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Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

Posted on May 19, 2017 by bseat

Sheldon Horowitz agreed to move to Norway to live with his granddaughter Rhea and her husband Lars.  If he had known there were only 1,000 Jews in all of Norway he might have made a different choice, but after his … Continue reading →

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My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

Posted on May 12, 2017 by bseat

As I have confessed previously I am stubborn about reading books that come highly recommended.  It seems like my interest exponentially decreases by the amount of praise a book gets. Yes, I acknowledge I have a problem! So when I began … Continue reading →

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Books to Read For an Alaskan Cruise! (Part One)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by bseat

This summer our extended family is going on an Alaskan cruise! There will be 20 of us and we will be celebrating some important milestones on this trip, from birthdays (80 and 90 years old) to a big 60th wedding … Continue reading →

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Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman

Posted on March 24, 2017 by bseat

I think at some point in their lives everyone has wanted to be an FBI agent-at least I have! But it is the romanticized version that we see on TV or in the movies that attracts us, not the drudgery … Continue reading →

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang; Translated by Deborah Smith

Posted on March 17, 2017 by bseat

Some books are haunting because you can’t quite forget the images they put in your mind, but there are also books that haunt you because you feel that you are missing something terribly important, that is just out of reach. … Continue reading →

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The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

Posted on March 10, 2017 by bseat

I love it when books open up a whole new world of ideas, history and perspective! This book certainly opened up a whole new part of  the world-Burma and Malaya-that I simply did not know much about. Ghosh gives us … Continue reading →

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The Devils of Cardona by Matthew Carr

Posted on March 3, 2017 by bseat

History repeats itself.  Which is why, I think I am drawn to historical fiction. It illuminates past human experience in a way that even those who are not historians can understand and appreciate our historical antecedents.  Of course you cannot … Continue reading →

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This Is Why I Came by Mary Rakow

Posted on February 24, 2017 by bseat

Some books just surprise you by their simplicity and power. The simple poetic prose and new insights into texts weary with the weight of thousands of years of analysis are what astonished me in this lovely meditative book by Rakow. … Continue reading →

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Posted on February 10, 2017 by bseat

Sometimes you have complicated feelings about a book. I certainly do about this Pulitzer Prize winning novel about the Vietnam War narrated by a Vietnamese communist sleeper agent. Wonderfully written, dark, evocative, satirical and suspenseful; there is much to savor … Continue reading →

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Redemption Road by John Hart

Posted on January 27, 2017 by bseat

John Hart is a damn good author! The fact that he won back to back Edgar Awards, the only author to do so, should have clued me in, but now after having read two of his books, I know I … Continue reading →

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