Tag Archives: Everyone

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Posted on January 24, 2020 by bseat

Years ago I read a novel called Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger, which was a becoming of age story about a young man who in the course of one summer is confronted with lies, betrayal and murder and yet … Continue reading →

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Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Posted on January 17, 2020 by bseat

I became very curious when Tokarczuk won the Man Booker Prize for Flights and then even more intrigued when she recently won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. (The award was postponed a year due to internal controversy and dissension … Continue reading →

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The Map of Knowledge by Violet Moller

Posted on January 10, 2020 by bseat

I have been sick since Christmas Day with a terrible hacking cold and cough. Yesterday, after being sick and tired of being sick and tired, I declared myself well and tried to get back to my normal schedule. Today I … Continue reading →

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A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Posted on December 27, 2019 by bseat

Did you get some money for Christmas that you are not sure what spend on? ? A gift card from Amazon? Do you have some time now with family and friends gone, to curl up with a good book?  Well, … Continue reading →

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Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Posted on November 22, 2019 by bseat

Deep in the marshes and bayous near Barkley Cove, North Carolina is where the “Marsh Girl” lived. The people of the town knew of her-the abandoned girl named Kya Clark, who lived in a ramshackle hut that was only accessible … Continue reading →

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The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics by Stephen Coss

Posted on November 15, 2019 by bseat

I love history when original documents are used to tell the story, letting us see what people were thinking, saying and letting us see how those thoughts played out in their actions. In The Fever of 1721, Coss does just … Continue reading →

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A Conversation About Violence Against Women in Fiction

Posted on September 27, 2019 by bseat

I have numerous books in my queue waiting to be blogged. One is The Current by Tim Johnson. It is a story of two college aged women who are pulled from an icy river on the outskirts of a small … Continue reading →

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The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Posted on July 26, 2019 by bseat

What happens to a young boy on the cusp of manhood when his mother is assaulted and almost killed? What happens to a family who must cope while their mother and their wife tries to heal from the physical and … Continue reading →

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Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Posted on March 29, 2019 by bseat

This book is the harrowing true story of one woman’s quest for truth, knowledge and self determination. It is one of the most powerful endorsements for the proposition that “The Truth shall set you free” and a chilling and heartbreaking … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Testament, Arranged and Introduced by Phillip Kopper

Posted on December 21, 2018 by bseat

As you have probably realized by now, I have a collection of Christmas books that I bring out every year during this season. To me they are just as important to me as the the tree,  decorations and music which … Continue reading →

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