Morale
by John W. Gardner, 1978, W.W. Norton & Company, New York As is the case with many of the books I read, I didn’t really seek this book out as one I would really want to read. It was in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Books
Imagined Communities
by Benjamin Anderson, 1991 revised and extended edition, Verso, an imprint of Left Wing Books My son went to George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to get his Master’s degree in Eastern European History. After graduating he had a collection … Continue reading →
Lightning Strike
by William Kent Kruger, 2021, Atria Books, New York This book is a prequel to the Corcoran O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. The author takes us back to a time when Cork was twelve years old and his father, … Continue reading →
Demons of Unrest
by Erik Larson, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Will Patton, Random House Audio This book is a detailed account of the events that led up to the attack on Fort Sumter which was the start of the Civil War. The author … Continue reading →
So Close to Home
by Michael J. Tougias and Alison O’Leary, 2016, Pegasus Books, Ltd. I didn’t initially think much about this book. It’s the story of a family that was on board a freighter bound to New Orleans from Costa Rica during WWII … Continue reading →
The Devil’s Daughter
by Gordon Greisman, 2024, Kindle Edition, Blackstone Publishing This is a gritty detective story that is set in New York City in the 1950’s. The plot centers on a missing teenage girl whose father contracts with a private detective to … Continue reading →
Norwegian by Night
by Derek B. Miller, 2013, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books, Reprint edition This book is about Sheldon Horowitz, an 82-year-old former U.S. Marine sharpshooter, who has moved in with his granddaughter and her husband in Norway. A woman who is a … Continue reading →
Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon & Schuster Audio This audiobook is delightful. It’s about a 63-year-old woman who has led a very sheltered life. She is ready for a change, and she decides to try … Continue reading →
From the Low and Quiet Sea
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 →
The One from the Other
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 →