Books High and Low

Here are some recent reads: The girl in the spider's web , by David Lagercrantz. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. 399 pages. ISBN 97803853542...

Music is the only thing that will help me stay alert on solo road trips. Many of my friends and colleagues swear by them for entertainment a...

In this historical mystery, aspiring writer Jo Montfort investigates the circumstances surrounding her father's death, first determined ...

Eileen is a twenty-four year old misfit who lives with her father, a dysfunctional, alcoholic, former policeman. She works in a home for del...

The Chess Queen Enigma is the third in a series of steampunk mysteries starring Evaline Stoker (sister of Bram) and Mina Holmes (daughter o...

Police detective Sadie Sparrow has been forced to take four weeks vacation by her senior partner in order to try to salvage her career after...

Oakland cop Robert has been blackmailed by his ex-wife's new husband Sonny to track her down. She's gone missing and as Robert begin...

Todd is a fifty-something resident of a living community for people with brain injuries. His parents are deceased and his younger brother is...

As with yesterdays' post, my review of Rainbow Rowell's Landline , I read John Green's Paper Towns because I'd been hearing...

Rainbow Rowell is the author of six novels, for both young adults and adults. I've been hearing so much about her lately that I decide...

One of the side effects of attending BEA every year is a rapid accumulation of books, more books than I can read in any given year. Sometim...

Letters from Skye is an epistolary novel set in Scotland during both the first and second world wars. During the earlier time period a youn...

This is Smith's third book in a series of detective stories set during the Soviet period in Russia. The first in the series, Child ...

Author Kittel lost her young son in a terrible accident in which he was run over by her niece who was backing a car up in their driveway. A ...

After 22 years as a Navy SEAL, author Rob Roy formed a company that provides training in leadership skills to corporate executives and young...

Using humor and amusing examples, author R.W. Bacon provides an introduction to graphic design, page layout, and typography in The Cranky Ty...

No! Maybe? Yes! Living My Truth tells the story of Grace Anne Stevens, née Larnie Steven Rabinowitz, who transitioned from a man to a woman...

After I read Camilla Läckberg’s The Drowning , I was reading a little bit about her online. I noticed another of her books with a dust...

Camilla Läckberg is another excellent import for anyone who enjoys well-written crime novels set in Sweden. Her books are centered on Eric...

Departure begins with the crash of an airliner that was heading to London. When the survivors escape the plane they find themselves in a re...

With arthritis in the family, having been a runner through my mid-40s, (OK, a jogger), and having not too long ago passed the halfway mark (...

In 2012 author Jia Jiang quit his job to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Four months into his first project, he suffered a cru...

Mrs. Kimble is the story of three women, all of whom fall in love with the same horrible man, Ken Kimble. We never learn what's caused K...

The ALA Annual 2015 Book-A-Licious Breakfast was another fun event sponsored by the Association of American Publishers and LibraryReads . H...

Book Buzz San Francisco was an all-day event held at the San Francisco Public Library on June 25, 2015. This event is sponsored by the Assoc...

Once again I've gotten behind on writing reviews for my leisure reading, so I will list the missing books here along with just a few wor...

The Good German takes place during the Potsdam Conference near the end of World War II. Jake Geismar is a reporter who's come to Berl...

The Camel Bookmobile describes a culture clash between a do-gooder librarian from the U.S. and a nomadic African tribe. Fiona Sweeney is a ...

Lawyer and amateur detective Mary DiNunzio's new client is a 13-year-old girl who believes the wrong man was convicted for her sister...

According to Michael Fertik, the founder and CEO of Reputation.com , our digital lives will be used to create reputation scores, similar to ...