What a gift for language Ms. O’Farrell has. I hated to finish this book because of the pictures she painted with her words. The story itself is quite wonderful – for a dreadful time in history. It’s the story of a young couple starting out their lives in the late 1500’s. It is also the …
Hamnet – A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell – 305 pages Read More »
My husband and I heard an interview with the author on the Graham Norton show one night. Mr. Osman clearly enjoyed writing this first novel and the premise sounded interesting. At an upscale retirement village in England, there are four residents who join up and discuss murder cases that have gone cold to attempt to …
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – 351 pages Read More »
This was a very well written biography, I’ve read several biographies of both Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, this one tied all of those together for me. It’s impossible to separate these two giants of American history. It was not an easy book to read, however. It was so hard to read about the horrific racism …
I listened to this as an audio book and enjoyed all 36 hours of it. While it has been fun to have the option to listen to books, I enjoy reading books with my eyes more than listening with my ears. This is the book the musical was based on and it is an amazing …
Wish You Were Here (1990) These books are the perfect antitdote to the COVID year. So far I’ve read 25 of the books (in order) and have laughed through each one. One doesn’t necessarily need to love animals to enjoy the books, but if you do love animals, it makes each one more delightful. The …
The Sneaky Pie books (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery) by Rita Mae Brown Read More »
I haven’t read a world history for a few decades and saw this on the Costco book table and bought it on a whim. It was engrossing and incredibly enlightening. It actually looks at the entire world – I didn’t realize until reading this lengthy tome (505 pages) how Europe-centric my understanding of the world …
The Silk Roads – A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan Read More »
This is one of my favorite novels of the past few years. Ove is a curmudgeon and revels in the stupidity of his fellow beings. Through the book, we readers find out about his life – and that we’re never too old to change and adapt. I found myself laughing out loud and crying openly …
