Tag Archives: Marian

Exiles by Jane Harper

Posted on June 16, 2023 by bseat

Jane Harper is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. An Australian writer, Harper, uses the geography and weather of her homeland almost as if it is another character, building suspense and tension from the wild, uncertainty of the Outback. … Continue reading →

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City On Fire by Don Winslow

Posted on June 9, 2023 by bseat

Why is it that stories about the Mafia or crime families are so compelling? Why were The Godfather, The Sopranos, The Wire or Power such a huge success? I am not sure I have a good answer to those questions, … Continue reading →

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The Verifiers by Jane Pek

Posted on June 2, 2023 by bseat

When you are on a dating app, how do you know that the “person” you are talking to or matched with is an actual person rather than a bot that helps increase the match numbers for the dating site?  Enter … Continue reading →

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City Of Friends by Joanna Trollope

Posted on May 26, 2023 by bseat

Whenever I want an immersive compelling story about friendship or marriage, I turn to Joanna Trollope. (Yes, she is related to the famous English novelist, Anthony Trollope, who wrote a travel book about his visit to the Untied States during … Continue reading →

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False Witness by Karin Slaughter

Posted on May 19, 2023 by bseat

I love Karin Slaughter”s novels! She knows how to pace and create suspense, her characters are believable and complicated and she always has the most interesting plot lines! if you have not read her, you really need to put her … Continue reading →

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A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Posted on May 12, 2023 by bseat

El Higgins is the last person you would think would be a hero. Orion Lake is much more the hero type. Bold and decisive, Orion wants to save everyone at School of the Wind University, a school of magical arts. … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley

Posted on May 5, 2023 by bseat

Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize winning author who keeps surprising her readers with the depth and breadth of her writing abilities. In this novel Smiley takes on the murder mystery genre, sets her story in California during the Gold … Continue reading →

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The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

Posted on April 28, 2023 by bseat

What if at 65 years old you decided to share with the world something about yourself that you had kept secret all your life? Would it change your life, or would it completely destroy it? This is the quandary that … Continue reading →

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It Ends With Us, It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

Posted on April 21, 2023 by bseat

I have to confess that I missed all the hype about these books and about Colleen Hoover. She is evidently quite a phenomenon, and these books have been on several best seller lists for quite some time. Luckily, just before … Continue reading →

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Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Posted on April 14, 2023 by bseat

It is not often that both USA Today and NPR recommend the same book, but this one was!! USA Today described it this way: “Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible … Continue reading →

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