Category Archives: Romance

The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

Posted on September 5, 2025 by bseat

Many of the books we read follow a well know archetype- boy goes on a quest/journey and becomes a man. These are often great books like William Krueger’s This Tender Land, or All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony … Continue reading →

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The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Posted on August 29, 2025 by bseat

I sometimes find the book designation “YA” or “Young Adult” a bit confusing and limiting. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was a breakout YA novel as was Twilight by Stephanie Meyer and more recently Leigh Bardugos’s Shadow and Bone series … Continue reading →

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All The Colors Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker

Posted on August 8, 2025 by bseat

I found this book through a “Best of 2025 List” I saw recently on Facebook and am so glad I did!  Although the subject matter is rather is disturbing (child kidnapping) the story focuses on the after effects on those … Continue reading →

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Blood and Ash Series by Jennifer Armentrout

Posted on June 27, 2025 by bseat

I began this series after I finished another series by Armentrout. Sometimes what you really liked in one series by an author doesn’t translate into a different series, but once I started these books I couldn’t put them down! So … Continue reading →

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Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas

Posted on May 2, 2025 by bseat

It is always a delight to find a series, especially a a fantasy series, that you really enjoy! Recently, I am finding that I am getting more picky, or just not willing to commit to a fantasy series unless I … Continue reading →

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How To Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris

Posted on April 4, 2025 by bseat

You know that feeling when something awful happens and someone makes a joke about it? That cringey, sick to your stomach feeling, but also a little gurgle of laughter? I know you know what I mean. Maybe telling the joke … Continue reading →

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The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen

Posted on October 18, 2024 by bseat

I always like to read novels about the places I am going to visit. When you read this I will be traveling in Italy and will have just spent three days in Venice. Bowen’s book, with its rich details of … Continue reading →

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The 7 1/2 Death of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Posted on July 19, 2024 by bseat

Every now and again someone comes up with a plot twist that no one has ever thought of before. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, and that of course is the downside this kind of creativity. Luckily Turton has … Continue reading →

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The Anamoly by Hervé Le Telier, Translated by Adriana Hunter

Posted on June 7, 2024 by bseat

We have all wondered what would have happened if we had made a different choice. If we had gone to the more expensive college, or taken that job offer, or accepted a marriage proposal, or quit smoking, or went to … Continue reading →

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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, Translated by Eric Ozawa

Posted on May 17, 2024 by bseat

A young woman, grieving a relationship that ended quite callously, finds solace in a family bookstore in Tokyo. While this is the quick summary of this book, it really offers so much more. It is about love, relationships and family. … Continue reading →

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