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The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

Posted on September 27, 2013 by bseat

Denis Lehane has written some great books, and some Like Gone, Baby, Gone or Shutter Island have become great movies as well, with great characters and much mystery and suspense.  The Given Day, however, is a much broader historical story … Continue reading →

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The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling

Posted on September 20, 2013 by bseat

Cormoran Strike, a veteran of Afghanistan with a prosthetic leg to show for his time overseas, is trying to make it as a small time private detective in London.  He is barely scraping by, and is now also arrears on … Continue reading →

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River of Dust by Virginia Pye

Posted on September 6, 2013 by bseat

River of Dust opens on the bare and desolate steppes of China, not long after the Boxer Rebellion where a  small band of missionaries work with the Chinese peasants in this time of great social upheaval, suspicion and famine. The … Continue reading →

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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Posted on August 23, 2013 by bseat

The Light Between Oceans is a lyrical book which explores the choices we make and their impact on those around us. Returning to Australia from the Western Front  in 1926, Tom Sherbourne, is a veteran of WWI.  Trying to come … Continue reading →

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The Abundance by Amit Majmadur

Posted on August 9, 2013 by bseat

The Abundance is a poignant and bittersweet story about how cooking traditional foods becomes a way for one Indian immigrant family is able to  cross the generational divide and provide a legacy for the next generation to enjoy and remember … Continue reading →

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The Defection of A. J. Lewinter by Robert Littell

Posted on August 2, 2013 by bseat

A few years ago I came across Robert Littell, a highly recommended author in the spy genre-someone, I was told, who was equal or better than John le Carré  one of my favorite authors.  I have previously read Legends, which explores … 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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Megachange: The World in 2050 edited by John Andrews and D. Franklin

Posted on July 12, 2013 by bseat

As a change of pace from the fiction that I usually read, I have been slowly working my way through Megachange: The World in 2050.  Every year The Economist puts out “The World in…” but Megachange jumps ahead to 2050 … 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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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

Posted on June 28, 2013 by bseat

Chechnya in the mid 1990’s is a brutal war torn place. Sonja Rabina has returned there from studying in the US and now works in a small shell of what once was a large and busy hospital in her hometown. … Continue reading →

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