This week’s Nebraska-isms column, posted on the Nebraska-isms page or click on the link,  discusses lessons learned from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The novel came out a year before I was born, but its lessons are timeless. Share your thoughts about the novel. It’s one of my favorites.

Several of my book reviews have been published in the Sacramento and San Francisco Book Reviews this past week, as well as in the online publications. This month, I read and critiqued Stalker Girl, a YA novel with a timely theme; Rocky Road, a decent book aimed at the Tween market; a fantastic cookbook, Burgers: From Barbecue Ranch to Miso Salmon; a wonderful reference book about sitting down and writing, written with a touch of humor, Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now; and Fairy Tale Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women, a collection of twisted fairy tales.