The Week in Books

This past week, I finished two wildly diverse books, Dorothea Benton Frank's Lowcountry Summer and Naomi Ruth Lowinsky's Adagio and Lamentation . Then, even though I never thought I'd read a vampire-related book, the strength of Elizabeth Kostova's The Swan Thieves lured me into starting The Historian .

In a return to Tall Pines Plantation, Lowcountry Summer looks into the troubled lives of Caroline, Trip, and Rusty in the Southern world still under the influence of the late Miss Lavinia. Dot Frank fans won't be disappointed.


I already know the work of Naomi Ruth Lowinsky through her wonderful memoir The Sister from Below: When the Muse Gets Her Way and The Motherline: Every Woman's Journey to Find Her Female Roots , so I looked forward to reading her collection of poems, Adagio and Lamentation. I wasn't disappointed. I posted my review of the book today on Malcolm's Round Table.

More Satire on Kindle


Vanilla Heart Publishing
released the latest e-book in the "Jock Talks" satire series yesterday. I co-authored Jock Talks Lightning Safety with Smoky Trudeau Zeidel as a parody of the helpful hints feature stories often found in newspapers. En route to a lot of laughs, we debunk real, widely accepted lightning myths.

Here in northeast Georgia, we're expecting another hot weekend. It might be the perfect time to stay inside and read.

--Malcolm