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Year in Summary for 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by bseat

It is always interesting to look back and see what my reading year was like-the highs, the lows, the books I tried to like, but just couldn’t and the ones that surprised me and made me glad that I read … Continue reading →

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Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian

Posted on December 5, 2014 by bseat

Seventeen year old Emily, was living a fairly normal teen age life  in Vermont before the accident. Her parents led busy lives working full time at the local nuclear power plant and she was going to school. She could have … Continue reading →

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Now You See Me by S. J. Bolton

Posted on July 25, 2014 by bseat

Lacey Flint is a young detective constable in London. It has taken her quite a lot to reach this point in her life, and her past still haunts her even though she tries to ignore it. But then one night … Continue reading →

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The Expats by Chris Pavone

Posted on June 27, 2014 by bseat

Kate Moore needs to quit her job. Her husband, Dexter, has just signed a very lucrative contract to be a financial consultant for a bank in Luxembourg, so not only does Kate need to quite her job she needs to … Continue reading →

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The Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen; Translated by Martin Aitken

Posted on February 21, 2014 by bseat

Nete Hermanson has achieved much during the last twenty years. Overcoming a past that is both heartbreaking and scandalous, Nete has finally relaxed into her life in upper class society with her well connected and wealthy husband. And then in … Continue reading →

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2013 Year End Summary

Posted on January 3, 2014 by bseat

Happy 2014!  Since it is the beginning of a new year, I thought I would take some time to reflect on the reading I did during 2013 which may also give you some new ideas for reading material for the … Continue reading →

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Suspect by Robert Crais

Posted on October 4, 2013 by bseat

Robert Crais in one of my favorite authors.  His books about Joe Pike and Elvis Cole, two private detectives in the City of Los Angeles (Taken, and The First Rule for example) are compelling, gritty, exciting and never disappoint.  However, in Crais’s most … Continue reading →

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Will Return Next Week!

Posted on September 13, 2013 by bseat

Dear Readers, Our kitchen is being renovated!  What, you say, does that have to do with my blog?  Well, I have been consumed with things kitchen…door pulls, paint colors, appliances, lighting fixtures, counter tops and the dust!  You would not … Continue reading →

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Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson

Posted on July 19, 2013 by bseat

Robert Wilson is a gifted writer and if you have not yet read any of his books your are missing some really good ones!  Starting with The Company of Strangers which is set in 1944 war torn Lisbon with a … Continue reading →

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The Wife by Meg Wolitzer

Posted on July 5, 2013 by bseat

After 40 years of marriage, Joan Castleman decides it is time to leave her husband and her marriage. She comes to this decision sitting next to her husband, Joe, in first class cabin of the airplane that is taking them … Continue reading →

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