Category Archives: Fiction

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson ( Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 39)

Posted on December 18, 2020 by bseat

Troublesome Creek, Kentucky in the 1930’s is a hardscrabble place to live, filled with prejudice and superstition. Many of the men work in mines that are not safe and the women stay at home in the backwoods and hollers trying … Continue reading →

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All Systems Red by Martha Wells 9 (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 38)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by bseat

One of my friends, a librarian, recommended these books by Wells which are collectively known as The Murderbot Diaries. Somehow I never got around to reading them. Then when the pandemic began and she recommended them again, I listened and … Continue reading →

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North of the Tension Line by J.F. Riordan (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 37)

Posted on December 4, 2020 by bseat

I’m not sure how I heard about this series of books by Riordan set in Wisconsin’s Door County, but on a whim I decided to try the first one. I think I was remembering the time, many years ago, when … Continue reading →

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 36)

Posted on November 27, 2020 by bseat

In the middle of colder days and longer nights, this book was a ray of sunshine and delight. Osman’s septuagenarian sleuths who meet every Thursday in the Jigsaw Room of their retirement community (hence the name “The Thursday Murder Club’) … Continue reading →

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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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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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Testimony by Scott Turow (Books To Reading During a Pandemic, Part 29)

Posted on October 9, 2020 by bseat

You cannot think of Scott Turow without thinking of his book Presumed Innocent and the movie starring Harrison Ford. Scott Turow is a master of the the legal procedural, by both making the law relevant and exposing its limitations. His … Continue reading →

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