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This is such a fun and enlightening book. Oh my goodness. I kind of wanted to read it straight through in one sitting or one day but I got tired and didn’t want to miss a word. That said I … Continue reading →

This was my 2nd reading of PSS because it was very good (even though I understand it needs updating but how can a book written 18 years ago be “updated” when so much has changed since then?)  I know I … Continue reading →

The title of Karen Joy Fowler’s latest novel is almost self-explanatory.  Generally, it’s a family saga wrapped in 19th century US social, political and economic history from 1822 to 1865 and beyond. John Wilkes Booth became the most famous member … Continue reading →

And this is how I forget to post about the  books I read.   I write something up but then I get on with the next thing before I post. OR –  I am too sleepy and just go to … Continue reading →

If you didn’t guess this already, I’m a True Crime fan (not a buff) and finally reading Helter Skelter in spite my natural disinclination to read sensationalist hyper-popularized material.  I’m very interested in the procedural aspect and the trials.  I … Continue reading →

I don’t usually enjoy books narrated by the author unless they’ve been professionally trained in some way. This book is an exception because the voice of Dianne Lake makes the feel of the story even more authentic and it is … Continue reading →

It’s hard to put my finger on why but this book just doesn’t live up to what I expect from a true crime book.  It’s still pretty good – nicely written by Bloom and Atkinson.  Again, it’s an older book … Continue reading →

Oh such a fine True Crime book!  First published in 1988 so it’s an older tome, but it’s a classic, imo.  I’ve been reading True Crime off and on since the 1980s, but at that time I was kind of … Continue reading →

I Will Find You was on my Wish List because I enjoy the occasional suspenseful and gritty works of Harlan Conan.  And then, yesterday there came a sale so Audible kindly notified me something on my Wish List was On Sale. … Continue reading →

I read The Ex-Pats by Chris Pavone years ago, in 2012 going by my blog, and rated it a B+ .When The Paris Diversion came out, t almost  jogged my memory. but not quite. Then I saw it on sale a … Continue reading →

Pathetic book – don’t bother.  I’m not sure what kept me going.  There are more than a few very gritty and graphic scenes of sex and violence.  One of that cast of narrators is NOT at his best. I think … Continue reading →

Oh what a fine book to start of a n ew month!   I picked this up thanks to a recommendation from a friend whose tastes I respect and besides, it had been on my Wish List at Audible for … Continue reading →

I’m not generally a fan of life science as a subject of study or as individual books for my library, but my reading group seems determined to get me educated and I’ve gotten used to the books.   Actually, I’m … Continue reading →

Savage Run, is the second novel in the Joe Pickett series by C.J. Box. I have dipped around in this series,  but I’m ready to go in sequential order probably because I read Box’s 4-book Cassie Dewell series  (4 books) and … Continue reading →

Okay – I caved and now I’m going to rave. This is such a fine, fine book.  It’s so fun in so many ways.  It’s real, it’s informative, it’s funny. It’s tension-packed, it’s sad and it’s a page-turner, it’s award … Continue reading →

Oh my –  what in the world?  This was on the Booker International Short List for 2022 so I read it because it’ss the April Booker Reading Group selection.  (Each year we read the Short Lists for the Booker Prize … Continue reading →

Although I was immediately attracted to this book when it was released back in February of 2023, I wasn’t sure how current it was – I mean I hadn’t heard anything substantive about QAnon in months, maybe not since 1/6. … Continue reading →