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Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

Buy this book on Amazon.com Paranoia? Or, is something in the water? A couple honeymooning in Bora Bora discover a bag filled with loot. Both Mark, who has just lost read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

 by A charming mini-novella about an older woman – who happens to be HRH the Queen of England – and what happens to her attitude about her life and duties read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Chick-lit, Fiction, Literary

Must I Go by Yiyun Li

  There’s humor and heartbreak in the reflections of life and family in this mini family saga by Chinese author, Yiyun Li.. Feisty octogenarian Lilia Imbody reflects on her life read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction

The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

Friends clean house; take stock of life and friendship.  “It was exhausting, being friends. Had they ever been able to tell each other the truth?”   Three women in their read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

  Letters Missing Letters  “For the present, it is easier for us to turn away. Our repulsion, you see, will not spur us to revolt until this plague moves much read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

A Soul soul searching in Tokyo Tokyo’s bustling nature and socio-economic rules play out in this touching and poignant novella, filled with stark and powerful descriptions. Kazu, the ghost of read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary

Red Lights by George Simenon

One More for the Road with Disastrous Results  In this edgy short story, Simenon, the Belgian author known for the Inspector Maigret series, explores the consequences of an alcoholic’s thirst read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary, Mystery

Roald Dahl: Collected Stories

Far from dull While Dahl is known mainly for his children’s stories, he has a large and rather eclectic collection of funny, satirical and fiendish short stories for adults. This read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Short stories

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

Murder by the Books  “Books are time travel. True readers all know this. But books don’t just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery

Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata

Quietly insightful. Thirty-six-year-old, self-deprecating Keiko Furukura lives in Tokyo. Her family is not happy with the way she is. She is awkward, never has felt as though she fits in read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction
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