Opinion

Wendy Robards reviews the novel, "Cool Water", by Dianne Warren.

A bee lands on your arm. Think before you act, but don't spend your youth in thought before you get that bug off ...

Wendy Robards reviews the book "My Name Is Mary Sutter," by Robin Oliveira.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Tinkers" by Paul Harding.

What seems like disaster may in fact be a good thing, and maybe we need to remember that more often ...

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Let the Great World Spin" by Colum McCann.

It always pays to check your email -- something surprising may be in store for you!

Wendy Robards reviews the book "The Lizard Cage" by Karen Connelly.

Chas Wallace turns from his search for the perfect black ink to a new shade: blue black, from Noodler's Ink.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin.

Bernie and Sand head out for a movie, one that they've anticipated since the closing scene of its prequel: Iron Man 2.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "The Threadbare Heart" by Jennie Nash.

Wendy Robards reviews the classic book, "Therese Raquin" by Emile Zola.

Not at all black, but rather sepia in tone, "Lie de The" appeals somehow to Chas Wallace.

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Steig Larsson.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Impatient With Desire" by Gabrielle Burton.

What a fine, fat issue for the 8th Anniversary of the Piker Press!

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Iron Lake" by William Kent Krueger.

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "The Little Stranger," by Sarah Waters.

The workplace of 5000 shut down, and took with it another 30,000 jobs. It's something like the end of the world in California ...

<p>With this last issue of March, my mind is already beginning to spin at the thought that the Piker Press is coming up on EIGHT years as a weekly ezine.

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "An Irish Country Girl," by Patrick Taylor.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Raven Stole the Moon" by Garth Stein.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "The Children's Book" by A. S. Byatt.

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Life Sentences" by Laura Lippman.

Lydia Manx explores two southern steakhouses and explains which one to drool about.

Wendy Robards reviews the memoir "Just Don't Fall," by Josh Sundquist.

Wendy Robards reviews an Advance Reader Copy of Gail Caldwell's book, "Let's Take The Long Way Home."

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Keeping the Feast" by Paula Butturini.

First of all, how could you not like an ink called "The Heart of Darkness?"