Monthly Archives: February 2020

This is mainly an entertaining and informational listen. (I’m not sure it’s a whole book.)  It was free with my Audible membership. I’ve read two or three books by Michael Pollan and enjoyed them quite a lot – especially The … Continue reading →

This started slow but at about 1/3 through it  picked up.   It’s different to read a crime novel with no murder victim in it and only one “thriller” type episode.   ******* Acts of Omission by James S. Bostick … Continue reading →

This is an important book and it’s very well written,  but the author should not have read it in her whispery, breathy soft voice.  This is true crime!  It’s not “no matter how bad they were, remember when your kids … Continue reading →

A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig 2020 / 466 pgsread by Hilary Huber and authors – 17h 22mrating – 9.5 / current events(both read and listened) I hesitated for several weeks before buying this book/recording.  After … Continue reading →

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee2020/ 315 pages rating: 8 / true crime(Both read and listened) Interesting book. There are two main sections involved in this book. One is Harper Lee’s life while the other … Continue reading →

The Holdout by Graham Moore – 2020read by Abby Craden/ 10h 15mrating:  A / 8  – literary legal thriller ******* I was hooked in at about 1 hour 40 minutes, 20%.    Pay attention,  things change in a heartbeat because something happens … Continue reading →

Excellent but gory. I started another great one before I wrote the blurb for this – oh dear. This one is about a serial killer in Denmark. It’s like the old Scandi-noir books by Jo Nesbo and others. This one … Continue reading →

Wolf PackBy C. J. Box2019 /read by David Chandler 8h 51mrating – B+ / crime series (book #19)  Not my favorite series but one that always satisfies.  This book is mostly about as good as any of the 18 which … Continue reading →

This Tender Landby William Kent Krueger 2019 Read by Scott Brick – 14h 19mRating – 7.5  / historical fiction  I’ve read a few of Krueger’s books,  Iron Lake (the first of his Cork O’Connor series), another of that series and Amazing Grace, … Continue reading →

Quichotteby Salman Rushdie 2019 / 398 pagesread by Sasha Rotermund 15h 38mrating – 8.75 / contempt lit fiction my 1st review – https://mybecky.blog/2019/11/15/quichotte-by-salman-rushdie/******* This was my second read and I often get so much more out of Rushdie’s books on second … Continue reading →

This turned out to be very much worth the second read. There are five main characters and I was better able to follow them in their lives. I was better able to understand the Indian problems and the other issues … Continue reading →

Only the Goodby Rosemary Reeveread by Noah DeBlase 10h 3m rating: B /  legal thriller Jack Hart/Harmony Series #3 In this third book of the Jack Hart trilogy, Harmony is getting over her trauma in Japan and Jack is settling down … Continue reading →

Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walkerread by Robert Ian MacKenzie  8h 18m rating: B / Crime This is pretty good for a series starter focusing on the protagonist with plenty of background to get you involved for the long … Continue reading →

I’ve fallen in love with the writing of Mark Arax.  First I read The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California (2019) which absolutely amazed me and was about how California got to be California. I’ve mostly lived here … Continue reading →