Author Archives: beckylindroos

This is basically a novel of post-modern existentialism  –  I guess.    The men portrayed are all at different points in lives in different months of the same year –  and realizing that life is meaningless,  although some fight that … Continue reading →

According to Szalay,  it appears that all men,  of all ethnicities and from young adult to very old,  are made up of obsessive desires for money and sex.  Period.  The title says “All”  so that’s it, folks.  The narrative shows … Continue reading →

This has looked intriguing for several months so after pruning my Audible wish list (which still has 188 books on it) I went back to it.   Settling in it felt like just what my inner librarian ordered.   A … Continue reading →

So I was just in the mood for something light and this turned up in the Audible Daily Deal – okay – I wasn’t expecting great lit or great crime and after listening to the sample I knew it wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

I tried to read some Sherlock Holmes at about age 11 or so and only read a couple stories before I just settled for Nancy Drew and then Agatha Christie with the more recognizable world and a language which was … Continue reading →

(* This was filed under August and I never got it reposted on  the blog.  I read it in August 2017 – while I was in ND) Oh,  I’ve wanted to read this for a long, long time.  I saw … Continue reading →

Good book!  And one of those narratives where the Audio format actually improves things because Gaskell included a fair amount of 19th century, lower class Manchester dialect, using appropriate phonetic spelling.  It makes for fairly difficult reading – especially for … Continue reading →

Dr Roger Stanton is on trial for malpractice –  or was what he did murder?  It seems the good doctor’s hand might have slipped while performing a laminectomy on Philip Corrigan and cut an aorta instead.   Stanton went to … Continue reading →

I got 2/3 of the way through the book and realized I wasn’t picking up on everything basically because I had expected fast-paced suspense as was hyped in the ads as well as displayed in the Prologue   But alas, … Continue reading →

I read this long ago and enjoyed it, so when the 4-Mystery Addicts group chose it for discussion I thought I might reread (re-listen).   I’ve read the first 4 of  the series and I guess I must have tired … Continue reading →

There is a LOT going on in this novel – mostly the angst and alienation of mid-20th century men,  but there’s also the old South of New Orleans,  Christianity (Catholicism),  movies,  women,  fishing,  making money,  Mardi Gras,  families,  mental and … Continue reading →

I’ve read a number of Coban’s books (8 I think) and the ones narrated by Scott Brick are almost over-the-top with suspense what with Coban’s storytelling talents and Brick’s ability to make any string of words sound suspenseful, but they’re … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to get to this book for a long time.  I’ve read quite a lot of books which deal with the history of  Christianity because it’s so fascinating from an historical point of view – especially early Christianity … Continue reading →

I’d been seeing this around and put it on my wish list so I nominated it for the All-Nonfiction reading group and it got selected.   I was glad and looking forward to reading it.   As usual, though,  I … Continue reading →

I had mixed feelings about reading this book –  on the one hand I looked forward to reading it because I so enjoyed Richter’s Solomon Gursky Was Here a few years ago.  On the other hand,  St Urbain’s was first published … Continue reading →

It was really all because of Finn Harrington messy past life as a spy that Hailey Portman, a bright and well behaved 15-year old and Finn’s neighbor,  went missing.   She had been gone from her home in Geneva for … Continue reading →

I should never have even bothered.  Even if it was on sale.  Even if it was recommended by a friend (and got on my wish list).   Even if it did get good reviews.   The premise sounded good – … Continue reading →