by Peggy Williams | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Some books provide escapism. Some books make you think. Some books force you to confront emotions that are so raw you don’t know what to do with them. That’s what Bridget Birdsall’s book, Ordinary Angels, did for me. I have never...
by Peggy Williams | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am spending Father’s Day with my Dad in the V.A. hospital. Kind of a crappy place for a guy to have to be on Father’s Day—in the hospital. But if you have to be in a medical facility anywhere, this is the one you want: The William S. Middleton...
by Peggy Williams | Jun 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Money, sex, image…and love. Those are the key themes in Milwaukee writer Dave Thome’s debut romance novel Fast Lane. Wait a minute! you say. He’s a romance writer? But isn’t he a guy? Yes. And yes. Dave is also a journalist, a screenwriter, a...
by Peggy Williams | Jun 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
A teenage girl’s body floats down river, a cougar stalks the resort area, a man shows up with a bullet in his leg and a price on his head…all the elements of an enthralling mystery. And Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger doesn’t disappoint in his 2009 novel,...
by Peggy Williams | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Shortly after I got married – eons ago – I became obsessed with researching my family history. That was back in the days before home computers. To get records, I had to request microfiche film from our local Mormon church, send letters overseas with return...
