The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley I read this book based on the recommendation of someone I greatly admire, who, it seems, has vastly different tastes in literature than I do. Don’t let the name “Lucy Foley” fool you: this is not a dark and tense thriller. It’s so different from the …
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Nov 24
Book Review: The Feather Thief
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk W. Johnson In the 1990 movie “The Freshman” a young NYU student becomes involved in a crime ring that charges rich people a million dollars to eat an endangered animal. I remember thinking that was a pretty far-fetched plot. After …
Feb 27
Book Review: A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness I’d heard about this book, and more to the point, seen in on the bookshelves of people who share my taste, so I was excited to get the audiobook from audible. It’s a huge tome, something like 27 hours to listen to, so it’s a time investment of …
Dec 30
Book Review – The Summer Before the War
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson Silly me for thinking that this book would be a lighthearted and feel-good romance in the same vein as Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. Simonson draws the time and place so well that one cannot imagine living in that time and place with anything other than a sense …
Aug 19
Book Review: Into the Water
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins This is a thriller/murder mystery by the author of The Girl on the Train. It’s similar in it subject matter and that it’s set in England, but it differs in that this one is much more strictly a murder mystery and less a clear-and-present-danger thriller. Also, it doesn’t have …