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Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra

Posted on January 11, 2013 by bseat

To categorize Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra as a detective novel is so limiting it hardly does it justice, but in reality it is about a Sikh detective and his encounter with the most wanted gangster in all of India. … Continue reading →

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The Good Son by Michael Gruber

Posted on January 5, 2013 by bseat

I began reading books by Gruber a few years ago. The first was The Book of Air and Shadows, the next was The Forgery of Venus. Both were very good and so I was excited to read this new book … Continue reading →

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An End of the Year Wrap-up

Posted on January 2, 2013 by bseat

As we begin the New Year (2013!)  I wanted to take a moment to look back on my year of reading and talk about the most memorable, the “so-so” and my new discoveries for this year. I read 84 books … Continue reading →

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

Posted on December 21, 2012 by bseat

For my first Christmas posting it seems appropriate to talk about the wonderful book by Barbara Robinson called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  For years now, our family has read this out loud as part of our Christmas celebration, either … Continue reading →

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The Passage and The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Posted on December 7, 2012 by bseat

When I picked up this book last year I knew it had to do with vampires and a US military experiment gone haywire.  But that hardly even scratches the surface of what this book and this series is about.  Once … Continue reading →

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Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo

Posted on October 19, 2012 by bseat

Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo One of the most impressive books that I have read in the past 5 years is a novel called Acts of Faith, (2005) by Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. The book is about … Continue reading →

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Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Posted on October 12, 2012 by bseat

Historical fiction is one of my favorite types of books and Hilary Mantel is fast becoming one of my favorite authors for this genre after reading Wolf Hall (2009) and her more recent Bring Up the Bodies (2012). Starting in … Continue reading →

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