Opinion

Wendy Robards reviews the novel, "The Descent of Man" by Kevin Desinger.

Wendy Robards reviews the memoir "The Boy in the Moon" by Ian Brown.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Down From Cascom Mountain" by Ann Joslin Williams.

Oh, sure the bird flu has the potential to wipe out most of the globe's population. But so far, it's only killed about sixty folk. Compare that to the number of people who have died taking Viagra. Death in perspective.

Wendy Robards reviews "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, a nonfiction book about Japanese prisoner of war Louie Zamperini.

Bernie and Sand need a popcorn fix, so off to the movies they go again, to see J.J. Abrams' "Super 8."

Wendy Robards reviews the book "The Season of Second Chances" by Diane Meier.

Bernie and Sand zoom to the very first showing of X-Men: First Class.

Bernie drags Sand off to see a movie that really impressed him the day before: Kung Fu Panda 2.

Wendy Robards reviews the novel "Secret Daughter," by Shilpi Somaya Gowda.

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "The London Train," by Tessa Hadley.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "I'd Know You Anywhere," by Laura Lippman.

Sand and Bernie go to the movies to eat popcorn and sail on stranger tides with Pirates of the Caribbean 4.

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "The Paperbark Shoe," by Goldie Goldbloom.

Sand and Bernie brave the theater to see and review "Thor." Extra popcorn, please!

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Galore" by Michael Crummey.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted" by Bridget Asher.

From April of 2002 to the present, each week a new set of wonders appears ... in the pages of the Piker Press.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "The Raising," by Laura Kasischke.

Wendy Robards reviews the novel "The Fates Will Find Their Way" by Hannah Pittard.

Bernie and Sand trundle off to the movies for the first showing of "Source Code."

Wendy Robards reviews the novel, "Every Last One" by Anna Quindlen.

Well, if we told you what was going on, we couldn't say that it was ...

Bernie and Sand head off to the movies to get in out of the rain and see "The Adjustment Bureau."

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Emily and Einstein," by Linda Francis Lee.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Island Girl" by Lynda Simmons.

Phillip Donnelly continues his observations in Saigon ... the markets, the museum, the luxury ...

Bernie and Sand scurry off to the movies for a Johnny Depp fix -- Rango!

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake.

Wendy Robards reviews the novel, "The Last Brother," by Nathacha Appanah.