Category Archives: Books to Read During a Pandemic

The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 35)

Posted on November 20, 2020 by bseat

On my father’s side I am supposedly a little bit Norwegian, which seemed very exotic to me as the rest of my gene pool is mostly German. I have had Norway on my bucket list since I was in fourth … Continue reading →

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The King Of Lies by John Hart (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 34)

Posted on November 13, 2020 by bseat

John Hart keeps on surprising me! I recently read one of his books and now, here I am again reviewing another novel he wrote! Although The King of Lies initially seems like a straight forward murder mystery, Hart somehow manages … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais (Books to Read During the Pandemic, Part 33)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by bseat

Joe Pike and Elvis Cole are some of my favorite characters. As private detectives and investigators they are tough, thorough and have an innate sense of justice that kicks in when they see something going wrong. Pike is in the … Continue reading →

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The Ten thousand Doors of January by Alix L. Harrow (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 32)

Posted on October 30, 2020 by bseat

I have always loved doors. Whenever I travel, I end up taking pictures of doors and doorways. For me they are evocative, mysterious, and inviting. So a book about doors was a fascinating concept to me and this book quickly … Continue reading →

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Braiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall Kimmerer (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 31)

Posted on October 23, 2020 by bseat

I’m not sure I would have ever picked this book up on my own but a friend told me that it was as important to her as the Bible and had changed her life. With a recommendation like that it … Continue reading →

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 30)

Posted on October 16, 2020 by bseat

I first met Leigh Bardugo when I read her Grisha trilogy beginning with Shadow and Bone. She is clearly a new and exciting voice in the fantasy genre, so when I saw that she had written another novel set in … Continue reading →

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Inheritors by Asako Serizawa (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 27)

Posted on September 25, 2020 by bseat

The Inheritors is a collection of interconnected stories about individual history and its legacy. It is about the choices we make and the impact of those choices have on following generations. It is also about the relationship between Japan and … Continue reading →

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The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 26)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by bseat

Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent and Sarah Linton series is probably one of my favorite things to read. The combination of the complicated romance between Will and Sarah and the fact that Will is an agent for the Georgia Bureau of … Continue reading →

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The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 25)

Posted on September 11, 2020 by bseat

Lucius Krzelewski is a disappointment to his prominent and wealthy family. Although of Polish descent, the Krzelewski family moved to Vienna in the late 1800’s where social and business connections could be made and family fortunes enhanced. But Lucius, unable to … Continue reading →

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The Hush by John Hart (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 24)

Posted on September 4, 2020 by bseat

John Hart is one of those authors that can’t quite be pigeonholed into some convenient genre. He writes thrillers and mysteries, detective stories, moody, haunted, events and about betrayal, broken dreams and love lost. Although The Hush, is a sequel to … Continue reading →

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