The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride As you know, my book club is a serious group. But every year we try to select a light hearted book with no […]
The Girls of Atomic City
The Girls of Atomic City, The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan What are the odds today of the Federal government funding, […]
The Georgetown Set
The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington by Gregg Herken “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny […]
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter What a ghastly title! Only for you dear readers would I […]
The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin The Fifth Season takes place on a planet called the Stillness. Not our earth exactly, but a place with recognizable features like oceans and […]
The Fifth Risk
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis Michael Lewis has made a career of turning arcane subjects such as baseball statistics (Moneyball), collateralized debt obligations (The Big Short), and football strategy […]
Friends of the Museum
Friends of the Museum by Heather McGowan Recently when buying a book at my local bookstore, the clerk said, as she cheerfully took my credit card, “It [ my purchase] […]
A Death in Diamonds
A Death in Diamonds by S.J. Bennett That exalted amateur sleuth Queen Elizabeth II returns in S.J. Bennett’s novel, A Death in Diamonds. Unlike Bennett’s earlier novels, which feature an […]
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery If you wondered why you studied Liberal Arts in college rather than something more practical like engineering or ceramics, the French novel […]
The Dry
The Dry by Jane Harper The Dry, a first novel by Jane Harper, takes place in a small, rain starved farm community in Australia. Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to […]