Category Archives: 2023 Fiction

I’m trying Firefox for a minute since I have a review ready to go. The Case for the American People:The United States vs Donald J. Trumpby Norman Eisen  7/2020 –  Read by Robert Petkoff – 11h 7m Rating – 9 … Continue reading →

I have to take a leave of absence from my blog because WordPress is apparently not supporting Safari very well. I’m not sure what I’ll do. I can use Firefox once a month probably so you might be getting monthly … Continue reading →

Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistanceby Nick Estes2019 / 321 pagesread by Bill Andrew Quinnrating:  9 / Native American history and current events- This book is from … Continue reading →

I needed a break from thinking about anything, politics, health, family, etc. This romance-type of story is set in a murder mystery and it sounded perfect. It was actually almost just what I needed but it was really disappointing. *******The … Continue reading →

I wanted to read this because it deals with American Native history but when I first started I was disappointed that it was so literary in nature, more like literary non-fiction which is fine in its place and I liked … Continue reading →

I read this back in January and it was okay but it was also a selection in the Booker Prize group for our July read. I knew I hadn’t got much more than an outline of the plot and a … Continue reading →

This is a second reading of this because most of it went over my head the first time. My focus is not what it was before the virus and my mom’s health difficulties and this book is not something I … Continue reading →

I had to add this to my Trump library – I think I’ve read 18 books about Trump and his his mess of an administration now, some better than others but all contributing to the satisfaction of my curiosity. This … Continue reading →

This is a really amazing book – it’s by someone anonymous who is better off that way because it’s a memoir AND fiction and who in the world could all this have happened to? Anyway, I loved it. Becoming Duchess … Continue reading →

It wasn’t until my second reading that I found this book rather interesting because I had to get past a bunch of ick factor to get there. I never (ever) had an interest in a medical career and avoided biology … Continue reading →

I got way behind in my blurb-writing so I just lifted this one from the Audible site. I did enjoy it though – I love Jimmy Perez and Sandy and the others. Cold Earthby Ann Cleeves 2017 – Englishread by … Continue reading →

The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoirby John Boltonread by  – Robert Petkoff Rating – A-  / current events- John Bolton hasn’t changed and because I’m a relatively moderate-to-liberal Democrat who is appalled by Donald Trump’s personality and his … Continue reading →

******Thin Airby Ann Cleeeves2017 / (398 pages)read by Kenny Blythe 10h 1mrating A – mystery #6 in Shetland Island series****** Moving along on my Shelter Island binge this mystery concerns the dead body of. a woman who was visiting Shetland … Continue reading →

*******Dead Water by Ann Cleeves2014 / read by Kenny Blythe 10h 5mrating – A / mysteryShelter Island series #5*******  Another good solid mystery,  this time it’s book #5 in the shelter Islands series where Jimmy Perez is the only detective on … Continue reading →

*******Legacy of Liesby Robert Bailey2020 / Read by Eric G. Dove – 8h 23mrating – B-/ legal crime****** I rather enjoyed this novel except for the sex parts. Those seemed gratuitous and kind of stupid. The main plot was clever … Continue reading →

*******Blue Lightningby Ann Cleeves2010 / 380 pagesread by Gordon Griffin 10h 32mrating – B+ / mystery(Shetland Island series #4)******* It seems I’m still suffering from Corona-brain and unable to focus real well – and there have been other things in … Continue reading →

*******The Gates of Europe:A  History of UkraineBy Serhii Plokhy2017 / 397 pagesread by Ralph Lister 15h 20mrating: 9.5 / Europe history(read and listened)******* First review at: https://mybecky.blog/2020/05/21/the-gates-of-europe-by-serhi-plokhy/  As promised, I read this a second time because although it is truly … Continue reading →