Set during the late 1940s, on a Laguna reservation, Ceremony is the story of a young man named Tayo who returns from war as emotionally and spiritually broken as a smashed clay pot. To help him heal he visits a wise man whose ceremony leads him on a path back to nature and himself. Ceremony is so lyrical and its story so profound that I found myself re-reading whole pages, lingering on passages and, after finishing it, wanting to begin it all over again.

The love letter is not dead. It is not sleeping dormant through the winter. It is alive, vibrant and pulsing with possibilities. In this collection of invented love stories from a varied assortment of authors, we have a letter written from Mars to Earth, a letter which takes no prisoners; one from an internet stalker to her beloved; another from Kafka's girlfriend . . . Such fun to read. And as Jeffrey Eugenides said (I paraphrase), it's best to experience the joys and miseries of love from a safe and literary distance, tucked snugly in your single bed!

If you fancy the likes of Monty Python and are drawn to books like The Intellectual Devotional or What is Your Dangerous Idea?, then this is the history book for you! Irreverent, snarky bits of historical malarkey abound in this handsomely designed tome. And the best thing about it is that it's all true! What's gonna be better than that?

Impress your friends with juicy bits of trivia like. . .

Did you know that Attila the Hun died of a nose bleed on his wedding night?

The frozen "TV dinner" debuted in 1952 when a marketing exec at Swanson was looking for a way to sell a truckload of surplus turkeys that hadn't sold in time for Thanksgiving.

A group of jellyfish is called a "smack."

Remember, just because it's true, doesn't mean it's boring!

The second novel in a three-part series (that can be read in any order) will keep you reading into the wee hours, too entranced to go to sleep, too afraid to close the book.
Cassie Maddox, formerly a detective on Ireland's Murder Squad, finds herself drawn into a case unlike any she's ever encountered. When her boyfriend detective Sam O'Neil calls her out to take a look at a body, she's stunned to discover that the dead girl's ID says her name is Lexie Madison, the identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detective -- and she looks exactly like Cassie.
Too shaken from her experiences from In the Woods, Cassie is hesitant to commit to her boyfriend or to the Murder Squad, but she is all too ready to lose herself in the undercover identity of Lexie Madison. As she is drawn into the close-knit group of Lexie's friends, Cassie begins to lose herself and the investigation forever.
I highly recommend this literary page-turner!