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PH
Mar 27, 2024
The Survivors
This is a complex and very suspenseful mystery. There are a number of flashbacks to a time, 12 years ago, when a boat capsized in a storm and two men drowned. The author very skillfully weaves in their present-day families, who daily suffer guil...
TT
Mar 24, 2024
A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times
Start of a new series of a sort, since it brings in characters from previous series almost as if this was a side story running alongside but told later. Also this is the first of this authors books that I have read that does not bring a final reso...
JB
Mar 24, 2024
Out of Nowhere
About a mass shooting at a county fair. I usually avoid books about that subject but it was an interesting read on how they tracked down the shooter.
SM
Mar 23, 2024
The Mad Sculptor
Harold Schechter has written many true crime books, including one on Wisconsin's own Ed Gein. He is a master at condensing many facts into a coherent, entertaining whole. In The Mad Sculptor, he relates the lurid tale of Robert Irwin, a handsome b...
BF
Mar 20, 2024
Remembered Death
This is an excellent (and lesser known) whodunnit by Agatha Christie. To my delight, I couldn't guess the solution of the mystery, and some people ended happily.
SM
Mar 19, 2024
Rocket Boys
A beautiful coming-of-age memoir, Homer Hickam's Rocket Boys tells the story of a young boy, living in the West Virginia coal fields where his father manages a mine, who is inspired to build rockets after he sees Sputnik 's launch in the late 1950...
SM
Mar 19, 2024
Flying on the Inside
Rachel Gotto, the author of Flying on the Inside, had certainly suffered a great deal and writes about it with poignancy and relatability. In a short space of time, she lost her beloved brother and her husband. Then she began having seizures due t...
MW
Mar 17, 2024
This Is How You Lose the Time War
5/5 for me, but may be a tricky read because of the slightly flowery way it's written.
TIHYLTTW is a beautifully written science fiction, mildly abstract, poetic, queer, Romeo-and-Juliet retelling. I cried almost every chapter, and even though I ...
SM
Mar 9, 2024
Unbelievable
If you are interested in ESP, poltergeists, psychokinesis and other paranormal topics, you might find Stacy Horn's Unbelievable a fascinating investigation into that arena. It is the very well-documented story of J.B. Rhine and his parapsychology ...
SM
Mar 7, 2024
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
For some reason, I had ignored this book for decades and only recently picked it up for a reading challenge. I loved it! Betty Smith has written an enduring classic about coming of age. Rich in characterization, poignant and often humorous, A Tree...
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