Category Archives: 2023 Fiction

So yes, I read this a second time.  I was blown away the first time and kind of promised myself I had to read that book again. (See my very minimal review at: https://mybecky.blog/2022/06/29/no-one-is-talking-about-thisby-patricia-lockwood/ ) No One Is Talking About … Continue reading →

Although it’s not without a few flaws, this is an incredible account of one New York Hospital systems battle with Covid-19. I heard about it on TV, found it at Audible, sampled, purchased and downloaded straightaway, it went right into … Continue reading →

Now Chief Detective Inspector William Warwick and his wife Beth are on a cruise taking a break from the London scene where the Unsolved Murders Unit has established a particular batch of gang-style murders as a priority. Ross Hogan who is … Continue reading →

Oh what a marvelous novel.  I’ve read a few books by John Le Carré but it was a long time ago, a few in the 1980s I think, and then a couple more later.  I always enjoyed them but not … Continue reading →

This is fine addition to the Women’s Murder Club series. The whole gang is here, Lindsay, Claire, Cindy and the latest addition Yuki.  Lindsay might be my favorite fictional female detective these days and the group makes for a wonderful … Continue reading →

 Gregory Van Dyke, a very rich industrialist of turn-of-the-century New York City, is killed in an explosion.  Frank Malloy, a city detective and a main character in this series, is asked by Teddy Roosevelt, the police commissioner, to find the … Continue reading →

Don’t even bother unless you’re interested in the subject matter – political philosophy in the 21st Century from a kind of “spiritual” point of view.  Developmental Politics: How America Can Grow Into a Better Version of Itself by David McIntosh 2021 – 248 … Continue reading →

Yes, I went ahead and read this again. I think it is really important to WWII history – and it extends into Cold War history and with Putin in play now – who knows?   **********Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and … Continue reading →

(finished some time in late June) I got this one from the library because I really needed something to escape with and I enjoy what I’ve read by Paetro. (I am NOT big on Patterson alone.) So I started this … Continue reading →

I didn’t realize it until half-way through Bloodlands,  but I read All For Nothing back in 2018. I thought it was longer ago than that and didn’t check my blog but there it is and gave it a 9.5 which … Continue reading →

I started, I thought, This is stupid!  I continued anyway not understanding more than a hint and a glimmer of maybe some kind of setting and a character. Slowly a bit more setting set in and then another character.  Very odd but … Continue reading →

I’m reading this one for a strange challenge in the 4-Mystery Addicts (4-MA) reading group The challenge is to read one book from the on-going Top 100 authors list the group has compiled by vote over the years. The book would … Continue reading →

In the Washington Post of May 3, 2022:   Teens fight for the right to read with ‘banned-book clubs’ and lawsuitsBy Hannah Natansonhttps://tinyurl.com/u2tt5nha(Washington Post) If you don’t get past the paywall at WaPo the gist of the article is that at a … Continue reading →

This came out a few years ago but I dragged my feet so other books got in the way.  But it was available at the library the other day so I snatched it.  Yay me! I read and very much … Continue reading →

I read the following this morning and agreed so much I had to repost. It’s from a blog I enjoy. I might just take to doing a few different things once in a great while. Maybe I’ll post a political … Continue reading →

Originally posted on musingsofanoldfart:
A friend told me that regardless of the seditious actions and Big Lie of the former president, that even his better educated relatives and friends who voted for Donald J. Trump will do so again. As…

This book is way over my head.  To me it sounds like someone from a post-grad (or post-doc) psych class went to City Hall and gave them a little Saturday “workshop” on how they can learn to agree and have … Continue reading →