Author Archives: beckylindroos

As the discussion on this book started at the All-Nonfiction Group  I realized I hadn’t really paid enough attention to remember accurately,  so I decided to read/listen to it again focusing on the reading.    I knew there were several families … Continue reading →

Another homicide detective with a secret –  she killed someone (oh my – sigh).  But this time who and when are up front and the crime is the retaliation which follows. The twist is that because the guy Casey Duncan … Continue reading →

Another reading group choice –   I don’t think I’ve read anything by Ed Gorman before this and this is the 6th in a series. It’s 1968 and a community of hippies has settled on some land just outside the … Continue reading →

Okay – I know Bryce Courtenay is not known for his literary word-smithery,  but I listened to The Potato Factory by Courtenay years ago and enjoyed it quite a lot – aside from falling in love with the voice of … Continue reading →

Ahhhh…. a good old crime novel, a thriller actually,  where I don’t have to think a lot. I don’t usually try to figure out “who done it,”  I just go with the flow,  ideas drifting through my head.    What … Continue reading →

I’ve read and loved a couple of books by Joseph Conrad,  The Secret Agent and Heart of Darkness – both quite good.   I’ve tried to read Lord Jim prior but could never get past the second chapter for some … Continue reading →

It happened again!  I started listening to this and then at some point realized it is really quite good,  like meaningfully good.  Furthermore, I’m wasn’t  “getting it”  all.  So I stopped,  maybe 1/3 through,  and download the Kindle version.  I … Continue reading →

Chosen by the All-nonfiction Group as the selection for March,  I likely would  have passed on this book because,  although I’m interested in the subject,  i feel kind of burned out on reading bad stuff about life in the US. … Continue reading →

This incredible classic was on sale (I still can’t believe that!)  and I snatched it up because although I’d read the first volume of the trilogy,  The Wreath,  I wanted to reread it and continiue with the whole thing.   I … Continue reading →

I read this for the 4-Mystery Addicts reading group and it’s a book I would never have picked up on my own,  but it was pretty good.   Fwiw,  I’m getting kind of tired of reading about women in trouble … Continue reading →

I’ve wanted to read this book ever since I read A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) a couple years ago.   That was such a brilliant book it just spun my head as it warmed my heart.  (I gave it a … Continue reading →

I’m as much a fan of Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen – 1813)  as most moderately well-read folks,  probably –   it’s a great book,  funny and very insightful as well as being nicely-written and it’s definitely stood the test … Continue reading →

Oh my –  I started reading Longbourn by Jo Baker  –  it’s a 21st century take-off of Pride and Prejudice and goes through the same events except from the point of view of the servants.   I figured I could … Continue reading →

Taking place in 1982,  Nick Mannino is just out of law school and working in legal aid for low income clients when he gets a case where he truly believes the client is innocent of sexually molesting the young boys … Continue reading →

I read this back in May, I think, and then in November or something the Booker Prize Reading Group decided to read it so I figured a reread was probably worth it.   My first review is here:     … Continue reading →

Benjamin Lay was an 18th century Quaker,  a dwarf – barely 4 feet tall – who lived in a cave, sewed his own clothes and ate as a vegetarian.  He was an avid reader, an autodidact,  and a writer as … Continue reading →

Long ago I read Josephine Tey’s most popular and famous book,  The Daughter of Time (1951) and very much enjoyed it . It’s often considered  one of the best mystery books of all time and Tey is also known for Bret Farrar … Continue reading →