Category Archives: books

As the result of a dare with a journalist, Enzo MacLeod , a forensic specialist, is tackling a series of 7 unsolved crimes. In this, the 4th, we find him on a tiny island off the coast of Brittany where, 20 years prior, an … Continue reading →

I’d been looking at this book anyway and it might have been on my crowded Wish List. (I keep about 200  books on my Wish Lists and I pare and add regularly.) Anyway – there is was one day on sale. Okay … Continue reading →

This “cozy” is set in Three Pines which, after I read this somewhere, is NOT supposed to be a real or realistic place. It’s a fantasy place for a certain group of people/readers.  And with this book, A World of Curiosities, … Continue reading →

This one is pure entertainment, folks.  I needed a wee bit. It’s another case of elderly people becoming sleuths. This is a rather recent development in my reading,. but I’m older now, too.. Okay – I’m 75 and have been … Continue reading →

I suppose NoViolelt Bulawayo’s new book, Glory, is a satire of sorts or perhaps an allegory. (It’s NOT Animal Farm). Glory starts out at a celebration for Old Horse, the “father of the nation,” who had, in 2017, ruled Bulawayo … Continue reading →

This is a heck of a good book. It’s brilliant actually, if you consider language and character development and themes etc.  Except for Unsheltered (2018). I’ve followed Barbara Kingsolver’s writing career from The Bean Trees in 1992.  Imo, until now, The … Continue reading →

This was on sale at Audible the other day and I just snatched it up because it was categorized as a “memoir” and “true crime,” I enjoy a good memoir, but I really appreciate a good “true crime”.book.  But first, … Continue reading →

I chose this book for a Reading Challenge because it was on my Wish List anyway and it just sounded good,  but I think I expected a good old-fashioned PI story set in the wilds of Alaska. As I got … Continue reading →

This is the debut novel of Ray Naylor whose prize winning short stories have been regularly published in both magazines and anthologies for many years.   I’m so glad I discovered him and hope to see more thoughtful and imaginative … Continue reading →

So I finished those two books about the Romantics of Jena, but between them I’d started Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger which I purchased on sale a few months ago. After I finished Jena, 1800 I started the … Continue reading →

I was still hungry for more info on these people who made up the Jena Set of early Romantics in Jena, Germany – as written up by Andrea Wulf in Magnificent Rebels (my review/this site).  I’d been confused for about half … Continue reading →

This is the first of the long running Kate Shugak series which continues into 2023. That’s pretty much what I’ve been looking for – something to keep me going (as though I don’t have enough to read)! – lol.   … Continue reading →

I’m not big on classic science fiction, but I believe this was first recommended by someone whose tastes I trust, (but who was that???) so I checked it out and sure enough, it was re-issued this year (2023) and the … Continue reading →

I wrote a blog entry about this book but it’s pretty sketchy because as I was reading it for the second time I realized I hadn’t even finished it the first time. As far as I can figure, I fell … Continue reading →

Yup – I wonder how I’ll do this year. A year of good books, a year of good tea, a good year of being where I’m supposed to be. No resolutions – I’ll change as I feel the need and … Continue reading →

My rule is that I have to have read the book for the first time in 2022.  It might have been published back in 1922, but I first read it in 2022.  It only counts twice if I read it … Continue reading →

I read 159 books this year making 12.67  the mean per month and 13.5 the median. Thats sounds good – it’s a bit over 3 books a week. The most read was April with 20 and the fewest read was in … Continue reading →