Author Archives: beckylindroos

Olive is older than she was when we left her to her crotchety retirement in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine where everyone seems to know her, the retired high school math teacher. That was in the book Olive Kitteridge. … Continue reading →

This book was on my wish list before it went on a very nice sale a few weeks ago and I jumped on it. It got multiple awards and rave reviews such as: “A compelling read… LikeWar…is not a warning … Continue reading →

Wow! Although I got in on the game a bit late, I’ve followed Harry Bosch series since Book 1. As usual I started in at Book 3 or 4 and skipped around until I decided to go back to Book … Continue reading →

I am so ready for a legal thriller and this book had been on my radar for a couple months. The preview sounded good and I took a chance. It starts out suspenseful, very suspenseful. After chapter 1 nothing was … Continue reading →

I read Hämäläinen’s Comanche Empire back in about 2010 due to reading Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynn and wanting to know more about that tribe. It was fabulous and I wanted to know more so I read … Continue reading →

I read this for the All-Nonfiction group and I wasn’t terribly impressed although parts were interesting It seems like this book is comprised of a lot of things I already knew on some level, but had never really thought about. … Continue reading →

*I’m going to start sticking the rating in the heading so you know first thing.* ***Before reading this book I had a certain amount of respect for Edward Snowden without co-signing everything he did several years ago. I followed the … Continue reading →

I haven’t kept up with everything John Grisham has written but I truly loved his early books and over the years have sampled enough to know what he’s doing and how. He was a bit uneven there for awhile and … Continue reading →

Okay – starting in one of the for-fun-only books I bought at the recent Audible sale. These are like brain candy, but fun in their own way (although not nearly the pleasure of No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books). I … Continue reading →

Oh what a delicious delight to have a new No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency book to read. This is the series that took the cozy mystery genre by storm back in 1998 (and got written up in Time Magazine for … Continue reading →

This came across my radar when I was perusing the local League of Women Voters schedule. I missed the author’s. talk to them, but certainly picked up on the book and put it on my wish list. This is literary … Continue reading →

I picked this book to try to read while I was still recovering from surgery. I couldn’t concentrate, but it sounded fun and kind of light. I knew some about the subject matter but not a whole lot. I was … Continue reading →

Posted on October 24, 2019by beckylindroos Hi all, I’ve been away so long but I’ve had some serious health issues and I was recovering from surgery on Sept 10. I’m almost recovered but it takes time and being able to read books … Continue reading →

This is an oldie by Meltzer but I hadn’t read it and it was available via the library. I rarely get anything from there because there’s usually a wait of more than 6 months for anything I want – or … Continue reading →

I tried to enjoy this book – I really did. The blurbs made it sound like it Wass right ups my alley and a line from Salmam Rushdie? Oh my! Sad too say that a although the book started out … Continue reading →

I got this on sale and it turned out to be better than I thought it would. I suppose I got it because of my interest in the case of our current president, but it really goes much deeper into … Continue reading →