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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris

Posted on November 14, 2014 by bseat

Sometimes a book’s categorization is elusive. Sometimes you just have to enjoy the book without trying to make it fit a mold.  To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is just such a book. It’s a little bit syfi, a … Continue reading →

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Needful Things by Stephen King

Posted on October 31, 2014 by bseat

Stephen King, known as the master of horror, is truly masterful at scaring people!  His secret is that he takes ordinary, everyday things and turns them into things of nightmares-like a car in Christine, or a dog in Cujo, changing … Continue reading →

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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarity

Posted on October 17, 2014 by bseat

From the author of The Husband’s Secret, comes another compelling story about everyday domestic life in a suburb outside of Sydney, Australia. Without wasting any time, Moriarity plunges us into the complicated lives of this small town by letting us … Continue reading →

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You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Posted on October 10, 2014 by bseat

Grace Reinhardt Sachs and her husband Jonathan are living the New York life.  Grace is a well known therapist and author of several books and Jonathan is an oncologist at Sloan Kettering Hospital. Their son, Henry is a fourth grader … Continue reading →

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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Posted on September 12, 2014 by bseat

A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books on Alice Island, Massachusetts, has been having “a no good, very bad” couple of years.  First the love of his life, his wife, died in a tragic traffic accident.  Then came the economic … Continue reading →

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Posted on September 5, 2014 by bseat

Ursula Beresford Todd was born on a snowy February day in 1910, and then she died. On the same snowy day in February, 1910, Ursula was born again, into the same loving family as before.  She does not realize that … Continue reading →

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NIght Film by Marisha Pessl

Posted on August 29, 2014 by bseat

There is a fine line between obsession and the need to find the truth, but for journalist, Scott McGrath, the line is even more blurred, especially when it comes to the reclusive cult film director Stanislas Cordova.  A few years … Continue reading →

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The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon

Posted on August 1, 2014 by bseat

Sometimes reading a book becomes a long term commitment, in this case, a commitment of 23 years and counting!  When I read Outlander, the first book in this series in the early 1990’s I was hooked by the characters, the … Continue reading →

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Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

Posted on July 11, 2014 by bseat

Vaelin al Sorna should have had an easy life. His father was a hero and had saved the king. Their family motto was ” Loyalty is our Strength, after falling out of favor with the king and his wife’s death, … Continue reading →

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Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick

Posted on July 4, 2014 by bseat

Do you remember the feeling when a book opened your eyes and you had this amazing “Aha!” moment?  Well one of my favorite memories of that was when I read The Once and Future King by T. H White and … Continue reading →

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