Category Archives: Fiction

The Vegetarian by Han Kang; Translated by Deborah Smith

Posted on March 17, 2017 by bseat

Some books are haunting because you can’t quite forget the images they put in your mind, but there are also books that haunt you because you feel that you are missing something terribly important, that is just out of reach. … Continue reading →

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The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

Posted on March 10, 2017 by bseat

I love it when books open up a whole new world of ideas, history and perspective! This book certainly opened up a whole new part of  the world-Burma and Malaya-that I simply did not know much about. Ghosh gives us … Continue reading →

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The Devils of Cardona by Matthew Carr

Posted on March 3, 2017 by bseat

History repeats itself.  Which is why, I think I am drawn to historical fiction. It illuminates past human experience in a way that even those who are not historians can understand and appreciate our historical antecedents.  Of course you cannot … Continue reading →

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This Is Why I Came by Mary Rakow

Posted on February 24, 2017 by bseat

Some books just surprise you by their simplicity and power. The simple poetic prose and new insights into texts weary with the weight of thousands of years of analysis are what astonished me in this lovely meditative book by Rakow. … Continue reading →

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Posted on February 10, 2017 by bseat

Sometimes you have complicated feelings about a book. I certainly do about this Pulitzer Prize winning novel about the Vietnam War narrated by a Vietnamese communist sleeper agent. Wonderfully written, dark, evocative, satirical and suspenseful; there is much to savor … Continue reading →

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Redemption Road by John Hart

Posted on January 27, 2017 by bseat

John Hart is a damn good author! The fact that he won back to back Edgar Awards, the only author to do so, should have clued me in, but now after having read two of his books, I know I … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

Posted on January 20, 2017 by bseat

There is something very addictive about the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly. I eagerly await for each new release and when it comes out I snarf it down immediately and then can’t wait until the next one comes out! … Continue reading →

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The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter

Posted on January 6, 2017 by bseat

Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors and I have been following her characters, Will Trent, a cop with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Dr. Sara Linton the GBI’s coroner for awhile now.  I am always excited to … Continue reading →

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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Posted on December 16, 2016 by bseat

Ove is a curmudgeon. He is resented by the neighbors for his relentless enforcement of the rules in the neighborhood. Every day he makes reconnaissance tours, morning and evening, taking down license numbers of cars who are parked illegally or … Continue reading →

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Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich

Posted on December 9, 2016 by bseat

Clayton Burroughs is a bit surprised when an agent from the ATF walks into his office. As sheriff of a small community in Georgia, a visit from an agent of a  federal agency was a rarity, but Clayton guessed that … Continue reading →

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