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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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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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Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

Posted on November 22, 2013 by bseat

Patrick Gamble is leaving his life in California and moving to Oregon to live with his mother while his father. who is in the military. is deployed for twelve months.  He gets on the plane  after saying an awkward good … Continue reading →

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A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Posted on November 8, 2013 by bseat

I love it when books begin with a warning as this one does: “this series will contain frozen mountains, foetid swamps, hostile foreigners, hostile fellow countrymen, the occasional hostile family member, bad decisions, misadventures in orienteering, diseases of an unromantic … Continue reading →

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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Posted on October 18, 2013 by bseat

The Shining Girls is a hard book to categorize, since it is about a serial killer who travel back in time. OK… I know some of you are already tuning out, but keep reading because this book is strangely compelling … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Posted on October 11, 2013 by bseat

Claire Silver, Chief Development Assistant to legendary movie producer, Michael Deane, is trying to leave her LA office when two men show up.  One is a small elderly Italian man who can barely speak English and the other is Shane … 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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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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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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