Tag Archives: Sharon

Plainsong and Eventide by Kent Haruf

Posted on June 7, 2013 by bseat

Plainsong and Eventide by Kent Haruf are related novels about small town life in a fictional town called Holt, Colorado. Using this quintessentially American farming community as his base, Haruf examines what it means to be family and be connected … Continue reading →

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

Posted on May 31, 2013 by bseat

On a farm in northern Wisconsin, Edgar Sawtelle lives with his parents, Gar and Trudy.  Born mute he communicates in sign language, helping his parents with the work on the farm and with the breeding and training of the famous … Continue reading →

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Broken Harbor by Tana French

Posted on May 24, 2013 by bseat

If you have not yet read Tana French you are in for a treat! After reading A Faithful Place a couple of years ago I was hooked, and each book I have read since has lived up to my expectations! … Continue reading →

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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

Posted on May 10, 2013 by bseat

According to anthropologists cooking literally changed our lives! Before we learned to cook people spent hours hunting and gathering food and ate it raw, and then, because raw food was not easily digested, we quickly got hungry and had to … Continue reading →

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The Dinner by Herman Koch

Posted on May 3, 2013 by bseat

Set in Amsterdam, The Dinner starts out simply-two brothers and their wives are meeting for dinner. But this dinner is no casual date night; they are meeting to discuss the horrific thing that their two sons have done and what … Continue reading →

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The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura and Translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates

Posted on April 26, 2013 by bseat

Most Japanese novels are difficult to relate to because there is an underlying fatalism that pervades most of these novels which creates a cultural barrier that is difficult for most Westerners to surmount.  The Thief by Nakamura is no exception … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Grace by William Krueger

Posted on April 19, 2013 by bseat

It is summer, 1961 in New Bremen, Minnesota and our narrator, Frank Drum, begins by saying, “All the dying that summer began with the death of a child,” and with those simple words we are immediately drawn into that time … Continue reading →

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Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Posted on April 12, 2013 by bseat

In rural Tennessee, Dellarobia Turnbow, struggles up the path of the mountain behind her home trying to run away from the responsibilities of her life-two small kids, a perfunctory marriage, and an emptiness that she can barely articulate. But at … Continue reading →

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The Tiger’s Wife by Te’a Obreht

Posted on March 29, 2013 by bseat

The Tiger’s Wife is a first novel by Tea Obreht (b.1985!) that has been recognized and named as one of the best books of 2012 by publications ranging from Vogue and Oprah Magazine to the Wall Street Journal and The … Continue reading →

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Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus

Posted on March 22, 2013 by bseat

With such a provocative title-Snow White Must Die-I was immediately drawn to this book and it did not disappoint!  Set in a small German town outside of Frankfurt this book tells the story of a love affair gone wrong, a … Continue reading →

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