COLD COMFORT FARM rating: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Last night I dreamt I went to Cold Comfort again. I didn’t see anything nasty in the woodshed, but then I steered well clear of all outbuildings. COLD COMFORT FARM by Stella Gibbons (1932) is 91 years old and one of my favorites. I’ve read it many times. […]
IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS rating: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. We’re awash in cynicism. We’re drowning in snark. You know what is missing? Goodness. Pure, unadulterated goodness. When I think of literary goodness, I think of Bishop Myriel, even though I never got all the way through LES MISERABLES, being defeated at Waterloo. And I think
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THE ROAD TO ROSWELL rating: 4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐. Willis’s last book was CROSSTALK, (2016), and Willis turns 78 in December, so am I ever happy about THE ROAD TO ROSWELL (Penguin Random House, June 27, 2023). She’s back, baby! Thanks to Edelweiss Plus/Above the Treeline and Penguin Random House for sending me a copy of
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