Tag Archives: Sharon

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

Posted on June 30, 2017 by bseat

It is rather risky to recommend a book that you have not read so I am greatly relieved and can now say without any reservations that Ivey’s, To the Bright Edge of the World is a wonderful book and I … Continue reading →

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The Trespasser by Tana French

Posted on June 16, 2017 by bseat

If you have not yet read Tana French you are missing out on something quite amazing. Considered by the Washington Post to be “one of the most important crime novelists to emerge in the last ten years,” French’s novels are … Continue reading →

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Please Do Not Disturb by Robert Glancy

Posted on June 9, 2017 by bseat

I been trying to step out of my reading comfort zones by choosing books from less familiar authors, different genres and from different geographic areas.  So when I read a review about this book by a relatively new author and … Continue reading →

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Under The Harrow by Flynn Berry

Posted on May 26, 2017 by bseat

Nora was looking forward to visiting her sister. It had been a while since they had seen each other, and Nora is excited to tell Rachel about the artist’s residency she has received starting in the middle of January. Rachel … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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