Readers of my column know I read lots of books. Reading is my favorite pastime. Whenever I write about books I’ve enjoyed, I receive encouraging comments so books will be my topic in this column.

Late Papers

But first I have a couple of other things I want to mention. We had an embarrassing lapse on delivery of the Alva Review-Courier for Friday, July 7. It was a combination error with an employee being late, which caused a change in the usual routine. The result was that papers mailed to Alva addresses were left in the back of a pickup instead of being taken to post office. And we had another...