Tag Archives: Lauren

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on August 17, 2018 by bseat

Born in the US but living in Nigeria, Sunny struggles with feeling like she doesn’t belong. Not only does she speak differently and have a much different set of experiences than her classmates in Nigeria, she is also albino which … Continue reading →

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The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Posted on August 10, 2018 by bseat

A younger woman begins an affair with a married man. The married man leaves his wife for the younger woman. The betrayed wife tries desperately to break them up. Obsession, betrayal, passion, are all a part of this story of … Continue reading →

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Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie

Posted on August 3, 2018 by bseat

Vinnie Milner is looking forward to her research trip to England. At 50 she is a professor at a prestigious university on the East Coast and a leading authority on children’s nursery rhymes, a rather esoteric subject not highly regarded … Continue reading →

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Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

Posted on July 27, 2018 by bseat

Michael Ondaatje was in the news recently for winning the Golden Man Booker Award for  The English Patient (1992) which I loved. This got me curious about his new book, Warlight, and I was vividly reminded again of the power … Continue reading →

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Posted on July 20, 2018 by bseat

In an unnamed country in the midst of civil unrest, two young people meet. Fiercely independent, modern and sensual, Nadia, and gentle, protective and reserved, Saeed.  Two people who are drawn to each other by the very things that are … Continue reading →

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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Posted on June 15, 2018 by bseat

When you are in the hands of a master story teller you can feel it! You are able to relax into the story and trust that the author will guide you through even the most fantastical of  tales. Arden is … Continue reading →

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Slade House by David Mitchell

Posted on May 25, 2018 by bseat

This is one of the most interesting haunted house books I have ever read! Not that I really go out of my way to read haunted house books but I have read a few in my day, beginning with Nancy … Continue reading →

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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on May 11, 2018 by bseat

In post-apocalyptic Africa, a pregnant woman wanders the desert hoping to die. Instead she lives and learns to survive even though the baby she carries was created out of rape. When the baby arrives, the mother, sensing something special, names … Continue reading →

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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Posted on April 27, 2018 by bseat

A finalist for the National Book Award, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is a haunting and moving four generational saga of a Korean family who flees what is now North Korea to live in Japan.  Spanning more than eighty years … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow by Damian Dibben

Posted on April 20, 2018 by bseat

I was in my car coming home from an evening appointment when I heard this book being reviewed on NPR.  I bought it as soon as I got home and began reading it right away!  Who can resist a story … Continue reading →

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