Category Archives: Literary Fiction

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 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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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 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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The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 19)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by bseat

Hilary Mantel is an impressive writer and she proves this again in The Mirror and the Light, the last book in her series on Thomas Cromwell. It was such a strange experience to move from a very negative and antagonistic … Continue reading →

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Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré (Books To Read During A Pandemic, Part 14)

Posted on June 26, 2020 by bseat

John Le Carré has not lost his touch! This was a fascinating inside look into what it means to be a spy in the time of Brexit and Trump. As always, Le Carré creates characters that are interesting and complex … Continue reading →

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Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 13)

Posted on June 19, 2020 by bseat

Kate Atkinson is a good writer. She knows how to tell a good story, to form complicated and unexpected plot lines and create characters with depth and feeling and whose lives you care about. If you have not yet made … Continue reading →

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The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Bedani (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 10

Posted on May 29, 2020 by bseat

Courage. Strength. Resilience. These are all words we are hearing more and more these days, but what they mean can look so different in different circumstances. Badani seems to instinctively know that and in this quiet but powerful book, she … Continue reading →

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The Dragon’s Lair by Sharon Kay Penman (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 8)

Posted on May 15, 2020 by bseat

I find myself going back to tried and true authors during this pandemic. Maybe its because everything is so chaotic right now that I am less willing to experiment with a new author, or maybe its because I know that … Continue reading →

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