Author Archives: beckylindroos

Trespass by Rose Tremain 2010 /  263 pages Read by – Juliet Stephenson 9h 15m Rating:  8.25 / literary suspense I’d read two of Tremain’s books prior to this one and enjoyed them so I nominated this for the Bookgroup List  November selection … Continue reading →

I’ve come to use the term “literary” as an adjective – like “literary crime” or “literary sci-fi.” Sometimes a book has precious little to offer other than literary value – interesting structure, lively, appropriate metaphors and other tropes, distinct language, … Continue reading →

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) 2015 / 512 pages Read by Robert Glenister  17h 58m Rating A-  / crime-detective (3rd in Cormoran Strike series) Compared to the two prior novels in this series,  Career of Evil includes some … Continue reading →

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark) 2014/ (496 pages) read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 25m rating A / detective (5th in the Dept. Q series) Second readings are often very profitable so as “leader” of an upcoming discussion I took … Continue reading →

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark) 2014/ (496 pages) read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 25m rating A / detective (5th in the Dept. Q series) Finished this about a week ago and forgot to post!  Carl Mørck, a love-lorn middle-aged … Continue reading →

J by Howard Jacobson 2014 / 342 pages read by Adjoa Andoh and Colin Mace  11h 5m rating 7 / literary dystopian I read this back in July but the Booker Group is just now discussing it and I felt a reread … Continue reading →

A Conspiracy of Faith Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark / translated) 2013 / 528 pages read by Graeme Malcolm 15h 27m Rating A / crime – thriller (Dept Q series #3) I’m  not usually big on serial murder crime books but I’ll … Continue reading →

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence 1928 /  557 pages (Kindle) rating: 8 / classic – literary romance  (erotica) Published privately in Italy in 1928 this was immediately banned due to explicit sexual content and vulgarity.   It was only available … Continue reading →

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown 2013 / 418 pages read by Edward Herrmann rating – 9 / nonfiction history This book has had … Continue reading →

Again – this is the official Short List: Marlon James (Jamaica)       A Brief History of Seven Killings Tom McCarthy (UK)               Satin Island  Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria)       The Fishermen  Sunjeev Sahota (UK)               The Year of the Runaways Anne Tyler (US)                       A Spool of Blue Thread  Hanya Yanagihara (US)            A Little … Continue reading →

The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham 1937 / 170 pages (Kindle – no pages) #9 in the Albert Campion series rating B-  / classic crime (amateur sleuth who-done-it) Chosen by a group (never would have done this … Continue reading →

The Suspect by John Lescroart 2007 / (321 pages) read by David Colacci 11h 11m rating/ A- / legal thriller (Stand alone but may be a series) I’m working my way through the Dismas Hardy novels from Audible whieh are read by David Colacci … Continue reading →

Living with Your Kids is Murder by Mike Befeier 2009 / 381 pages read by Jerry Sciarrio 7h 14m rating – B / very cozy crime – (#2 in the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit series) This is pure cozy crime starring Paul … Continue reading →

Taking my cue from Dagny who posted an update on her 2015 Reading Challenges on her Madame Vauquer site I’m hereby posting mine.   I did better than I thought.  The method to my madness is that I don’t usually go out … Continue reading →

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood  (Canadian) 2015/ 320 pages read by Cassandra Campbell & Mark Deakins 12h 10m rating 5  / dystopian fiction I’ve read 8 of Atwood’s 16 novels – the ones I’ve read are all different and range … Continue reading →

Flood of Fire (3rd book of Ibis Trilogy) by Amitov Ghosh 2015/616 pages read by Raj Ghatak 23h 10m rating 8 / historical fiction (read and listened) I loved Ghosh’s first books in this trilogy – Sea of Poppies (2008) and  River … Continue reading →