Patrick Ryan's 2025 novel, Buckeye, is a vivid slice of Americana during WWII, depicting small-town life in Ohio and shedding insight on the human condition.

Crow Mary is a compelling story with strong characters, an interesting plot, and a feeling of what it must have been like to be a Native American woman at a time when her world was irrevocably changing.

Robert May accepted the assignment for the giveaway Christmas story about an animal. His wife was battling cancer and died shortly after, leaving May to raise his four-year-old daughter, Barbara, alone, struggling under a mountain of medical bills. May’s employer encouraged him to turn the project over for completion by someone else. He refused, saying, "I need Rudolph...more than ever!"

A little old lady walks into Simon Latch's small-town law office, claiming she needs a new will because another lawyer in town has done some devious dealings in the law she had him update. Simon begins to understand why a colleague across the street may have adopted some unscrupulous tactics based on what this unassuming widow claims. She and her husband have lived very simply, frugally, for decades, amassing a fortune of about twenty million dollars. Maybe.

if you like the idea of giving a "good read" to someone you love, here are just a few ideas. I'm including a brief summary of what the book was about and a link to the full article where you can buy the book on either Amazon.com or Bookshop.org.

Imagine my delight when I saw an announcement of The Rainbow Atlas: A Guide to the World’s 500 Most Colorful Places. Taylor Fuller is credited as the main author, and six other travel and photography writers contribute to make this book an absolutely stunning tour of the globe’s most glowing, graphic, eye-popping vistas.

Squanto's story is not the simple story of helping the Pilgrims that I thought it was. It involves kidnappings, pestilence, politics, and power struggles.

Reading voraciously is only half the battle; remembering what you’ve read is the other. That’s where your book journal comes in. Decades after you’ve read a work, you’ll recall the basic elements of a book just by the notes you made.

The framework of the novel is based on the real “Rajah” quilt, the appliqued coverlet now in the care of the National Gallery of Australia. The quilt depicted in Dangerous Women is the only extant, historically documented quilt made by convicts.

The framework of the novel is based on the real “Rajah” quilt, the appliqued coverlet now in the care of the National Gallery of Australia. The quilt depicted in Dangerous Women is the only extant, historically documented quilt made by convicts.

The Dictionary of Lost Words is a look at not only how the Oxford English Dictionary was created under the direction of James Murray, but also how it omitted the words of women.

Given the suggestive evidence compiled from scholarly articles, popular opinion, and anecdotal evidence, I’d like to reconsider Santa’s role as a good guy. He is taking credit — with a wink and jolly guffaw — for work he doesn’t do. You’ve heard the old phrase, “Behind every good man is a woman?” Mrs. Claus is at home slaving away, paying attention to details. All Santa does is sit and supervise, then drive around in a fancy vehicle one night of the year.