The Country Club Murders
The Country Club Murder Mysteries by Julie Mulhern In the first of these novels, set in Kansas City 1975, artist, and unhappy wife Ellison Russell stumbles over a body during […]
The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett I love discovering an “old” book (nope, not Moby Dick), such as The Uncommon Reader, a novella about Queen Elizabeth II by the British […]
Bring Up The Bodies
Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Book 2) I loved Bring Up The Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize. Plenty has been written […]
The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion After many years of contented singledom, methodical professor of genetics Dr. Don Tillman decides he needs a wife. But rather than depend on traditional […]
The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy That I would recommend a novel about the end of the world by Cormac McCarthy surprises me too. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t consider a […]
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford I also reread Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, which is by far the best Mitford authored book. (Hons and Rebels, an autobiography […]
The Priory
The Priory by Dorothy Whipple For Jane Austen fans! Although not as subtle as dear Jane’s works, The Priory, published in 1939, will appeal to many Austen fans. Christine and […]
The Paris Novel
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl If you are a foodie and a Francophile, this novel will make you swoon! There is no one better at mouthwatering food writing than […]
The Mirror & the Light
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel (Book 3) A novel of the final four years in the life of Thomas Cromwell and the court of Henry VIII, The […]
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal Deathbed wishes (commands) come in many guises. For British-born Punjabi sisters Rajini, Jezmeen, and Shirina, their mother’s last wish […]
The Uninvited Guests
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones It is not often that a book surprises me, but The Uninvited Guests did. At first glance, The Uninvited Guests appears to bea country […]
The Lowland
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The latest novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, concerns Subhash and Udayan, two brothers growing up […]
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amor Towles’ newest novel, The Lincoln Highway, is an engaging combination of Boys’ Own magazine and Homeric epic, and decidedly different from either of […]
The Library Book
The Library Book by Susan Orlean No surprise–I loved The Library by Susan Orlean. But it is not a typical narrative non-fiction like Orlean’s earlier books. The book’s chapters are […]
The Jane Austen Society
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner In 1945, the tiny village of Chawton is coping with the after effects of WWII. Its most famous resident, Jane Austen, who lived […]