George V
George V, Never a Dull Moment by Jane Ridley George V (1865-1936), grandfather of the current Queen, was not one of England’s liveliest monarchs; he collected stamps. (Apologies to philatelists […]
Peter Robinson Mysteries
Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson If you are unfamiliar with the series of mystery -suspense novels by Peter Robinson, you are in for a treat. There are over […]
Free Food for Millionaires
Free Food For Millionaires by Min Jin Lee How do you select a good read? Recommendations from friends and book reviews are two popular sources. But sometimes nothing beats a […]
Will Trent Mysteries
Karin Slaughter, Will Trent Mysteries Will Trent is a 6’ 3” GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) agent with extraordinary investigative skills and limited social skills, both of which can be […]
Foster
Foster by Claire Keegan Foster by the Irish author Claire Keegan is the perfect book club read as it is only 62 pages (no one can claim they did not […]
Fordlandia
Fordlandia, The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin In 1927, an increasingly eccentric Henry Ford purchased a tract of land about the size of […]
Flappers
Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell Sex, Drugs, and Jazz. They drank, smoked, took drugs, had multiple sexual partners, earned their own money, wore short skirts, […]
First: Sandra Day O’Connor
First: Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas When Justice O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, arrived at the Supreme Court in 1981, one of the first things she did […]
Finding Oz
Finding Oz by Evan Schwartz For those of you who are only familiar with the works of L. Frank Baum through the MGM movie, The Wizard of Oz, I must […]
Fever
Fever, A Novel of Typhoid Mary by Mary Beth Keane At the turn of the last century, Irish immigrant Mary Mallon, nicknamed Typhoid Mary by the press, was the first […]