Author Archives: beckylindroos

The plot is great, an old fashioned murder by poison –  in the tea – makes a death look like a heart attack.  And the characters are right up there with the best Lescroart has written – family issues and … Continue reading →

It’s a windy tale about love in many forms – a love of life and music and family and Paris in the springtime, and the fall and the winter and even in the heat of summer.    Maybe it’s a … Continue reading →

Nominated for the Booker Prize or I would never have come across it,  Elmet opens with an epigraph from Ted Hughes: “Elmet was the last independent Celtic kingdom in England and originally stretched out over the vale of York … … Continue reading →

Oh my it’s good to be back to a little light-weight,  almost cozy,  mystery.   I’ve read the first two in the “Gaslight Murders” series,  Murder on Astor Place (#1) and Murder on St. Mark’s Place (#2)  so it looks like I’ll continue. … Continue reading →

Heck of a book to pick up right after finishing How To Read the Bible!   But this book just fascinated me from the first mention I heard of it,  and then someone on the All-nonfiction List  mentioned it in a … Continue reading →

Now I travel way back in my reading  to the days of Harald Fairhair,  said to be the first king of Norway,  and his early times – late Viking times –  850-932 AD as he fought and made treaties to unite Norway. … Continue reading →

Although I generally enjoy reading about the history of the New Testament and Christianity – as shown in this blog –   I’m also very curious about  Old Testament history and interpretation.  I just haven’t come across as many books … Continue reading →

Okay –  I’ll just start my blog post over again because my first impressions of this book were a bit off.   What happened was that I felt like it was a rehash of the author’s earlier book,  The Better … Continue reading →

Update:   On April 25, 2018 it was announced in the Washington Post that the serial-killer -rapist known as the “Golden State Killer” was identified by DNA evidence and arrested –   a former police officer. “More than 40 years … Continue reading →

Good book!   I was up late and couldn’t finish another 4 hours so I slept but the minute I picked up again in the morning there it was –  he non-stop,  page-turning suspense Coben is known for. Coben can … Continue reading →

I just needed something different in the middle of Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now because that book can get really tedious.   So I picked up The Third Victim by Phillip Magolin,  his new one.  I’d never read anything by him before … Continue reading →

I was totally unable to decide what to read next so the last of the most recent sale purchases would have to do.  I’d been both drawn and repelled by Marcia Clark as an author – basically because she was … Continue reading →

Another Audible book on sale –  I’ve read one prior book in Ingridson’s “Reykjavik” series,  Reykjavik Nights, a long time ago and had Jar City on my wish list for some time afterwards – never get to it though, and at … Continue reading →

Lately, when I see an Audible sale, I’ve been stocking up on a few books I think I’d like later,  usually crime books but not always.   This is unusual for me as my MO is to buy as I … Continue reading →

This book was mentioned during the AllNonfiction Group discussion of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.  It sounded intriguing and (!) it was on sale,  so … Generally,  it’s a similar type of book,  a study … Continue reading →

I read Book 1 of this series,  Murder at Murder on Astor Place, about a month ago and although I didn’t exactly get “hooked” into the story it’s okay (a B+) .  So when it was time for Book 2 on … Continue reading →

I don’t know what I expected – I read Boyd’s Waiting For Sunrise a few months ago and wasn’t impressed and although I’d enjoyed his prior work,  An Ice Cream War  a bit more, they still both garnered only 7s … Continue reading →