Author Archives: beckylindroos

I read this again slowly along with the Allnonfiction group discussion –   I’m sure I didn’t really get it the first time – for some reason.   There are three strands which are really only loosely connected although they … Continue reading →

A couple decades ago a good teacher friend recommended Lisa Scottoline so I read one and wasn’t too impressed but I wasn’t reading crime novels at the time – I think I read one of her Rosatta novels.  One Perfect … Continue reading →

Still in the mood for something else – don’t know what –  trying this and that – I love the setting here,  northern Minnesota woods –  I’ve visited many times since childhood but never lived there although my dad was … Continue reading →

It really took me awhile to pick a book this time – I thought maybe I’d gone into a slump but finally …  half-heartedly maybe …. I picked up a good old crime novel which had been  tempting me a … Continue reading →

I started to read Auster’s most recent novel last summer,  2017,  but it got so boring I put it down thinking I’d pick it back up when the Booker Group had it scheduled.  I’d got to about 25%,   page … Continue reading →

I never would have found this little gem on my own but thanks to reading groups … Published in 1945 but the book still in print (or again – ?) so therefore a classic, as opposed to being just an … Continue reading →

This is yet another book about Trump’s fiasco of a presidency (I’m fascinated for some reason but I need breaks between books.)    The difference here is that it’s by a solid Republican who is interested in the strategy.   … Continue reading →

Thanks to reading Snap by Belinda Bauer  (because it was on the recently released Man Booker Long List for 2018) I thought I’d look into other books by her – she has several priors.    One looked interesting and I … Continue reading →

I read (and listened to) this last night –  it’s a  very short  but excellent  warning about where the West is headed internationally if we don’t change our ways.  Most of it is about what the West should be doing … Continue reading →

This is just to take a break from thinking –  it’s a historical mystery,  first of a series,  and rather fun.   It takes place in western China,  on the eastern edge of Tibet,  in 1708.   An exiled traveler … Continue reading →

Well I was right. By the time the discussion of this book came along I’d forgot much of it and needed to read it again.  This is my own fault,  last month was so rich in good reading I was … Continue reading →

This is,  in my opinion,  the clearest and most comprehensive book on the background to the current state of affairs in the ongoing confusion regarding Russian interference in US election 2016 –  at least that I have read so far. … Continue reading →

I read this for the 4-Mystery Addicts reading group – I’m trying to alternate between fiction and nonfiction right now because reading too much about the unfolding current events gets quite draining even though I’m fascinated. ******* A Rising Man … Continue reading →

Fascinating – amazing –  book – I mean REALLY!   It’s kind of philosophically heavy but … and needs careful reading,  but it’s definitely worth it.  (I had to read many sentences and paragraphs at least twice.)   I both … Continue reading →

And this is a new (7/crime novel which caught my eye due to a glowing review and interesting description somewhere.    I need breaks from the grim nonfiction and news these days and this does it for me – and … Continue reading →

David Reich is an important scientist in the area of  ancient DNA research,  that is,  extracting and analyzing the components of the genome and its parts for information as to where it evolved and developed.  The ancient part includes analyzing … Continue reading →

The Man Booker Prize long list 2018 was published a couple days ago and there were a couple I’d read and 2 of the 13 listed (Warlight by Michael Ondaatje and The Overstory by Richard Powers -links to  my reviews).   … Continue reading →