March Reading 2023
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Comments (96)This morning I finished Traveling Alone, a Nordic Noir novel by Samuel Bjork who is actually Frode Sander Oien. I guess that means he's well known enough in Norway to want to hide his identity as an author? Not sure, since they give it away on the back flap of the book cover. In the novel, dead little six-year-old girls are being found hung from trees in various forests. All are dressed in identical doll dresses and are wearing a "Traveling Alone" sign (like the ones they apparently put on children flying without an adult). At this point, you might be wondering why I would be reading such a deeply noir novel, which is a legitimate question. Well, the investigators are very clever and interesting people. Although the book kept me on the edge of my chair, I will probably stay away from this genre in the future....See MoreWhat are you reading? January 2023 Edition
Comments (152)I finished All the Broken Places by John Boyne. He is one of my favorite authors but this one was a miss for me. It was very readable in that I buzzed through it quickly. Unfortunately I had to suspend disbelief time after time. It also lacked the character development and brilliant storytelling I have loved in his previous novels. It had some interesting themes about grief, complicity, redemption but I did not find them to be adequately addressed. I haven't started a new "physical" book yet, but today while on a short road trip, I started listening to The Forever Witness by Edward Humes. It's nonfiction, about how a 30 year old cold case about two young Canadians murdered in Wash State is one of the first (or maybe the first case ever?) solved using DNA/geneology back when 23&Me, etc first came onto the market. It's quite interesting! I didn't want to arrive home as I was engrossed in the story and still only halfway through....See MoreWhat are you reading? February 2023 Edition
Comments (79)I read The Personal Librarian and really enjoyed it. What an amazing story and a good read. I do kind of wonder if Marie Benedict is such a good writer, or is it because the lives of those women she writes about are so fasinating- kind of the chicken or the egg. Either way I like reading her books. I gave it 4 stars. I also did read Foster, which I enjoyed but also felt was not quite complete and sure did end abruptly. My book club met yesterday to discuss Anxious People, and the vast majority maybe 12 ,loved it. There was one other like me who was kind of in the middle about it ( 3 stars ) and 2 women who said they couldn't finish it and gave up....See MoreWhat are you reading? March 2023 Edition
Comments (94)Wow lots of good suggestions lately. I just devoured Maureen by Rachel Joyce. It is a very short book and it was just beautiful. It is the 3rd piece of the Harold Fry and Queenie saga. I suppose it does require some going along for the ride, but it's so worth it. It has so many levels and tidbits that just ring true. It did seem to fill in and complete the stories. I give it 5 stars. (I also read that The Unlikely Prilgrimage of Harold Fry has been made into a movie. I am not a movie person but I will seek it out at some point.) Funky-- I enjoyed reading Daisy but I felt that it was kind of empty. I find a lot of the very popular current books are like that; good reads, but no there there. I just got notice that Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maitre D is available at the library ebook for me so I will give that a try next. I have so many on hold and I bet they are all going to come soon. ( I do edit my holds quite a bit. love that feature)....See Moreyoyobon_gw
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