Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
9/21/26

Hidden History Uncloaked in The Night Birds

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              THE NIGHT BIRDS (2007) By Thomas Maltman SoHo Publishing, 370 pages. ★★★★★   There are many books named The Night B...
9/14/26

Twain's End: Speculative History or the Real Deal?

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                TWAIN’S END (2015) By Lynn Cullen Gallery Books, 368 pages ★★★★   Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the p...
9/9/26

Bear With Me: Dan Horowitz and Human/Bear Interactions

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                  BEAR WITH ME: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FAMOUS BEARS (2025) By Daniel Horowitz Duke University Press, 209 pages. ★★★★ ½...
8/31/26

Yesteryear and Social Media Hucksters

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    YESTERYEAR (2026) By Caro Claire Burke Alfred A. Knopf, 391 pages. ★★★   In some circles, Yesteryear has been hailed as t...
8/28/26

Have You Ever Tried Ngaio Marsh?

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          PICTURE PERFECT (1980 U.K./1982 U.S.) By Nagaio Marsh Little, Brown and Company, 252 pages. ★★★   When I was a Fulbright...
8/26/26

Children of the Wolf: A Superb and Dark Novel

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                  CHILDREN OF THE WOLF (2026) By Abby Geni Ballantine Books, 320 pages. ★★★★★   Children of the Wolf is a strong ...
8/17/26

Nearshore: Good Thriller but is it Plausible?

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          NEARSHORE (2026) By Steve Hawk Viking/Penguin, 332 pages. * * * Nearshore is the debut novel from Steve Hawk , the broth...
7/31/26

An Old Robert Parker Book that Asks Question We Should Ask about School Shootings

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      SCHOOL DAYS (2005) By Robert B. Parker Putnam, 295 pages ★★★★   Here we go again. I did a capsule review of School Days by t...
7/28/26

Lies and Wasted Lives in North Korea

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      Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2010) By Barbara Demick Spiegel & Grau, 316 pages. ★★★   The above b...
7/22/26

Muckle Flugga: The Brink and Back

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    MUCKLE FLUGGA (2026) By Michael Pederson Faber, 303 pages ★★★★   Muckle Flugga is one of the summer’s most-anticipated nov...
7/21/26

Decades Later, Sue Grafton Novels not as Snappy

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        H Is for Homicide (1991) By Sue Grafton Bantam Books, 287 pages. ★★   Crime writer Sue Grafton passed away a few year...