Author Archives: bseat

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 57)

Posted on April 30, 2021 by bseat

The year is 2045. All the things that humanity worried about; climate change, eco destruction and gross inequalities between the haves and have nots, have come to fruition. Earth is a dying planet and the only escape is OASIS, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, book to movie, Books to Read During a Pandemic, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Series, Uncategorized, YA | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

An Ode To My Parents

Posted on April 23, 2021 by bseat

My father passed away last Tuesday. He was 93. My mother passed away in 2007.  I know that my love of books, the joy I find in stories, the way my curiosity is fed by books is because my parents … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 6 Comments

The Lost And Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 56)

Posted on April 16, 2021 by bseat

It’s been a long slog through this pandemic. Slowly we are getting vaccinated, and things will start to open up, (although some are doing it too soon) and we will get back to “normal’ whatever that might look like. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Books to Read During a Pandemic, Fiction, Romance | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 55)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by bseat

I am not really a short story person. I like long novels where I can engage the characters and the end comes after a long circuitous path. Then I read an article where they interviewed famous people and asked about … Continue reading →

Posted in Books to Read During a Pandemic, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prize Winner, Science Fiction, Short Stories | Tagged | Leave a comment

Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 54

Posted on April 2, 2021 by bseat

If you are a fan of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice, you will be intrigued by this riff on a theme by P. D. James. This is definitely “fan fiction”  and P. D. James’ homage to this literary gem contains … Continue reading →

Posted in book to movie, Books to Read During a Pandemic, Detective novel, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Mystery/Detective, Romance, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 53)

Posted on March 26, 2021 by bseat

Like many of you, as soon as Hamilton, The Musical, was available online, we signed up to see it. My husband and I have watched it numerous time since then. Powerful, full of energy and starring an amazing and diverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Books to Read During a Pandemic, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

A Test Of Wills by Charles Todd (Books To Read During A Pandemic, Part 52)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by bseat

It has been one year, this week, since the beginning of the pandemic. As we look back on what our world was like before the pandemic and what it is now it is easy to focus on wearing masks, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Books to Read During a Pandemic, Detective novel, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Series, Suspense | Tagged , | 1 Comment

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang ( Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 51)

Posted on March 12, 2021 by bseat

First they lost the baby and then Ma, and then they lost Ba. Now it is just the two siblings, Lucy and Sam. Still children themselves, they leave the miners camp and try to find a place to bury their … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Books to Read During a Pandemic, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 50)

Posted on March 5, 2021 by bseat

It is 1601, and Queen Elizabeth is dying. Childless, she has yet to designate an heir and King James VI of Scotland is the leading contender. However, there are suspicions that he is secretly a Catholic and might cause another … Continue reading →

Posted in Books to Read During a Pandemic, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Spiritual, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 49)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by bseat

This was a hard book to read. It is one woman’s account of sexual assault and rape at an elite boarding school in New England. In it Crawford tries to answer the question, Why Now? which seems to be asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Books to Read During a Pandemic, memoir, Non Fiction | Tagged | Leave a comment