A Detective in Laos Fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency set in Botswana, and Tarquin Hall’s Vish Puri Detective series set in India, may find read more
Category: Fiction
The Kraken Project by Douglas Preston
Who’s in charge? What happens when an A.I, programmed to go into space, changes its mind, and decides to live its own life? Preston tackles the read more
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Game of Life Fans of epic sagas, as well as Asian history may find this a captivating read. “Living everyday in the presence of those who refuse to read more
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
Watch out for the new girl. “It is interesting to me how technology has in many ways facilitated and refined the practice of deception.” read more
Something Worth Sharing: Share – The Cookbook that Celebrates Our Common Humanity
Food for thought; worth sharing. Compiled by Women for Women, International, an organization that helps marginalized women in eight countries affected by war and conflict, this book came out in read more
The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins
Small town, big magic. “Life is full of surprises and not all of them are good.” ~ Karen Hawkins. The Book Charmer Sarah Dove, a is a young woman read more
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Where to buy this fat-free title. Meaty meal to digest “The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. read more
A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba
Savages of Society “Loss of trust is similar to heartbreak. Both lay bare some internal wound, both make us feel older than we are.” ~A Luminous Republic read more
Kowloon Tong by Paul Theroux
A sinister look at the 1997 handover of Hong Kong This novel is set in Hong Kong in 1997, just before its handover to China, and presents a bleak, yet read more