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Beverly Marco likes Chair #! Congrats to Bev for being entered into the contest, which will end next Sunday, November 1. In addition, Bev had commented on Nicki Joy’s Tana French’s review. Uh oh, she doesn’t like Jodi Picoult’s new book The Book of Two Ways. To read Beverly’s comments, go to the Halloween entry and the article on Jodi Picoult, both from this month.
Some readers absolutely love a good mystery. I haven’t sampled a mystery since my Nancy Drew days, but I think I might after reading this thoughtful review of Tana French by Nicki Joy, a well-read mystery buff. Joy ends her article by mentioning several other mystery writers. I would welcome further reader comments on the authors and their books. A book has to grab me
Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell: Beautifully written, with clear and fluid prose, this book drew me in immediately to the story of Shakespeare’s family, particularly that of his son, Hamnet (an interchangeable name with Hamlet), and of his wife, Agnes (or Anne). Too many historical novelists provide a heavy dose of research without insight or creativity. That’s not the case with O’Farrell, a superb writer, who
Submitted by: Lynn Morgenstern. 9/6/2020 For anyone who loves mysteries and wants to try something in the genre that is quite different from the typical British and American who-done-its, I recommend a dip into Colin Cotterill’s Dr. Siri Paiboun series. Cotterill’s investigator, Dr. Siri is in his 70’s and is a Paris-trained physician holding the title of National Coroner in Laos. While I have only
SueEllen Hannan I just finished The Gown by Jennifer Robson. Good story line and sympathetic characters. Story takes place in post war England and does involve the wedding gown for Princess Elizabeth. Margaret Boone Paris in the Present Tense, by Mark Helprin. is about a 74 year old man whose parents were murdered by the Nazis at the end of WWII. He has suffered
