by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 28, 2020 | OpEd
Why should you be interested in keeping ALL books on the shelves? Because we need to protect the freedom to read whatever we want; and, that includes explicit, suggestive, disgusting, violent, and everything else under the sun of which writing consists. You are not...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 27, 2020 | OpEd
Yes, it’s still happening Ruth Graham wrote a column in Slate magazine titled “Banned Books Week is a Crock”, with the subtitle, “That’s good news! No one bans books anymore. We won!” Unfortunately, this kind of ignorant statement can be...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 12, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller
Summary: A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history,...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Holidays
Summary: Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to L.A. in time for Christmas. Forced to take the train across the country because of a slight “misunderstanding” at airport security, he begins a journey of self-discovery and rude...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Holidays
Summary: Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she’s finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood....