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The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith (2017. Audible. ISBN 978-1439140246) So, this was another book I “cheated” on as a book club assignment. I listened to most of this while walking the track at the local YMCA and finished … Continue reading →

Found on Goodreads: “INCREDIBLE book. As a Minnesota gal with Finnish ancestry and relatives from Michigan that moved to Minnesota. It felt as though this could have been one of my ancestors. Beautiful storytelling and realistic representations of life during … Continue reading →

The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony (2020. Park Row. ISBN 978-0-7783-0874-4) My title says it all. I did not toss this novel in the trash as I did one of John Irving’s worst. I did not stop reading … Continue reading →

Pedaling on Purpose by Ken Rogers and Steve Anderson (2008. Inspirit. ISBN 978-1-60461-634-7) Another “read” loaned to me by my friend, Ronaldo. It’s actually not his book but one he borrowed from mutual friends. The book is personally signed to those … Continue reading →

C,S,N,&Y by David Browne (2019. Hachette. ISBN 978-0306922633) They are my Beatles. And, in some ways, the rise and fall of this great American band, the band I grew up listening to through covers of their best stuff played by my … Continue reading →

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tocarzcak (2019. Penguin (Audible) ISBN   978-0525541349) My book club, the Greater Mesabi Men’s Book Club of Hibbing, Minnesota, is located over an hour from my rural NE Minnesota home. Some … Continue reading →

(Kid Cann (middle figure) the man behind the killing of Walter W. Liggett and the inspiration for Muckraker: A Novel Noir) If you are willing to take a slight risk, pre-order my novel, Muckraker, by clicking on the “Buy Stuff” … Continue reading →

                                                INTERVIEW OF ERIC PELTONEIMI MM: Let’s start with your Finnish roots. EP:  I was born in St. Paul while my Dad was in law school. Kip was, too. My Dad was born and raised in New York Mills which … Continue reading →

I’m at it again. After spending two decades exploring Finnish, Finnish American, and Finnish Canadian culture; and after writing three historical novels from that experience and research (Suomalaiset, Sukulaiset, and Kotmaa); I’m returning to my maternal grandfather’s roots in hilly, southern Slovenia. … Continue reading →

Another of my listens while exercising at the local Y. Here’s my pitch: Don’t be swayed away from this great piece of writing by those who have panned the book, including Bill Steigerwald’s “exposés” concerning the narrative and timeline that … Continue reading →