Author Archives: beckylindroos

Another All-Nonfiction Reading Group selection and I think I nominated this one simply because I was attracted to the subject matter, the sample audio was good and the reviews from good places were great.  I got the Kindle version, too, … Continue reading →

Oh what a good thing to read a good book –  good in many senses of the term. But first, although the is a mystery of sorts, it’s not a “thriller” in any sense of the term.  But yes, it’s … Continue reading →

This book was on sale and I thought I recognized the title as having won the Pulitzer last year (2021 prize for a 2020 book).  For a minute, I thought I was wrong, but yes, it did get the prize, … Continue reading →

One of the reasons I got this book though was that Patrick Radden Keefe wrote the fabulous book,  Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (2018).  Empire of Pain:The Secret History of the Sackler Dynastyby Patrick Radden … Continue reading →

Nominee for the my own Best Science Fiction of the Year 2022! This book had been on my Wish List since it was announced as “to be released” so when I saw it on the New Release “shelf” at Audible, … Continue reading →

Originally published in 1976, this is an older book but it’s been revived over the years so I figured it looked promising and yes, it’s excellent True Crime. It deals with the background problems of the several involved families in which … Continue reading →

This was included in my membership from Audible.  I’ve been curious about P.J. Tracy and it looked okay so I went ahead.  It was about as mediocre as you can get.  I think I might have slept through part of … Continue reading →

I’ve followed Elizabeth Strout since her first Olive Kitteridge novel in 2008.  Oh, William, is her latest offering,  published in 2021, and she’s got another book coming out later this year called “Lucy by the Sea.”  Friends have told me … Continue reading →

This was selected for the All-nonfiction reading group and although I didn’t vote for it thoroughly I enjoyed reading it.  So I’ll likely l be reading it again at least certain chapters.  When Einstein Walked With Godel: Excursions to the Edge … Continue reading →

Eleven hours, 48 minutes can feel like a really long time so it’s no wonder I got quite tired listening. Nevertheless, Never Saw Me Coming won several awards in 2021 so maybe it was the reading which was a bit … Continue reading →

Anyone else addicted to audio books?  I’ve love them for years so I have favorite narrators as well as authors and when I get into a series with one narrator I want that voice to continue.  To me, that narrator’s … Continue reading →

I read this a couple weeks ago and forgot to add it. This is a book and its sequel which are now classics (published in 1993) but There was supposed to be a third book but it never happened. Anyway, … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to read this since the day it came out – it was on my Wish List for months before publication.  But things got in the way and … well … but here I am.  🙂  Termination Shockby … Continue reading →

I’m trying the Alphabet Challenge of mystery writers on the 4-Mystery Addicts Reading Group again this year.  I’ve done pretty well with only 2 months gone, but I thought I’d get an “X” author I found stashed for the letter … Continue reading →

Barbara Seranella was the only author I had not yet read from the list of favorite authors submitted by members of a mystery reading group.  The list is cumulative over the last several years and it’s #12. Other than there, … Continue reading →

This is a good book but I was personally disappointed for a couple reasons. The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai2018 / read by Michael Crouch 18h 17mrating: 8 / contemp fiction The Great Believers opens in Chicago 1985, about 2 years … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed the first two books of this series but this time not nearly so much.  The series takes place the 1920s before India’s independence so India is still a rather backward colony of England on the verge of … Continue reading →