The Burgess Boys
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout I loved this book, which is surprising since I couldn’t finish Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge. Partially set in gloomy as ever Maine, […]
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman I do not read romance novels, but I made an exception for The Bookish Life of Nina Hill as (1) my […]
The Bolter
The Bolter by Frances Osborne A bolter, as readers of the novels of Nancy Mitford know, refers not to a horse, but rather an unconventional (or wicked) woman who leaves […]
Bruno, Chief of Police
Bruno, Chief of Police Mystery Series by Martin Walker Reading Martin Walker’s novels set in the Périgord region of France IS almost as good as being there. Although nominally murder […]
The Blind Side
The Blindside by Michael Lewis A year or so ago, I read an article by Michael Lewis in The New York Times entitled “The Ballad of Big Mike.” The article, […]
The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe Of all the things I missed during the darkest days of the pandemic, browsing in a bookstore was near the top. The “suggested […]
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman If you are a Bridgerton or Georgette Heyer fan, then you will enjoy The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, a Regency […]
The Barbizon
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren When I moved to New York City in 1983, I had a thrilling new job but no place to […]
Calling Invisible Women
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray One morning former journalist and unenthusiastic gardening columnist Clover Hobart finds herself inexplicably invisible. Not just unnoticed, a state familiar to all females over […]
The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken
The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall (Book 3) In the third of the excellent Vish Puri series, India’s Most Private Investigator finds himself immersed in the […]