Monthly Archives: July 2021

One by One by Ruth Ware

Posted on July 30, 2021 by bseat

Ruth Ware has an ingeniously disturbed mind! The first book I read by Ware was In a Dark, Dark Wood. The title says it all and it kept me up at night.  The next book was, The Woman in Cabin … Continue reading →

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The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

Posted on July 23, 2021 by bseat

There has been a lot of novels published about WWII recently, particularly about the ways women served as spies, cryptographers, aviators or were just caught up in the war in many unexpected ways. The Huntress, The Nightingale, The Alice Network, … Continue reading →

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Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carré

Posted on July 16, 2021 by bseat

Somehow I missed this book by John Le Carré when it came out in 2010! I imagine I was waiting for the price to go down or for it to show up in my library queue. Whatever the reason it … Continue reading →

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The Searcher by Tana French

Posted on July 9, 2021 by bseat

Tana French is one of my favorite authors. Every book is a joy to read with new and different mysteries, new characters that are interesting and complicated and great writing that just draws you in and doesn’t let go until … Continue reading →

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The Plot by Jean Hanf Korelitz (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 66)

Posted on July 2, 2021 by bseat

Jean Hanf Kroelitz wrote You Should Have Known, which became a TV series called The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. That book and the TV show were unique, and powerful and I was impressed by Korelitz’s writing and character … Continue reading →

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