Monday, October 15, 2018

THE LOST TUDOR PRINCESS by Alison Weir (non-fic)

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Like all of the historical books by the prolific Alison Weir, this book is meticulously researched.  Weir makes history come alive. She is a...

WAKING LIONS by Eyelet Gundar-Goshen (fiction)

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This book held my interest from start to finish.  A neurosurgeon has been more or less banished to a small desert town in Israel after a pro...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

THE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES by Elizabeth George (fiction/mystery)

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Faithful readers of Elizabeth George will be happy to meet up once again with Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his sidekick Sergeant Ba...

NOTES FROM THE HYENA’S BELLY by Nega Mezlekia (NF)

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A memoir of growing up in Ethiopia, this book was written early in 2000.  If you are unfamiliar with Ethiopia and its history, this book wil...

ASYMMETRY by Lisa Halliday (fiction)

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I enjoyed this first novel by a new writer.  It is intelligently written, and as its title infers, it involves two disparate stories leading...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

THE UNRULY CITY by Mike Rapport (non-fic)

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In “The Unruly City,” historian Mike Rapport presents three cities, New York City, London and Paris and the events which changed their citiz...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

THE PARIS SECRET by Karen Swan (fiction)

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This is through and through a summer beach read.  It has the potential to be an interesting plot but is spoiled by the poorly drawn characte...