Monthly Archives: August 2024

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

Posted on August 30, 2024 by bseat

I read The Historian by Kostova and loved that book, so it was easy to pick up her third book, The Shadow Land. I was not disappointed! This is a book what happened under the Communist regime in Bulgaria immediately … Continue reading →

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At The Beach!

Posted on August 23, 2024 by bseat

As you read this will be on my way for a week at the beach. I thought I would share the books I have read thus far this year that I would recommend for a week at the beach!  The … Continue reading →

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Tales From the Cafe, Before We Say Goodbye and Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and Translated by Gregory Trousselot

Posted on August 16, 2024 by bseat

In September of 2022, I reviewed the first book in this cafe series, Before The Coffee Gets Cold, by Kawaguchi. Today I am reviewing the next three books which are just as intriguing and heartfelt as the first book. I … Continue reading →

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The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

Posted on August 9, 2024 by bseat

Spy novels are always fun to read when it is so hot outside you can’t even open the front door or if you are sipping lemonade at the beach.  Regardless of your environment, this new novel by Anna Pitoniak will … Continue reading →

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Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

Posted on August 2, 2024 by bseat

Some novels capture a time so vividly that they become seared into our consciousness as if we were actually there. Phillips has managed to do this in this novel about the aftermath of the Civil War with characters so vivid … Continue reading →

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