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The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Posted on August 6, 2021 by bseat

Do you ever lose books? It doesn’t seem it was as easy to lose books when I bought physical books, since I could usually visualize in what bookcase and in what room I had shelved it, but since I went … Continue reading →

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The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

Posted on July 23, 2021 by bseat

There has been a lot of novels published about WWII recently, particularly about the ways women served as spies, cryptographers, aviators or were just caught up in the war in many unexpected ways. The Huntress, The Nightingale, The Alice Network, … Continue reading →

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The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 65)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by bseat

Anthony Peardow began collecting last things after his fiancée died unexpectedly. On that very day he also lost the keepsake she had given him. Bereft and alone, he began noticing things that people lost on the sidewalk, or in the … Continue reading →

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The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 63)

Posted on June 11, 2021 by bseat

Mary Jekyl is strangely unaffected when her guardian dies. When her parents died when she was a child, she was left in the care of her guardian  for whom she felt very little affection. Now in her twenties, with her … Continue reading →

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The Last Flight by Julie Clark (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 62)

Posted on June 4, 2021 by bseat

Claire is running away from her perfect life. Married to man from a rich and famous family with his own political aspirations, Claire knows the importance of looking perfect all the time. But behind the scenes, her husband is controlling, … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 57)

Posted on April 30, 2021 by bseat

The year is 2045. All the things that humanity worried about; climate change, eco destruction and gross inequalities between the haves and have nots, have come to fruition. Earth is a dying planet and the only escape is OASIS, a … Continue reading →

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The Lost And Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 56)

Posted on April 16, 2021 by bseat

It’s been a long slog through this pandemic. Slowly we are getting vaccinated, and things will start to open up, (although some are doing it too soon) and we will get back to “normal’ whatever that might look like. But … Continue reading →

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The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 53)

Posted on March 26, 2021 by bseat

Like many of you, as soon as Hamilton, The Musical, was available online, we signed up to see it. My husband and I have watched it numerous time since then. Powerful, full of energy and starring an amazing and diverse … Continue reading →

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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, Books to Read During Pandemic, Part 44)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by bseat

The blurb for this book says it is a “…a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.” I think that description encapsulates much of … Continue reading →

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The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 43)

Posted on January 15, 2021 by bseat

Daniel Mason, is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. The Piano Tuner was published before The Winter Soldier which I really enjoyed and reviewed previously, and I found it just as engrossing and even more lyrical and mysterious. In … Continue reading →

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