Wednesday, August 28, 2024

The Club Dumas Paperback –Arturo Perez-Reverte ----------------- 3 Stars

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On my "To Read' list" for a number of years was The Club Dumas , and I was finally able to get to it this summer. While it cam...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 3.5 Stars

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Like many, I was first put on to Agatha Christie many years ago with her famous And Then There Were None.   I remember really enjoying that ...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters Paperback - Mark Dunn ------------ 3 Stars

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Clever, creative, original - just same words that come to mind after finishing the bizarre but somehow quite interesting, Ella Minnow Pea . ...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin ------------------ 4.5 Stars

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Release two years ago, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow  received critical acclaim since published. After waiting a couple months for the ...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

The Hunting Party - Lucy Foley ------------- 3 Stars

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I read The Hunting Party was a great "who dunnit" story from the other side of the pond. And, while I was actually pretty engaged...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest - Candice Millard -------------------- 2.5 Stars

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   The River of Doubt sounded like a really exciting book to read. As Amazon describes it, "At once an incredible adventure narrative ...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

Don't Believe It - Charlie Donlea ------------------- 3.5 Stars

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Been on a bit of a role lately reading these "modern" thriller books with typical plot twists near the ending. Don't Believe I...
Monday, May 27, 2024

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead ----------- 3 Stars

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A few years ago, I read The Underground Railroad by the impressive and well-regarded Colson Whitehead. While he's written a number of ot...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Nineties: A Book - Chuck Klosterman ----------------- 3 Stars

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This book seemed like a natural for me. I spent my formative years in the 1990s and I really enjoy Chuck Klosterman's writing style ( la...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid ------------- 4.5 Stars

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I really wasn't planning to read Daisy Jones and the Six . The few thing I read about it said it was a book about a 70s musician/female ...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton -------------- 4 Stars

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Like most people, I saw and greatly enjoyed the original Jurassic Park movie many years ago. At the time, I don't think I was aware that...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides ------------------- 3.5 Stars

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A couple years old, The Silent Patient is a book that recently was recommended, and it was a pretty enjoyable read. Really a mystery novel ...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Boy21 - Matthew Quick ---------------- 3.5 Stars

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I would have never planned to read Boy21 if my son had not read the book and exclaimed it was the "greatest book I've ever read....
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn --------------------- 4.5 Stars

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Released a few years ago, I've been a bit skeptical about reading Sharks in the Time of Saviors , though it received high praise from my...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Rabbit, Run - John Updike ------------------- 1.5 Stars

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Rabbit, Run has been on my "to read" list for a very long time. Released in 1960, this book made Updike quite famous and is regar...
Monday, January 15, 2024

Razorblade Tears - S. A. Cosby ---------------------- 3.5 Stars

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While not on my radar, and not something I had previously come across, I was happy to take some time to read the recently released Razorblad...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett ----------------- 4 Stars

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I've read and reviewed three Ken Follett books (reviews here ), including the incomparable Pillars of the Earth, which was one of the fe...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Trust - Hernan Diaz --------------- 2.5 Stars

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Sometimes people's opinions are really different. This is a good example. Released in 2022, Trust went on to be in one of the most crit...
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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It - Chris Voss ------------- 3 Stars

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While I didn't really think I did a lot of negotiating in life, this book was recommended to me. And, even with an awfully serious title...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Paperback – Jonas Jonasson ----------------- 2 Stars

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The 100 Year Old Man who Climbed Out the Window , was released about 10 years ago and was popular upon its release. However, I had not ever ...