Author Archives: beckylindroos

About a year ago I read Christina Stead’s The Little Hotel (1973) and really appreciated it.  But I found out that her book,  The Man Who Loved Children,  was really Stead’s magnum opus, making the Time magazine “Best of All … Continue reading →

I’ve read several books by Graham Swift and enjoyed them all,  Waterlands most but the others as well,  Last Orders;   Wish You Were Here;  The Light of Day.    I know what to expect of Swift and he’s not disappointed … Continue reading →

So now I’m rereading a crime novel and I never do that (and can’t say that anymore).   I do love this series by Galbraith – the pseudonym of J.K. Rowling.   I don’t know what I expected when I … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed the Balson’s books Saving Sophie and The Trust  I read prior,  so I thought I’d read the first in the series because it is a series.   It’s called the Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart series and … Continue reading →

Oh my – be still my heart.   I love these The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books and have been reading them as they came out in 1999.   So this is Book 18 and yes,  I suppose the … Continue reading →

The Trust takes place in about 2016 in the heart of Northern Ireland,  but parts of  the story go back to the time of “Troubles”  of the 1970s when the Catholic Irish wanted to reunite with their kin in the … Continue reading →

I have a long history with John Grisham –  love most of his books,  but a few have been less worthy.   He’s gone through phases ranging from very serious legal thrillers to rather formula courtroom thrillers to non-crime books … Continue reading →

I love that I can get older Kindle and Audio books at the click of a keyboard.  Bruno’s Dream  was first published in 1969 and is certainly a classic,  but that’s no guarantee that it’s  available in any of my … Continue reading →

Back when Harry Bosch was a young and eager cop he successfully apprehended and got Preston Borders convicted of  the rape and murder of three young women. Borders went to death row at San Quentin and even after all this … Continue reading →

I nominated this for one of my reading groups as I’d been tempted by it for quite a long time.   The Khartoum, Sudan and Egypt as the setting is what intrigued me.   I was somewhat disappointed at first … Continue reading →

I’d never read Moon TIger and have wanted to for quite some time.   I’ve read several of Lively’s books,  The Road to Lichfield being the most recent but also Passing On and How It All Began.  I believe Moon Tiger … Continue reading →

Someone in one of my reading groups mentioned this book and I checked it out.  It looked like it was right up my alley (at least for the moment)  and was even endorsed by Walter Isaacson (a favorite writer of … Continue reading →

I love legal thrillers and although this doesn’t make it to the top of the heap,  Little Boy Lost is good – actually,  it’s very good.    I enjoyed the plot with the timely crimes and legal problems,   the … Continue reading →

The year is 2075 and the place is St. James Louisiana where the family of  Benjamin Chestnut,  including Sarat age 10,  is living  in the times of  the American War –  Civil War II.   It’s Georgia, Alabama,  Mississippi, Louisiana,  and … Continue reading →

And now it’s time for a straight procedural by a master of the genre,  Michael Connelly. Unfortunately Connelly overdoes his forte,  the procedural parts,  for my tastes anyway.   And he has a new protagonist for a new series.   Her name is … Continue reading →

Okay,  yes,  I’m a fan of Rushdie and I’ve read 9 of his 12 adult novels in addition to the memoirs written under his pseudonym,  Joseph Anton.   I’ve found his works to be rather uneven in quality,  but I certainly … Continue reading →

It’s a really stupid series but it’s really light and sometimes,  like after a few difficult books in a row,  it’s about all I can stand. Paul Jacobsen is an octogenarian with a strange ailment – he loses his short … Continue reading →