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American Dirt: A Novel
by Jeanine Cummins
Every Reader Has a Right to Like or Dislike (11/28/2024)
Wow, WOw, WOW! Just finished American Dirt and have to say that I felt like I was riding "La Bestia" at high speed the entire time I was reading it. I had not read the book because I just didn't want to deal in my head with all of the controversy surrounding its publication,more
A Short Walk Through a Wide World: A Novel
by Douglas Westerbeke
A Strange Book (11/11/2024)
This is such a strange book. For some reason I felt like I was wandering through subterranean tunnels in much of the book before Aubrey went into the library. Each place that she wandered to where she spent extensive time isolated her and made her almost like a captive in amore
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
Indictment of Foster Care, Big Pharma, and Healthcare System (9/7/2024)
Having never read any of Barbara Kingsolver's work, I only had other readers' word for it that she was a skilled author. Upon reading the second line of the second paragraph of chapter 1 in which she describes the climate of late fall and summer as "dog-breath air" I knew Imore
The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
by Jesselyn Cook
Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole (8/11/2024)
I read this book in hopes of learning how to respond to those who subscribe to the scree that is the realm of QAnon. My husband and I have been close friends of a couple for 50 years, yet we no longer feel we know them.

The book is reverting read presenting what could bemore
Father of Lions: One Man's Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo
by Louise Callaghan
Humanity during War (7/17/2024)
I received an ARC of Father of Lions from BookBrowse in return for participation in the First Impressions Book Club discussion of it. The author describes life in Mosul, Iraq during ISIS occupation from the perspective of two families as well as several other individuals.more
The Removes
by Tatjana Soli
Liberties Taken With Facts, But Still Good (5/24/2024)
I was fortunate to be selected to receive this book for participation in the Book Browse Book Club discussion. I am an avid reader of the American West, both fiction and non-fiction, but with a distinct preference for non-fiction. When I read that the author said she hadmore
The Elephant of Belfast
by S. Kirk Walsh
For the Love of an Elephant - Based on Fact (4/26/2024)
After reading a magazine article about Denise Weston Austin, the WWII "elephant angel" of Belfast, Ireland, I wanted to know more. I didn't find any nonfiction books about Denise and the elephant, but was able to find this very good novel about them.

After Germany beganmore
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
Overall Boring (11/2/2023)
I recall reading Beowulf in high school and while not hating it, I did not enjoy it. A 50 year interval has not changed my opinion. I thought perhaps listening to the audiobook might change my opinion, but it did not. The narration by Seamus Heaney is clear and easilymore
The Lost Wife: A novel
by Susanna Moore
Spare and Unflinching (9/24/2023)
An excellent fictional account of the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota told through a character based on the memoirs of an actual female captive. The author conveys the US government's responsibility for the uprising from its failure to fulfill its treaty terms as well asmore
The Family Man
by Elinor Lipman
Good Hearts Make a Family (9/12/2023)
A fun little book that shows that all kinds of people with good hearts, no matter their orientation or lifestyle, can make a family.
Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel
by Lisa See
Exotic, Exquisite, Exultant (5/29/2023)
Based on the life of 14th century female Chinese physician, Tan Yunxian, Lisa See's latest novel provides an intimate behind the walls look at the lives of upper-class women during China's Ming Dynasty.

After her mother's death, eight-year-old Yunxian is sent by hermore
The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
As Fast Paced as Any Espionage Thriller (4/15/2023)
Although Nonfiction History, The Nazi Conspiracy is as fast paced as any espionage thriller. About the Nazi plot to assassinate the three supreme WWII Allied leaders; Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin; during the Teheran Conference in the Fall of 1943, it delivers themore
Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
by Kathryn Miles
Excellent True Crime Account (1/26/2023)
An extremely well written true crime book regarding the murder of two young women in one of our busiest national parks. The author made her investigation of the National Park Service and law enforcement investigation more personal by writing about its effects on hermore
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
A History of Jewish Survival (11/13/2022)
An unusual premise and a very enjoyable book. I especially liked the information on determining a book's age and origin and the descriptions regarding preservation. Essentially a history of Jewish survival in Europe from 1400 forward, the book illustrates the evil andmore
Anil's Ghost
by Michael Ondaatje
Sri Lanka Civil War (10/31/2022)
This is the second Michael Ondaatje book I have read and I am still not a fan. Although I was not even aware that Sri Lanka was convulsed by civil war in the late 20th century and I learned much from the book, I still found it to be lackluster. It was disjointed, floppedmore
Gilded Mountain: A Novel
by Kate Manning
Immigrants and the Gilded Age (10/30/2022)
Set in the fictional high altitude Colorado towns of Moonstone and Ruby in the also fictional Gilded Mountains Range, this novel tells the story of yearning for a better life and the will to achieve that goal. Women's suffrage, the effects of slavery, and the labor movementmore
The Night Ship: A Novel
by Jess Kidd
Spectacular Read (10/2/2022)
In 1628, 9-year-old motherless Mayken is on ship Batavia sailing from Holland to the Dutch East Indies and her wealthy merchant father. Inquisitive and bright, Mayken explores the ship, learns about the sailing life, makes friends among the different classes of passengers,more
Elsewhere: A Novel
by Alexis Schaitkin
Self and Motherhood (6/30/2022)
There has been a recent uptick of novels regarding motherhood and women's roles in society which is understandable given the rise in extreme conservatism in America in the last twenty years. Alexis Schaitkin brings forward via speculative fiction the fears that I believemore
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
Achingly Beautiful! (6/23/2022)
Achingly beautiful, grief-laden, resounding with love, and ultimately uplifting! Hamnet is by far the best, most beautiful book I have read this year and one of my 10 favorite books of my lifetime of reading. Maggie O'Farrell's writing is enchanting and captivated me frommore
The Book Woman's Daughter: A Novel
by Kim Michele Richardson
Resonated with Me (5/20/2022)
I have a personal rating system I call the 4Es. Does the book engage my interest, educate and/or enlighten me, entertain me, and reach me emotionally? Very few books hit all four components. The Book Woman's Daughter did in spades. The characters were believable and wellmore
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