Category Archives: Non Fiction

Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow

Posted on April 18, 2025 by bseat

Turow has written a superb novel about the complicated process of defending someone accused of murder. How much do we really know about another person? How much do our past experiences of betrayal, or misjudgments about someone color the way … Continue reading →

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How Iceland Changed the World: The Big Story of a Small Island by Egill Bjarrnason

Posted on October 6, 2023 by bseat

Iceland was fascinating. At first it looks barren and god-forsaken, but it grows on you! Soon you can see the little sprigs of growth, the green and yellow moss, the low lying bushes sheared by the wind, the small trees … Continue reading →

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A trip to Finland, Norway and Iceland (Part 2)

Posted on September 29, 2023 by bseat

Last week I shared the books I was planning to read in Finland and Norway so this week I will share the books I plan to read in Iceland. Iceland seems like such a small country tucked in the corner … Continue reading →

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A Trip to Finland, Norway and Iceland (Part One)

Posted on September 22, 2023 by bseat

Whenever I go on trip I like to find books written about or by authors from that country.  So I thought I would share the books I am taking on this trip and will read while visiting these countries. Our … Continue reading →

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The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Posted on June 23, 2023 by bseat

I loved watching True Blood on TV. It had all the things I loved- romance, thrills, chills and great dialogue! There was also a sense that even has the plot lines got more and more outrageous, the show runners would often … Continue reading →

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The January 6th Report by The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Posted on March 3, 2023 by bseat

Thomas Jefferson said, “An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.” I am not a particularly political person, but I do want to be informed, to understand what is happening, to be clear that my ideas … Continue reading →

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All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss

Posted on December 16, 2022 by bseat

It is almost Christmas now, and if you are following the church calendar we are in the third week of the four weeks of Advent. Advent is supposed to be a time of waiting, of reflection, and quietness, but in … Continue reading →

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Five Decembers by James Kestrel

Posted on December 9, 2022 by bseat

This book was the winner of the 2022 Edgar Awards, and it certainly deserves that honor. Set in Hawaii in 1941, this is a hard knuckle thriller that takes you all across the Pacific on the trail of a brutal … Continue reading →

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Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman

Posted on August 26, 2022 by bseat

Sharon Kay Penman is an impressive historical novelist. Her books are well researched, steeped in historic details, but are never dry or stagnant. She alway fills out the historic figures in her books so that you feel like they are … Continue reading →

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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Posted on October 21, 2021 by bseat

Over the years there have been a few books that explained the world to me in revelatory ways. I think my first experience was a book I read in college about usury. Through that one topic the whole medieval structure … Continue reading →

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