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WWW Wednesday
WHAT have you finished reading recently? Selma’s Mayor, Jenny Egertson; Tresspasser, Paul Doiron. A mystery with a missing deer….and a missing woman! WHAT are you currently reading? How to Survive Modernity, Alain de Botton. Also, another Doiron. The Precipice, or … Continue reading
Selma’s Mayor
Like most, if not all, Selmians, I was surprised and saddened by the sudden death of former Mayor George Evans. The mayor had been a figure in my life since I was a child, as he was the school superintendent … Continue reading
Short rounds: people and their places
In One No, Many Yeses, journalist and green activist Paul Kingsnorth detailed his journeys across the world, spending time with people who were actively resisting globalization — or rather, the disruptions that globalization caused in their local communities. Real England: … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged 1970s, 2000s, Alabama, American South, Britain, localism, Louisiana, memoir, Mississippi, Nonfiction 2025, politics, travel
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Top Ten Books with “South” in the Title
Today’s treble T is top ten books with ____________ in the title, so I chose to go with South, or Southern. Given that I’m a librarian in a southern river town, I really should read more southern literature… But first, … Continue reading
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The Disappeared
Joe Pickett has a problem. The new governor, who is a bully and an ass, has discovered that Joe used to do a little investigating for the former governor on the sly, especially when local authorities were regarded as corrupt … Continue reading
Vicious Circle
Warning: this review contains substantial spoilers for Endangered. Two years ago, rodeo star and all-around-terrible-human being Dallas Cates was imprisoned for multiple accounts of wanton elk destruction, an almost anticlimactic end to his family’s war against the state of Wyoming … Continue reading
Off the Grid
Warning: This review contains partial/mild spoilers for Endangered. While attending a rally for a governor’s race on behalf of his wife-the-librarian who needs the presumed gubernatorial winner’s support to renovate her library, Game Warden Joe Pickett bumps into the current … Continue reading
Ten Things I’ve Loved about the Joe Pickett Series
Today at lunch, I finished Battle Mountain and am therefore caught up with the Joe Pickett series. While it’s partially a relief to be able to read something else, I have rather enjoyed my habit in the last two months … Continue reading
Shots Fired
Shots Fired is a bit of a stray on the CJ Box book ranch, a collection of short stories rather than a Pickett novel – and some of the stories don’t even involve Joe! Interestingly, there’s also a bit of … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged CJ Box, Fiction 2025, historical fiction, modern western, short story collection
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