There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
An officer who is prepared to die first can demand total loyalty, only he can take his men into the jaws of death. They are Goering's golden boys, the pride of the Luftwaffe, Germany's crack paratroopers known as the Green Devils. When the novel opens, we find a unit rearing to go to their next … Continue reading #GermanLitMonth: Eagles of the Reich by Will Berthold (1957)
British author, Joan Fleming, is one of the authors I am reading for Rick Mill's Six-Shooter Challenge. Over the past couple of weeks, I read two of her novels. In A Daisy Chain for Satan, Tom Ravensden returns from France to his village in England at the insistence of his nephew, Silas. Once in love … Continue reading Two Novels by Joan Fleming: A Daisy Chain for Satan (1950) and Maiden’s Prayer (1957)
The Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge is hosted @ LongandShortReviews and for this week we have been asked to cite our favourite poems, stories, or novellas. I thought this was a wonderful opportunity to share two of my favourite poems. The first is Spring and Fall by Jesuit priest and poet G.M. Hopkins (1844-1889), written in … Continue reading Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Two of My Favourite Poems
Shares in Murder by Judah WatenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars An impressive police procedural with a twist in the end. The police men investigating the murder of a woman, the reporters covering the case, the criminals associated with the case, all want to have their pound of flesh from the murder. Realistic and gritty.First … Continue reading Review: Shares in Murder
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