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A False Report
A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America
by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong
This is a well written book about a very difficult subject. (3/15/2018)
In 2008 an 18-year-old woman reported that she had been raped at knifepoint in her apartment in Lynwood, WA. The police did not believe her because there were inconsistencies in her story. The victim finally admitted that she had lied, the investigating officer charged her …more
Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
by Michael Wolff
My thoughts on this book (3/15/2018)
Like the 33,000 people on Goodreads who could resist reading this book? I can imagine that the Trump White House would allow Mr. Wolff access if, for no other reason than hubris, I can also imagine the outrage the Trump White House felt when the book published.

Trump is not …more
Gods of Howl Mountain
Gods of Howl Mountain
by Taylor Brown
My thoughts on this book (3/15/2018)
It took me a while to work my way through Gods of Howl Mountain; I just couldn’t get into this book. As beautifully written as the book was, there were times when I thought the words got in the way detracting from the story.

The story takes place in the 1950’s, Rory, the …more
The Flight Attendant
The Flight Attendant
by Chris Bohjalian
Excellent story.... (2/26/2018)
I was a little hesitant to request this arc from Netgalley cause I thought the premise of the book was strange. I like Chris Bohjalian's books so I figured what's the harm, I am so glad that I had the opportunity to read this book.

Cassie Bowden is not a particularly likable …more
White Houses
White Houses
by Amy Bloom
White Houses (2/19/2018)
White Houses Is the story of the romance between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Both women in their own way had very sad lives. Eleanor because she lived in the shadow of FDR and Hickok because of her brutal early life.

While the romance was scandalous it was by no …more
The Chalk Man
The Chalk Man
by C. J. Tudor
Not all is as it seems (12/13/2017)
For a début novel The Chalk Man was very good. The book was a mixture of Kate Atkinson and Mo Hayder, two very skilful storytellers to my mind. I like books that move from past to present, the author did a good job of moving gracefully between the periods.

You get the sense …more
Ranger Games
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime
by Ben Blum
Ranger Danger (12/12/2017)
Who would have thought that a newly minted Army Ranger would drive the get away car in a bank robbery. Why would a newly minted Army Ranger do such a stupid thing? Ben Blum, cousin to the newly minted Army Ranger spends a goodly amount of time trying to answer that question. …more
Heaven's Crooked Finger
Heaven's Crooked Finger: An Earl Marcus Mystery
by Hank Early
Good start.... (12/9/2017)
I love stories set in the South. The mountains always have dark, and deep forbidding secrets. Heaven’s Crook Finger is a story of a charismatic man who run a christian ministry in the Georgia mountains. It is about a family that is torn apart by misguided beliefs, setting …more
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: A Lisbeth Salander novel
by David Lagercrantz
Shadows of their former selves (12/3/2017)
While, I enjoyed this 5th installment of the Lisbeth Salander saga, The Girl who Takes an Eye for an Eye, this book doesn’t have the depth of original series. There is just something missing, I felt that the plot was just a little weak and didn’t have the same intricate …more
Janesville
Janesville: An American Story
by Amy Goldstein
An honest look at job loss in the Midwest..... (12/3/2017)
Janesville was devastated by the closing of the General Motors plant in December 2008. Amy Goldstein’s book takes us through the five years following the plant closure. Janesville survived the loss of the plant and all of the supporting industries but it never finally …more
The Fact of a Body
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Different..... (12/3/2017)
The Fact of a Body is billed as a murder and a memoir, at first glance I thought it was about someone who had personally experienced at murder within the family. But the book took a deceive turn. Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich was a freshly minted lawyer when her law firm her …more
Sometimes I Lie
Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney
One thing you need to about this book... (11/4/2017)
In 1987 I was living in Huntington, Long Island, that Christmas there was a strange news story of a young newly married couple who had a fight, the wife had gone missing.  For at least a week there was nightly news stories about how the young husband was assisting the …more
The French Girl
The French Girl
by Lexie Elliott
A simple review (10/8/2017)
The French Girl is one of those books that immerses you. A well written tale of six English students who spend a week in the French countryside only to have a French girl who was staying across the way go missing. Fast forward ten years and five of the six students are now …more
Idaho
Idaho: A Novel
by Emily Ruskovich
Idaho (3/8/2017)
When you read a book about murder especially a horrific murder you expect a resolution, an explanation, something to ease the pain. In Idaho Emily Ruskovich gives you none of that.

Ann knows when she married Wade that he has early on-set dementia and that his first wife …more
El Paso
El Paso
by Winston Groom
Love the book cover (1/25/2017)
I have to say I love the cover for this book. It really draws you in, I could hardly wait to listen to this book. Expecting the second coming of Edna Ferber’s Giant I settled in for a good listen.

Take a fading railroad tycoon from Boston, an adopted son trying to hold …more
Conclave
Conclave
by Robert Harris
Interesting Idea (1/16/2017)
Many years ago, my brother and I saw a play called Hadrian the Seventh, which was based on a book by the same name. The gist of the story is that two members of the Roman Catholic church visiting a pathetic Englishman who failed at becoming a priest; they make him a priest …more
The River at Night
The River at Night
by Erica Ferencik
Wild Ride (12/30/2016)
The River at Night is about 4 women who decide to spend a weekend white water rafting in the backwoods of Maine. The woman lose their guide and spend the next three days trying to get back down the river to civilization. Along the way there are people who are trying to stop …more
Burning Bright
Burning Bright: A Peter Ash Novel
by Nick Petrie
Great Read! (12/30/2016)
This is the second book in the Peter Ash series, it was a great read. Well plotted story, good character development, moves along at a good pace.

June’s mother, a brilliant programmer was a victim of a hit and run accident, now someone
Is trying to kidnap June in effort to …more
Evicted
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
Evicted..... (11/3/2016)
The rental market is rigged, it is especially so for the poor. I don’t know how one of the most basic of necessities has become so abused. Are there any reputable landlords out there, I think not, especially in poor communities.

The book follows eight families and two …more
Far From True
Far From True: A Promise Falls Novel
by Linwood Barclay
Book Two of the Promise Falls Series (11/3/2016)
Far From True was even better, the plot tighten up and Barclay made better use of his characters in this book. The twists and turns were better. At the end of the book Barclay has done it again wrapped up some of the dangling story lines but one and that is hopefully what …more
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