Category Archives: Series

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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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

Posted on July 25, 2025 by bseat

I had never heard of Robert Jackson Bennett before, but he is a well established fantasy writer who is gaining considerable critical acclaim. He currently has three series that he is working on simultaneously, one of which is The Shadow … Continue reading →

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Blood &Beauty and In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant

Posted on July 4, 2025 by bseat

In these times it is helpful to look back in history and find a time period not unlike our own and see what lessons we can learn.  So I decided to read about the Borgia family. They were consumed with … 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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Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Posted on May 30, 2025 by bseat

“A classic whodunit with a twist, ” is the way I would describe this book. I absolutely loved the first book in this series, The Magpie Murders, which introduced the main character, Susan Ryeland the editor for the Atticus Pund … Continue reading →

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The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen

Posted on May 16, 2025 by bseat

One of the risks in reading a series is that the second or third books may not be as wonderful as the first book you read. That is not, however, a problem with this second installment in Gerritsen’s new Martini … 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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Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn

Posted on April 25, 2025 by bseat

The four senior citizen assassins from Killers of a Certain Age are called back into service and they are more than ready to be back in action. After all there is only so much yoga and watercolor classes a person … Continue reading →

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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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The Seventh Floor by David McCloskey

Posted on April 11, 2025 by bseat

A good spy novel makes me very happy! It’s even better is when a former CIA agent is the author because you get a sense of truth and reality in the writing. But when the former CIA agent has a … Continue reading →

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