What makes this book especially satisfying is its sensory richness. The attention to detail is so precise you can practically smell the bread cooling on the racks, the sharpness of cheese, the damp stone after rain. It is comfort reading with substance: sunshine and laughter paired with the everyday complications life throws at us, and the quiet resilience required to meet them.
This is not a book about capital-H heroes. Instead, it centers on people who engage in small acts of service, kindness, and yes, heroism—not for recognition or glory, but because it was the right thing to do in the moment. These are stories of people showing up when it would have been easier not to.
The Locked Room is clever, cozy without being complacent, and deeply satisfying for puzzle-lovers. If you adore classic detective fiction but crave a fresh perspective, Harriet White deserves a place on your shelf—and very likely, in your reading rotation for a long while to come.
About the Book: A Treatise on Martian Chiropractic Manipulation and Other Satirical Tales Human beings are flawed creatures, and humor is the perfect means to exploit the endless fodder of our shortcomings. This multi-genre collection of twenty-one short satirical stories will leave you smirking, chuckling, scratching your head, and maybe even muttering to yourself […]
There is also something deeply comforting about the cultural shorthand Spencer-Fleming uses. References to PBS, public radio–adjacent sensibilities, and a certain late-20th-century, educated-Northeast worldview made me feel instantly at home. It is clear the author lives in or very near my cultural zeitgeist, and those small, knowing touches add a layer of authenticity that is easy to underestimate and hard to fake.There is also something deeply comforting about the cultural shorthand Spencer-Fleming uses. References to PBS, public radio–adjacent sensibilities, and a certain late-20th-century, educated-Northeast worldview made me feel instantly at home. It is clear the author lives in or very near my cultural zeitgeist, and those small, knowing touches add a layer of authenticity that is easy to underestimate and hard to fake.
I love your perspective on education. So true. The difference lies not in the school, but in the investment a family chooses to make in its children’s education. And that investment has patently little to do with the almighty dollar.
Stupidity seems to be a downfall that many have these days.
Come on by, my feast is sitting on the table waiting for guests to arrive.
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love your dessert…i totally agree that you can achieve a great education in private school too as long as you want to learn
Great feast! And I like your template!
Happy Friday!
Oooohhhh, I forgot about Cars! They are awesome. Great feast.
You’re invited to be a guest at my table.
Arf, whooof. Great feast. Mom won’t let me chase Cars.
Come see me doggy bloggy feast.
great feast!
Come on by, my feast is sitting on the table waiting for guests to arrive.
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Great Feast. :-) I liked the movie cars as well. Cute characters. I didn’t remember them when I was doing my feast though. LOL :-)
I LOVE your dessert answer. Happy Friday.
i am dearly hoping that your view on public education is true. it’s what i believe as well – of course, sometimes it’s easier to believe until your child is IN public school :) i am a product of public school and feel i really got a quality education. i’m hoping for the same thing with my children. i’m very involved but still have some concerns here and there.
(oops! and michele sent me :D)
Your appetizer and dessert are just wonderful!
Great feast!
Mine is up…come on over.
i posted over at my blog :)
so glad i stopped by earlier to see the feast!