I don’t like the expensive, hard-sided leather cases for my Leica D-Lux 20, which is a small digital travel camera that I carry in my pocket or in my purse. But sometimes I need a case for it to prevent… Continue Reading →

Produces Great Sound For A Cheap Price: Logitech USB Desktop Microphone We bought this microphone as an add-on to our MacBook Pro laptop. It served its purpose of recording book trailers to post on our website. The sound is clear… Continue Reading →

Frommer’s London 2013: 454 Pages But Not Enough Info I was using this guide to plan a future trip to England, and I’ll let you know what I thought. The section on side trips from London isn’t nearly extensive enough…. Continue Reading →

Postcards of Hitler’s Germany 1923-1936 by James Bender is volume 1 in a three-volume effort to catalog collectible postcards of the Third Reich. Volume 1 covers the beginning to the Olympic Games in 1936. Bender Publishing offers a one-page Foreward… Continue Reading →

Linked In: Are the characters or the plot more important? Characters drive the plot. But in popular fiction characters tend to be more two-dimensional or even one-dimensional. In literary fiction the characters are three-dimensional. In popular thrillers, mysteries, suspense novels,… Continue Reading →

There’s A Disconnect Between The Prologue And Chapter 1: Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by MacNeal The Prologue concerns itself with getting the former King Edward VIII’s and Wallis Simpson’s consent to take the throne when Germany invades England and the current… Continue Reading →

The Place Has A Monopoly: BW Space Age Lodge Gila Bend: We’ve stayed here numerous times over the years on the way back and forth from Tucson, Arizona to southern California. And that’s why everybody either stays here, stops here,… Continue Reading →

The Suite Wasn’t As Big As An Average Room: Trip Advisor We took a suite across the road from the check in desk, hoping it would be big enough for three people and two pets. It had two bedrooms each… Continue Reading →

Destroyed My Photos: Eye-Fi Card Review Don’t buy this card. Maybe it sounds awesome and impressive that it can automatically transfer photos to flicker when your computer is on and connected to wi-fi. But it’s not worth it! This past… Continue Reading →

Almost A Tragedy: Richard III by Shakespeare We saw a RADA performance of Richard III last summer on the Queen Mary 2 sailing across the North Atlantic to Southampton. I was struck by how tragic the play is even if… Continue Reading →