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A True Novel by Minae Mizumura, Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter

Posted on February 14, 2014 by bseat

How do I describe this novel? It haunts me in ways that I find hard to articulate and even understand.  I picked this book up first, because it was about postwar Japan and secondly, it was about star crossed lovers-a … Continue reading →

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The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly

Posted on February 7, 2014 by bseat

Mickey Haller, otherwise known as the Lincoln Lawyer because he works out of the back of a Lincoln Town car, is chasing demons of the past in this new novel called The Gods of Guilt.  It all starts with a … Continue reading →

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Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcon

Posted on January 31, 2014 by bseat

In an unnamed country in South America, struggling to heal after a civil war that seemed endless, a radio program called Lost City Radio gathers the nation together once a day.  It is hosted by Norma whose voice both eloquent … Continue reading →

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The Translator by Nina Schuyler

Posted on January 10, 2014 by bseat

Hanne, the main character of The Translator by Nina Schuyler, teaches Japanese and lives in LA.  She had been working on the translation of a novel by a famous Japanese author-it will be his first work to be translated into … Continue reading →

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And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Posted on December 27, 2013 by bseat

All of us have had those moments where we are talking with someone we have just met and realize that we know someone in common or have lived in the same place. These “small world” experiences create a sense that … Continue reading →

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1356 by Bernard Cornwell

Posted on December 20, 2013 by bseat

It is 1356 in France.  The Black Prince, the heir to the throne of England, is wreaking havoc with his army over the French countryside, destroying crops and villages with impunity.  The French king, King Jean II, is running out … Continue reading →

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Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott

Posted on November 29, 2013 by bseat

I have appreciated Anne Lamott’s wisdom and spiritual honesty for quite a while now.  Her earlier books; Traveling Mercies (2000) and Plan B (2006) were both books that I found to be wise, honest, funny and profound.  This new book … Continue reading →

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The Company by Robert Littell

Posted on November 1, 2013 by bseat

It is December 31, 1950, in East Berlin. Jack McAuliffe, along with several other more seasoned operatives from the CIA are waiting for a defector to show up. When the high ranking Russian intelligence officer appears he says that he … Continue reading →

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The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Stout

Posted on October 25, 2013 by bseat

Relationships with siblings can run the gamut between easy or very difficult.   In The Burgess Boys the relationships between Susan, Jim and Bob are both difficult and complicated. Born in Shirley Falls, Maine they were raised by their mother … 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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