Thoughts From the Mountain Top

Audiobook Review: Murder at Land’s End by Sally Rigby – Is There a Place for Women in the Fishing Industry?

By Patti Aliventi on November 8, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Murder at Land’s End is the third book in Sally Rigby’s Cornwall Murder Mystery series. This series is a bit of a spin-off from her Cavendish & Walker series as one of […]

Book Review: Murder at the Monument by Bruce Hammack – Falls Short for This Mystery Lover

By Patti Aliventi on November 7, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Note: Thank you to BookSirens, Jubilee Publishing, and author Bruce Hammack for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on BookSirens. What follows is my unbiased review […]

Five Years and 2,000 Posts

By Patti Aliventi on November 6, 2025 • ( 9 Comments )

This post is my 2,000th post on this blog. I started it during the days of COVID when I dusted off the files containing the reviews I’d posted while writing at Epinions […]

Movie Review: Chicago Joe and the Showgirl – What’s Real and What’s a Fantasy?

By Patti Aliventi on November 5, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Written by David YallopDirected by Bernard Rose This is one of those movies that had the potential to be very, very good. Unfortunately, director Bernard Rose takes the script, which is already […]

Audiobook Review: Hide by Lisa Gardner – D.D. Warren’s Thrilling Case

By Patti Aliventi on November 4, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

This is the second book in author Lisa Gardner’s series based on Boston Police Detective D.D. Warren. D.D. is a very independent and capable female detective who is most known for her […]

Book Review – Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America by Gerald Early – Exploring the Legacy of African-American Baseball Players

By Patti Aliventi on November 3, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Ten Speed Press, author Gerard Early, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on […]