by Melanie Benjamin, 2016, Kindle Version, Delacorte Press This book is about the socialites in New York and their relationships with Truman Capote and each other. It provides an interesting portrait of the society at that time and of Capote. … Continue reading →
by Stephen King, 2021, Kindle Edition, Scribner This is a very interesting tale about a former army sharpshooter who becomes a hired assassin. The book focuses on what he considers his last contract, but he doesn’t know much about … Continue reading →
by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter, 2021, Kindle Edition, Other Press Something happens on a flight from Paris to New York when the plane encounters a huge thunderstorm that wasn’t predicted. After the plane emerges from the … Continue reading →
by Elizabeth Wein, 2012, Hyperion Press This novel is about an English woman pilot in WWII and her friend who was trained to be a spy but was captured by the Germans in France. The characterizations and the events were … Continue reading →
Lee and Andrew Child, 2020, Random House, LLC This might be the worst Jack Reacher book I have read so far. The Sentinel is apparently a system designed to thwart attempts to subvert the election system in the U.S. Reacher … Continue reading →
by John Knowles, 1960, The Macmillian Company This was always one of my favorite books and I saw it in my bookcase so I thought I would read it again. I believe the books hold on me was due to … Continue reading →
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, original publication 1951, Back Bay Books Paperback edition 2010, Little Brown and Company, New York This book, for some reason, was chosen by our men’s book club. It was interesting to go back … Continue reading →
A Commissario Brunetti Mystery, by Donna Leon, 2017, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books This is a well-crafted mystery that unfolds very slowly. Commissario Brunetti tries to take a little time off to regroup by going to a relative’s … Continue reading →
by Matt Haig, 2020, Kindle Version, Viking This was an interesting book for me. It’s about a young woman whose life is a mess, so she attempts to end it by taking some pills. She didn’t, however, take enough and … Continue reading →
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway, 1939, Kindle Hemingway Library Edition, Simon and Schuster This book is our book club’s selection for January of 2022. It was a difficult book for me to get into. The first 200 … Continue reading →