The Lost 10 Point Night Review
Written by Graeme McGaw
He’s the answer to a trivia question – which player scored 10 points in one hockey game? The answer is Jim Harrison, the former Bruins, Leafs and Blackhawks player who in a WHA game in 1973 managed to score 3 goals and 7 assists.
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Order of James Church Books
James Church is the pen name for an American author of detective fiction/spy thriller novels. He writes the Inspector O series. Although his true identity is not revealed, what is known about him is that he grew up in California’s San Fernando Valley and that he was born in the 1940s. During Church’s career as an intelligence officer, he spent decades in Asia, which he what he bases his fiction on. (more…)
Order of Herman Wouk Books
Herman Wouk (1915-2019) was an American author of historical fiction novels. He joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, which he bases much of his fiction on. Wouk kept a daily journal ever since 1937, which he uses for research. The U.S. Library of Congress scanned over 100 volumes of his journal into digital format; the Library of Congress then honoured Wouk with a Lifetime Achievement in the Writing of Fiction. He was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Caine Mutiny, which has been touted as one of the most realistic depictions of life on a U.S. ship during World War II. Wouk passed away in 2019, ten days before his 104th birthday. (more…)
Order of On Dublin Street Books
On Dublin Street is a series of adult contemporary romance novels and stories by Scottish novelist Samantha Young. The series follows different romances in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. (more…)
Wait For It Review (A Great HIMYM Book)
Written by Graeme McGaw
Timing is everything – and just as I was sitting here, about to rewatch How I met Your Mother now the Season 9 DVD is being released with the alternate and clearly a million times better ending – the ECW Press Fall release schedule hit my mailbox. In it was The Legen – wait for it -dary story of How I Met Your Mother written by Jesse McLean.
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Order of Fire Spirits Books
Fire Spirits is a series of young adult urban fantasy/paranormal romance novels by Scottish author Samantha Young. Ari Johnson has seen light and dark fight for supremacy – both within her family and the boy she loves. She discovers that she is the daughter of Jinn – powerful beings of smokeless fire that she cannot escape from. (more…)
Order of Samantha Young Books
Samantha Young is a Scottish author of contemporary romance, paranormal romance and fantasy novels for adults and young adults. She writes the Tales of Lunarmorte, Fire Spirits and On Dublin Street series. Samantha graduated from the University of Edinburgh and worked as a taxi dispatcher and a police administrator (briefly) before becoming an indie author. She now writes full-time. (more…)
Order of Ellie Haskell Books
Ellie Haskell is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery/romance novels by British-American novelist Dorothy Cannell. Ellie Haskell works as an interior decorator, while her husband Ben is a writer and a chef. Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell are a pair of sisters who own the Flowers Detection Agency. (more…)
Order of Dorothy Cannell Books
Dorothy Cannell is an English-American author of cozy mystery novels. She writes the Ellie Haskell series. Dorothy grew up in London and moved to the United States in 1963 when she was twenty years old. Dorothy and her husband Julian have four children and ten grandchildren. They live in Belfast, Maine. (more…)
Order of Kiki Lowenstein Books
Kiki Lowenstein is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels and stories by American author Joanna Campbell Slan. Kiki is a recently widowed mother with a young daughter who works in the Time in a Bottle scrapbooking store in St. Louis, Missouri. When bodies are found, Kiki also becomes an amateur sleuth. One of the characters in the series, Cara Mia Delgatto, has her own spin-off series. The series is also known as the Scrap-N-Craft Mysteries. (more…)