Tag Archives: Lauren

The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson

Posted on February 1, 2013 by bseat

I am drawn to books that immerse me in another country and culture. It is a way to “visit” or at least look through a window and see how others, think, feel and deal with the issues that arise in … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Posted on January 25, 2013 by bseat

The word “fantasy” always conjures up for me something fairy like or Disney-esque,  so I have always hated using that term to describe books like Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, where although it is not located in our world, it … Continue reading →

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Out by Natsuo Kirino (Translated by Stephen Snyder)

Posted on January 18, 2013 by bseat

Out is a dark book. Noir is what they call it, but really it is just dark and disturbing.  It is a story-a tragedy, about a group of Japanese women who are trapped in their lives; trapped because they are women, … Continue reading →

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Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra

Posted on January 11, 2013 by bseat

To categorize Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra as a detective novel is so limiting it hardly does it justice, but in reality it is about a Sikh detective and his encounter with the most wanted gangster in all of India. … Continue reading →

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The Good Son by Michael Gruber

Posted on January 5, 2013 by bseat

I began reading books by Gruber a few years ago. The first was The Book of Air and Shadows, the next was The Forgery of Venus. Both were very good and so I was excited to read this new book … Continue reading →

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The Passage and The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Posted on December 7, 2012 by bseat

When I picked up this book last year I knew it had to do with vampires and a US military experiment gone haywire.  But that hardly even scratches the surface of what this book and this series is about.  Once … Continue reading →

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11/22/63 by Stephen King

Posted on November 30, 2012 by bseat

There are quite a few people who relegate anything written by Stephen King as “horror” and therefore will not read it, which to my mind is a big mistake!  11/22/63 his most recent book couldn’t be farther from the horror … Continue reading →

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Posted on November 16, 2012 by bseat

Sometimes you are surprised by a book. It takes you on a journey that you never expected and when it ends leaves you wondering how you ended up at this point rather than the one you anticipated when you opened … Continue reading →

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The Man in the High Castle by Philip Dick

Posted on November 2, 2012 by bseat

Philip Dick is an author I have liked for a long time without having read any of his books.  I have seen many of his works as movies, like Blade Runner, Total Recall ( a remake of which is in … Continue reading →

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