Author Archives: EHL
Capturing Music: The Story of Notation – Thomas Forrest
I had always just taken musical notation for granted. When I saw the title of this book, it dawned on me that there had to be a beginning. Someone, sometime, had to decide to try to record the music. And … Continue reading
The Girl Next Door – Ruth Rendell
The qanats were a perfect place for the neighborhood children to play. Daphne found the name which means a subterranean passage for carrying water. The children loved the name because it started with a q without a u. It was … Continue reading
The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe’: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (#15) – Alexander McCall Smith
Grace Makutsi, now happily married to Phuti Radiphuti and mother to Itumelang Clovis Radiphuti, has decided to open a restaurant. Oh, she will continue to work with Mma Ramotswe in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, but in her spare … Continue reading
The Pierced Heart – Lynn Shepherd
Charles Maddox has traveled across Europe to the estate of the Baron Von Reisenberg, charged with the job of making judicious inquiries into the affairs of the Baron. It seems that the Baron has offered to donate a rather large … Continue reading
Fish Tails – Sheri S. Tepper
The babies, Gailai and Bailai are adorable, smiling and laughing, trying to talk. They’re just like most babies, until you notice their feet, and the tank of water in which they live, and the tiny gills under their arms. They … Continue reading
Stitching Snow – R. C. Lewis
Tough and gritty Essie has carved out a life on the desolate and frozen mining planet of Thanda. She is a cage fighter who is also handy with programming and engineering. She has created drones to help with the mining, … Continue reading
Pathfinder: TodHunter Moon – Angie Sage
Pathfinder takes place several years after the finale to the Septimus Heap series. Sep is now the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, relieving the burden from Marcia who seems to relish her freedom and experiments with Magykal passages. Pathfinder passes the story torch … Continue reading
Clariel – Garth Nix
The much anticipated Old Kingdom novel is finally here. Clariel has a double whamming in lineage as granddaughter of the King and granddaughter of the Abhorsen yet has never met either man. She has inherited the berserk gene that enables … Continue reading
A Cool and Lonely Courage: The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France – Susan Ottaway
Jacqueline was six years older than Didi and Didi worshiped her, wanted to do whatever she did. Kind Jacqueline always looked after Didi and didn’t seem annoyed by her little sister’s tagging along. Didi was christened Eileen, but that name … Continue reading
Half a World Away – Cynthia Kadohada
The enduring, unconditional, and transformative powers of family and love flow through this novel and immediately draw the reader in. Jaden, an 11 year old boy adopted a few years ago, constantly struggles with the feeling that he’s not good … Continue reading
The Caller – Juliet Marillier
Neryn was content to snuggle down for the winter in Shadowfell, but the pressing need to find the remaining two Guardians was nagging. She has been trained by Guardians of water and earth and nowneeds to learn from the Guardian … Continue reading
The King’s Curse – Philippa Gregory
Margaret Pole was careful, oh so very careful. She had been quietly married to a nice, obedient knight, Sir Richard Pole. She lived far away from court in Ludlow Castle with her husband who was guardian for Arthur, Prince of … Continue reading
The Second Deadly Sin – Asa Larsson, Laurie Thompson (Translated By)
Little Marcus has been traumatized by witnessing the murder of his grandmother. He feels secure only when he is with the dogs belonging to police dog handler, Krister Eriksson. So Eriksson kindly humors Marcus by letting him be a wild … Continue reading
The Blackhouse – Peter May
The annual tradition of collecting guga (gannet hatchlings) from the rocky isle of An Sgeir off the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides dates to before the Middle Ages. Today it is a rite of passage for young men … Continue reading
Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered – Dianne Hales
Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in history. Songs have been written about her. She’s often been copied by other artists. Suitors have left her flowers, poems, love notes. She has been kidnapped and returned. Twentieth century … Continue reading
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