I’ll Take Your Questions Now What I Saw in the Trump White House

by Stephanie Grisham Read Mar 2022 I feel a little dirty after reading this book. It was enlightening to read some of the behind-the-scenes discussions that took place during Trump’s time in office but more often than not, it just felt like gossip. Politics interest me and I always follow what is going on in…… Continue reading I’ll Take Your Questions Now What I Saw in the Trump White House

All Your Twisted Secrets

by Diana Urban Listened to Feb 2022 I started this one when my thirteen-year-old started reading it for novel study in school. I thought it would be fun to read it at the same time so we could discuss ideas and insights. This book is geared for young adults so I guess there isn’t much…… Continue reading All Your Twisted Secrets

Burning the Books A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

by Richard Ovendan Listened to Feb 2022 The majority of this book was a history on great libraries and bodies of stored knowledge and how they were lost. The author discusses the downfall of the famous library of Alexandria, destruction of printed works by the Nazis and other lesser known such acts. While interesting, it…… Continue reading Burning the Books A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

The Strangers

by Katherena Vermette Read Feb 2022 I don’t really know what to say about this book. It is the story of multiple generations of a Metis family told from the point of view of four women/girls across three generations with points of view shifting with each chapter. These characters deal with substance abuse, resentment, neglect,…… Continue reading The Strangers

Borderline

by Mishell Baker (#1 in series) Listened to Feb 2022 I pretty much always enjoy urban fantasy and this one was no exception. Despite what seems like a totally absurd premise when I write it here, the book is well-written and I will definitely read the next one in the series. As for the absurd…… Continue reading Borderline

The Bomber Mafia

by Malcolm Gladwell Listened to Feb 2022 Recommended by a friend. There is more to the title: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. Malcolm Gladwell has written a number of non-fiction books of which Outliers is probably the best known. This is a bit of a departure from…… Continue reading The Bomber Mafia

The Keeper of Lost Things

by Ruth Hogan Listened to Feb 2022 I found this sentimental tale to be clever and sweet. Having suffered an enormous loss himself, an aging author starts collecting lost things he finds and meticulously cataloguing them. The present-day storyline is interspersed with the stories of how the lost things came to be lost. When he…… Continue reading The Keeper of Lost Things

The Cater Street Hangman

by Anne Perry (#1 in series) Listened to Feb 2022 This first of the Inspector Pitt series is set in Victorian London and is centered around an upper-middle class family and their reactions to a series of murders in their community. No one is beyond suspicion and the author leads the reader to suspect many…… Continue reading The Cater Street Hangman

Red Queen

by Victoria Aveyard Listened to February 2022 Meh. Very stock story; poor girl has a hard life then finds she has powers she shouldn’t and is catapulted into the world of the elite. She feels very out of place and struggles to live up to expectations. There is a love story and some betrayal. Readable…… Continue reading Red Queen