Author Archives: beckylindroos

Joe Pickett is a game warden in Wyoming (near Yellowstone) where he lives with his wife and two daughters.  One day he’s driving high school age daughter, Sheridan and her friend, Julie Scarlett, home from school, but they come across … Continue reading →

This is probably the most difficult novel I read all year, at least so far. That said,  it’s also one of the very best – maybe it is the best. Let me define “best” here.  I’ve already read it two … Continue reading →

Santiago Nasar, a young man running his father’s ranch, is going to be killed.  He lives there on the cattle ranch with his mother and the cook.  He dreams a lot –  about bird shit and almond trees, symbolizing death? … Continue reading →

These are the best comfort books I’ve ever read – in the top 10 anyway and that’s really something after having read all 24 “No.1  Ladies’ Detective Agency” books. That’s since 1999 when they hit the stores and were mentioned in … Continue reading →

First – I stole a poster: More Novellas – November 3, 2023 Here’s another novella read late Nov 2: Chronicle of a Death Foretold: A NovelBy Gabriel García Márquez Post 1 – the opener with -7 Novellas, read the last … Continue reading →

This is somewhat short to be a “novella” but it seems to be more than a short story.  Bartleby is a copier for Melville’s unnamed 1st person protagonist, an attorney. who works with real estate/Wall Street types. I usually read … Continue reading →

This is a great story for Halloween reading, but I’ve avoided it since Junior High because it’s horror – or that’s its reputation.  And I’ve always been  nervous about horror. Then there are the movie versions which I also avoided … Continue reading →

I read Claire Keegan’s book Small Things Like These (2021) back in July of this year because it was on the Booker International List.  I wondered how a novella could be on that list, but then I read it and … Continue reading →

After giving it a wee bit of thought, I consider this a novella. The Sci-Fi awards people are very specific (but give a 20% leeway) about their categories. Novellas “have a word count between 17,500 and 40,000 words. At 250 words … Continue reading →

 I finished The Bee Sting only because it was on the Booker Prize Short List for 2023 and I’m trying to get them read before November 26, the date the winner is announced. Again, I wasn’t any too happy with … Continue reading →

Here’s book #3 of 6 in my quick run through the Booker Prize Short List (and other lists ?)  for 2023.  This one is about 200 pages in length, so short it could be another novella. The author narrates it … Continue reading →

This is the second book of the Booker Prize Short List I’ve read in my rush to get them read by November 26 Paul Harding is also the author of Tinkers which won the Pulitzer and I read back in … Continue reading →

“Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious, revelatory and like nothing you’ve read before. These are the stories that we never believed could be told, until Jonathan Escoffery told them.”  That’s from Marlon James, another Jamaican writer who was educated at the University of Minnesota and won … Continue reading →

Over the next 6 weeks or so (for as long as it takes or until November 26) I’m going go be reading the Short List of Booker Prize Nominees from which the winner will be chosen on 11/26. I’ve done … Continue reading →

I read this years ago but it’s occurred to me lately that I might enjoy rereading some of my favorites. So then came October and I love reading holiday books from now until the first week in January. I prefer … Continue reading →

Reading The 4th Turning by Neil Howe and his Universal Theory and Ideas I got to wondering about “theories of everything” in general and came upon this older book.  I’m lightly familiar with Ken Wilber’s ideas and yes, I have … Continue reading →

I really wanted to make this book last longer but it’s already almost 1000 pages (or 34 hours of listening) so I had to let it end. The Running Grave by Robert GalbraithRead by Robert Glenister – 34 hours 14mRating; A+ … Continue reading →