By Richard Roper ** Publication Date 28 May 2019** Andrew works for the local council handling death. Not death as in the coroner’s way of handling, Andrew looks after those who have passed without family or friends to take care of them. Otherwise known as “public health passings.” Tasked with checking the deceased’s home for …
By Randy Susan Myers ** Publication Date 21 May 2019 ** There is an old Yiddish proverb, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” Well, maybe not a Yiddish proverb, but find me a Jewish mother of a certain era, and I guarantee her daughter will tell you she heard this at least …
By Sue Pethick ** Publication Date 26 February 2019 ** What drew me to this book was the cover. I have owned three Border Collies, so there wasn’t much that was going to stop me from picking up a book with a Border Collie on the cover. I didn’t expect to enjoy this book quite …
By Nick Spalding ** publication date 8 January 2019 ** Sometimes I find books humorous enough to make me smile. This book had me laughing so hard that my husband asked me what was so funny. Nick Spalding has an amazing way with words. Dry Hard was a sweet, serious, but touching book about one …
By Ellie Kemper ***Publication date 9-October-2018*** Let me start by saying I think Ellie Kemper is adorable. Funny, genuine, the type of person you want to be friends with. Also, I never watched The Office, nor The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (though the latter has been on my to-watch list forever.) When this book came up …
by Nathan Shaker This is a book I’ve had in my “owned/to-read” collection for a while. I’m glad I finally got around to reading it. While both funny and tragic, it is a story focused on the end-days hype of 2012 and the self-fulfilling prophecies that befall society. Wilmer is a fabulous character. A …