Author Archives: beckylindroos

Obama has the nicest titles for his books. I think my favorite is “The Audacity of Hope” but they’re all good. But titles are one thing, lengths are another and this book is 730+ pages long in Kindle/hard cover format! … Continue reading →

This is the seventh book in the Slough Horses series by Mick Herron.  It may be the last book,  but I don’t know.  If another one in the series shows up, I’ll be reading it. *******Slough Houseby Mick Herron2021 / … Continue reading →

This is the 6th book in the Slough Horses series by Mick Herron and it was just as good as  the priors.  I do recommend reading them in order because they’re not like Agatha Christie series, Each book builds on … Continue reading →

Cool book. – one more time.  This was # 5 in the 7-book series about Jackson Lamb and his crew of misfit espionage agents, slow horses, demoted from the regular MI% service.  I’m reading them all in order as a … Continue reading →

Oh I had such an excellent idea to binge read the Slough Horses series by Mick Herron.  It’s been a great way to spend this week of the pandemic, being retired and self-isolated as I am.  Now I’ve finished book … Continue reading →

Book #3 in this series and yup, I’m binge-reading!  (Actually, after I called it “binge-worthy” in one of my reading group lists an Audible reviewers said it was good for binge reading.)  I’m hooked on these characters and Herron’s wit. … Continue reading →

Fun.  The whole series seems binge-worthy so I’ll go until it’s not.  There are only 7 books.  On the downside it’s narrated by Michael Healy rather than Gerard Doyle, but Healy is good and does a good job – I … Continue reading →

One word? Binge-worthy! I’m reading this first book in the series a second time with a certain amount of anticipation.   It came up on the 4-Mystery Addicts reading group in a general discussion of favorite authors from 2020. (These … Continue reading →

This sounded kind of trite and cliche and an old story with a remake.  Then I saw there were oodles of great reviews listed at Amazon and some listed it as a feel-good book.  Ahhh… I was looking for something … Continue reading →

The Nickel Boys was on my Audible Wish List for a long time and then off and then I found out it won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was on Obama’s recommended lists from 2019 so it went … Continue reading →

 Well I finished The Guest List (which is either a movie now or on its way to being one), but that took some work and patience on my part.  I suppose my main problem was that it was so predictable … Continue reading →

Nice book.  Beautifully written.  Interesting story with major themes wound all through it.  I guess this is a fictionalized memoir.  It takes the shape of Akhtar’s life but anyone who seriously mistakes it for a straight memoir is missing some … Continue reading →

This is a strange book but if you can suspend your disbelief and accept that two kids spontaneously combust and then go with the flow of the story, you’re home.  It’s a really good book,  fun with a definite point … Continue reading →

I read this last month for the All-Nonfiction reading group which discussed it this month so I read it again.  It is good but not exactly what I expected but maybe I should have.   *******Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic … Continue reading →

This book is not one of the several books Yashimoto is noted for but it is definitely a worthy addition to her oeuvre.  It’s comprised of 6 seemingly light and elegant short stories dealing  how young middle class urban singles … Continue reading →

** DNF means Did Not Finish ** Ready Player One was great – actually that’s why I checked this one out when I saw it available at the library and found the sample to be fine. But still,  I had … Continue reading →

Omg – Wow!  I really didn’t expect much from this book, but half way through I found myself entranced by the story as well as by the first person narrator, Keiko Furukura.  When the book first came out it sat on … Continue reading →