Last year sucked. Hardcore. Personally, professionally, socially, 2017 was one of the worst years in recent memory. This year wasn’t exactly a full 180, but aside from a spring of depression and some professional issues, it’s been a million shakes better and a lot of that is due to folks reading this–family, friends, readers, and […]

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I just hit 49 books read for the year, which is the most I’ve read as an adult and I’m on track to finally hit the 52 books in a year goal I’ve long craved. I still have three more books to read and I suspect my current read, THE BEST BAD THINGS by Katrina […]

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My first visit to Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookshop corresponded to my first visit to Ann Arbor when friends from my Flint-area high school theater and choir program trekked out to our closest cultural mecca. They went to find music stores and other quaint shops, I navigated my way (poorly) toward Fourth Avenue where I knew […]

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