The Band’s Visit This new musical is based on the 2007 Israeli movie of the same name in which en route to a performance, the eight members of the Alexandria (Egypt) Ceremonial Police Orchestra are inadvertently diverted to a small Israeli town in the Negev Desert. Fish out of water awkwardness ... [Continue Reading]
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
I’ve been looking for a juicy fiction read and finally found it! Set in 1893, The Essex Serpent is a Dickens-esque story of recently widowed Cora Seaborne who leaves London for the wilds of Essex in search of fossils and freedom. What she finds is family, friendship, and a mythical beast. The ... [Continue Reading]
Red Notice by Bill Browder
Red Notice, A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder Bill Browder, a mild-mannered financier working in Russia, gets on the wrong side of the Putin government, and soon he and his plucky team are in a race for their lives in a virtually lawless ... [Continue Reading]
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes With Mitford mania in perpetual bloom, it was only a matter of time before some enterprising author wrote a mystery series featuring the Mitford sisters. And not surprisingly that someone is Jessica Fellowes, author of five companion books to the Downton ... [Continue Reading]
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson What a ghastly title! Only for you dear readers would I read this one since I know many of you are managing the downsizing of a relative’s home or your own. The ... [Continue Reading]
Killers ofthe Flower Moon by David Grann
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Of all the famous gangsters of the 1920s, the men behind the murders of more than two dozen Osage Indians in Oklahoma are certainly the least well known, although arguably the most despicable. In his new book, ... [Continue Reading]
Home Sales Nashville February 2018
HOME SALES February 2018 Single Family Home (SFH) Sales Davidson County February 2018 In Davidson County, there were 640 home closings in February, versus 670 closings reported for the same period last year. The average sales price increased to $367,844 from $333,016. SFH Sales Williamson ... [Continue Reading]
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey In 1920s Bombay, Perveen Mistry, the Oxford educated daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father’s law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Mistry Law is appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, ... [Continue Reading]
NCN Book Club Reading List 2018
NCN Book Club Reading List 2018 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (F) The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne (M) Red Notice by Bill Browder (NF) The Ninth House by Alice McDermott (F) The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (F) Killers of the Flower Moon by ... [Continue Reading]
Grant by Ron Chernow
Grant by Ron Chernow I raced through this book rather like um, Sherman through Georgia! At a daunting 900 plus pages, the biggest challenge is picking it up! Prior to reading Chernow’s tome, I knew zero about Grant the general or Grant the president. This is due to my lack of interest in the ... [Continue Reading]