by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 8, 2021 | Authors Talk, One Writer's Journey
It’s such an honour to be selected as the Simcoe Reads “Celebrity Champion” on behalf of the New Tecumseth Public Library and the book we selected as our pick was Greenwood by Michael Christie. A bit about Simcoe Reads… Seven Simcoe County libraries...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 7, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Poet was one of my favorite books, and I’m a fan of Connelly’s, so I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to get to The Scarecrow. An easy read with an interesting, if not...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 2, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
Masked Prey by John Sandford My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll admit that it took me a good 100 pages to get into this book, in fact, I thought it might be my first “Prey” DNF. As always, the opening chapter hooked me, but then things slowed down or maybe...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jul 27, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, One Writer's Journey
REPRINTED IN MEMORY OF JOHN FISKE 1939-2021 When Turley Publications decided to discontinue New England Antiques Journal, I decided to concentrate my energies on publishing anthologies and writing novels. The Editor-in-Chief, John Fiske, decided to start a bi-monthly...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jul 24, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
Far From True by Linwood Barclay My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Linwood Barclay’s narrative style and I don’t mind a cliffhanger ending but seriously…I read the entire book, all 450 pages of it, and the main mystery is not only unsolved…it...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jul 18, 2021 | Book Reviews, One Writer's Journey
The Pocket Wife by Susan H. Crawford My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of those books that should work really well – it has all the required elements of a suspense novel and all the requisite plot points – but instead of being a sympathetic character,...
