Author Archives: beckylindroos

Hilarious and lovely.  The 60-something year old Deacon Cuffy Lambkin, aka Sportcoat, of Five Ends Baptist Church and the Causes Housing Projects in Brooklyn, shoots and then appears to sexually assault the young community drug lord, Deems. This happens openly, in … Continue reading →

My goodness! C.J. Box uses some of my favorite authors for epigraphs. But I suppose it’s appropriate. There’s Cormac McCarthy and Don DeLillo and Bob Dylan and Annie Proulx – along with some I’m not familiar with like Thomas  McGuane. … Continue reading →

I read the first in the Robin Lockwood series back in 2018 and gave it a rating of A+.  So this is #2 which I happened to luck into at the library.  I didn’t remember much about the over-arching drama, … Continue reading →

This was read for my Booker Prize Group -and the first 6 or so chapters were just perfect for me at the moment.  I was fine with the ramblings of the 1st person narrator, Antara.  She is a young Indian … Continue reading →

Audio book from the library –  Beau was dead even before the paramedics come and the elegantly dressed guests were able to see that.  The husband of the socially prominent hostess, Doreen Briggs,  was apparently poisoned by the tea, of … Continue reading →

I got this book because it just generally sounded good and then I found out that the author, Alma Katsu, usually writes in the occult/horror genre – usually.  This is her debut in the spy genre and appropriate since she … Continue reading →

I picked this book up because it was on sale and then I found out it had won a bunch of lesser literary accolades if not awards.  It had been looking kind of good to me anyway but who knows?  … Continue reading →

Wow!  I’ve read Grippando’s books before, including in the Jack Swytech series, and enjoyed them to varying degrees, but this is like off the wall great partly due to the reader, Jonathan Davis.  Fwiw, it won the Harper Lee Best … Continue reading →

I’ve read several of these legal thrillers but I missed this one because it seemed too much like some of Methos’ other books.  I finally grabbed it when I was seriously ready for another legal drama/thriller.  This is more of … Continue reading →

I was so looking forward to this book – until I saw the name of a strange narrator.  This series has been read by Lisette Licat since book 1 (and this is book #21). I’ve been following via Audible since … Continue reading →

This had been on my wish list for some time but then a bookish friend recommended it so I upped its place in the “line.”   I’m glad she did.  It’s quite good.  So good in fact I may have … Continue reading →

Of Ishiguro’s 8 novels I’ve read 6, missingThe Unconsoled and A Pale View of the Hills.  And I’ve read his volume of short stories.  I’ve really enjoyed reading his books although the last three have not been as good, imo. … Continue reading →

Although I’ve read a couple books, I haven’t been a big Harlan Coban fan until now.  He gets a bit too much into the fem-jeop violence for my tastes (females in jeopardy).  But the publisher blurb intrigued me (see below):  … Continue reading →

Russell Shorto writes books of popular history, but this is his first memoir and it’s a family memoir with some history thrown in.  I guess I’m a Shorto fan because he written 7 books and now I’ve read 5 – … Continue reading →

I read this back in March so I won’t count it in this month’s stats but I forgot to log it back then.   The New Wilderness By Diane Cookread by Stacey Glemboski  12h 46m Rating:  8  From the Booker site: … Continue reading →

This kind of nonfiction is not my favorite – it’s pretty “creative” in terms of writing style and that sometimes interferes with my enjoyment.  It makes me switch back and forth between aesthetic enjoyment and factual detail and the main thrust of Kindred … Continue reading →

I guess I’m late to the party but I’m tired of being overweight and unhappy about it.  I’m not able to exercise much due to age and surgeries. Sad because moving a lot has always worked in the past in … Continue reading →