Tag Archives: Sharon

The Racketeer by John Grisham

Posted on December 13, 2013 by bseat

Malcolm Bannister is a lawyer serving time in the Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.  Charged and convicted in a RICO case for something he didn’t even know he was involved in, he is serving a 10 year sentence. While … Continue reading →

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Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott

Posted on November 29, 2013 by bseat

I have appreciated Anne Lamott’s wisdom and spiritual honesty for quite a while now.  Her earlier books; Traveling Mercies (2000) and Plan B (2006) were both books that I found to be wise, honest, funny and profound.  This new book … Continue reading →

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A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Posted on November 8, 2013 by bseat

I love it when books begin with a warning as this one does: “this series will contain frozen mountains, foetid swamps, hostile foreigners, hostile fellow countrymen, the occasional hostile family member, bad decisions, misadventures in orienteering, diseases of an unromantic … Continue reading →

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The Company by Robert Littell

Posted on November 1, 2013 by bseat

It is December 31, 1950, in East Berlin. Jack McAuliffe, along with several other more seasoned operatives from the CIA are waiting for a defector to show up. When the high ranking Russian intelligence officer appears he says that he … Continue reading →

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The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Stout

Posted on October 25, 2013 by bseat

Relationships with siblings can run the gamut between easy or very difficult.   In The Burgess Boys the relationships between Susan, Jim and Bob are both difficult and complicated. Born in Shirley Falls, Maine they were raised by their mother … Continue reading →

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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Posted on October 18, 2013 by bseat

The Shining Girls is a hard book to categorize, since it is about a serial killer who travel back in time. OK… I know some of you are already tuning out, but keep reading because this book is strangely compelling … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Posted on October 11, 2013 by bseat

Claire Silver, Chief Development Assistant to legendary movie producer, Michael Deane, is trying to leave her LA office when two men show up.  One is a small elderly Italian man who can barely speak English and the other is Shane … Continue reading →

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Suspect by Robert Crais

Posted on October 4, 2013 by bseat

Robert Crais in one of my favorite authors.  His books about Joe Pike and Elvis Cole, two private detectives in the City of Los Angeles (Taken, and The First Rule for example) are compelling, gritty, exciting and never disappoint.  However, in Crais’s most … Continue reading →

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The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

Posted on September 27, 2013 by bseat

Denis Lehane has written some great books, and some Like Gone, Baby, Gone or Shutter Island have become great movies as well, with great characters and much mystery and suspense.  The Given Day, however, is a much broader historical story … Continue reading →

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The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling

Posted on September 20, 2013 by bseat

Cormoran Strike, a veteran of Afghanistan with a prosthetic leg to show for his time overseas, is trying to make it as a small time private detective in London.  He is barely scraping by, and is now also arrears on … Continue reading →

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