  I was delighted to find this at a used book store.  Was there no fanfare on the release?  If there was, I missed it. The dramatic adventure set in Spain includes outstanding narrative of art, architecture, literature, history, […]

• Book Review: A Mind at Play

  The richness of Shannon’s biography creates an engaging review of the science. Like the content of Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant, the science was so ground breaking… it was many years before declassification would make his work available to the public.  “How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” I wish this book was available when I was […]

• Book Review: The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders

    At a time in history when many readers are choosing digital books…myself included for ease of travel, plus I love the highlighting ability…reading The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders is time well spent. The research is extraordinary.  The text is thought provoking.  The outstanding anecdotes just keep coming and coming.   Stuart Kells comprehensively covers […]

• Book Review (plus) The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie

    Love this!  “One sewing machine, two families, three secrets, four generations and millions of stitches”. This book was funded by readers through a new website:  Unbound.com…a modern version of Samuel Johnson’s idea funding publishing of his dictionary in 1755 in today’s jargon…crowd sourcing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language Elfcroft loves sewing and posts about charity projects about a dozen […]