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The Rambling Writer Book Review: Going Solo by Roald Dahl

May 30, 2026 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

The fascinating second volume of Roald Dahl’s autobiography takes you along on his early work in Africa and then enlistment…

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Posted in: Book Review, General, history Filed under: book review, Book View Cafe, cost of war, Going Solo, Islands, Memorial Day, RAF, Roald Dahl, Sara Stamey, The Rambling Writer, veterans

The Rambling Writer Book Review: CORONETS AND STEEL by Sherwood Smith

February 15, 2025 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

A fabulous tale of intrigues and derring-do, with a flavor of folkloric magic. Sherwood Smith has done it again –…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: Book View Cafe, Coronets and Steel, Eastern European, Fantasy Adventure, folkloric magic, Pause, Sara Stamey, Sherwood Smith, The Rambling Writer

The Rambling Writer Book Review: Mr. September by Michele Dunaway

May 24, 2024 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

A literally hot romance between a sexy firefighter and the photographer capturing his image for a charity calendar. I decided…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: Book View Cafe, firefighter, Michele Dunaway, Mr. September, Pause, photographer, romance, Sara Stamey, The Rambling Writer

The Rambling Writer Book Review: Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly by Dana Tai Soon Burgess

May 11, 2024 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly takes us into the heart of creative passion and dance movement, with insights…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: Book View Cafe, Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, memoir, modern dance, Pause, Sara Stamey, The Rambling Writer

The Rambling Writer Book Review: The Marcus Didius Falco historical detective novels by Lindsey Davis

April 27, 2024 Sara Stamey 2 Comments

Ancient Rome comes to vivid, quirky life in the Marcus Didius Falco mystery series by Lindsey Davis. I confess, I…

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Posted in: Art, Book Review, General, history, Travels Filed under: Book View Cafe, Lindsey Davis, Marcus Didius Falco, mystery, Rome, Sara Stamey, The Ariadne Connection, The Rambling Writer, Vespasian, Vestal Virgins

The Rambling Writer Book Review: THE SCHEMES OF DRAGONS and THE WIZARD’S NEMESIS, by Dave Smeds

March 23, 2024 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

The wizardry and plots only thicken with books #2 and #3 in this epic struggle of humans versus dragons in…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: Book View Cafe, Dave Smeds, Sara Stamey, The Ariadne Connection, The Rambling Writer, The Schemes of Dragons, The Sorcery Within, The Wizard's Nemesis, War of the Dragons series

The Rambling Writer Book Review: The Sorcery Within by Dave Smeds

February 3, 2024 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

A compelling fantasy adventure with complex, believable characters in a vividly imagined world imperiled from desert to sea. Full disclosure:…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: Ace Books, Book View Cafe, Dave Smeds, fantasy, Pause, Sara Stamey, The Rambling Writer, The Sorcery Within, Wizard

The Rambling Writer Book Review: After Kilimanjaro by Gayle Woodson

October 27, 2022 Sara Stamey 2 Comments

The colorful setting of Tanzania grounds this novel of a young American surgeon’s exciting year working in women’s village clinics…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: After Kilimanjaro, book review, female genital mutilation, Gayle Woodson, novel, Pause, Sara Stamey, Tanzania, The Rambling Writer

The Rambling Writer Book Review: The German Client by Bruno Morchio

August 11, 2022 Sara Stamey Leave a comment

A gripping mystery that weaves fascinating World War II history into a contemporary Italian detective’s search for the truth. I’ve…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: Bacci Pagano, Bruno Morchio, Italian Resistance, mystery, Nazi, Pause, Sara Stamey, The German Client, The Pulpwood Queens, The Rambling Writer, world war II

The Rambling Writer Book Review: Summer of the Redeemers by Carolyn Haines

July 17, 2022 Sara Stamey 2 Comments

Summoning the rich textures of Southern rural life threatened by shadowy violence and religious extremism, this coming-of-age story grabs the…

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Posted in: Book Review, General Filed under: book review, Carolyn Haines, coming of age, Pause, Sara Stamey, Southern rural life, Summer of the Redeemers, The Rambling Writer

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