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From the Low and Quiet Sea

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 9, 2024 by LarryJune 9, 2024

by Donal Ryan, 2018, Kindle Edition, Penguin Books This book starts with the story of a young doctor trying to escape Syria with his family. It then leaves him and shifts to a young man in Ireland who is having … Continue reading →

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The One from the Other

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 5, 2024 by LarryJune 9, 2024

by Phillip Kerr, 2009, A Bernie Gunther mystery book 4, Kindle Edition, Penguin Publishing Group, G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint This is the first book that I have read by Phillip Kerr, although it is the fourth book he wrote in … Continue reading →

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A World of Curiosities

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 21, 2024 by LarryMay 21, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 18 by Louise Penny, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2022, Macmillan Audio This book started out at the scene of a murder many years prior. It was at this investigation that … Continue reading →

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The Dubliners

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 20, 2024 by LarryJune 9, 2024

by James Joyce, book originally published in 1911, Audiobook released in 2011, narrated by several persons, Tantor Audio We listened to this audiobook on our trip from Florida to Rhode Island this year. It is a collection of short stories … Continue reading →

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 9, 2024 by LarryAugust 25, 2024

by Olga Tokarczuk, 2019, Kindle Edition, Riverhead Books The high school I attended has started a book club and this book was one of the monthly selections. It is about an older lady who lives by herself in Poland, very … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Locust

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 2, 2024 by LarryMay 2, 2024

by Terry Hayes, 2024, Emily Bestler Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) My wife gave me this book for my birthday, and when I saw it I couldn’t wait to read it because I enjoyed his previous book, I … Continue reading →

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The Madness of Crowds

Wilson's Weblog Posted on April 24, 2024 by LarryMay 2, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 17 by Louise Penny, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2021 Macmillan Audio This book started out with an interesting theme: euthanasia. A person who claims to be a statistician has apparently … Continue reading →

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All the Devils are Here

Wilson's Weblog Posted on April 2, 2024 by LarryApril 2, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 16 by Louise Penny, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2020 Macmillan Audio This book is very different as the whole Gamasche family is in Paris. Jean-Guy Beauvoir has accepted a job … Continue reading →

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A Better Man

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 24, 2024 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 15 by Louise Penny, 2019, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2019 Macmillan Audio Inspector Gamasche, to everyone’s surprise, has accepted the position as head of the homicide division of the Sûreté du … Continue reading →

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Trust

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 20, 2024 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

by Hernan Diaz, 2022, Penguin Publishing Group This book is about a reclusive Wall Street Mogul who amassed a huge fortune, even as he weathered the crash of 1929. He is reclusive but wishes to tell his story for posterity … Continue reading →

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