It Begins in Betrayal, by Iona Whishaw. Pub 2019 Yes, another Lane Winslow mystery, but I am quite hooked on this series. Unlike other murder mystery series, this is one that cannot be read out of order - each book links into the next, and the histories of the characters revealed in one book are... Continue Reading →
2022 Reading Challenge
Another year, another list. 2022's reading list takes us to 37 items, with some more new categories to keep things interesting. The list is below. For this year, we removed the category "new genre" (after a few years, there were no more genres to choose from), and added an old favourite, a prize-winner (Nobel, Pulitzer,... Continue Reading →
2021 Reading Challenge – summary
I didn't quite make it through the entire 2021 list, but was very close. The goal was 34 books, and I got to 33, including one that did not make the official list due to redundancy. Here's the final book list for 2021: 1 - Book with a murder in it Death in a Darkening... Continue Reading →
An Old, Cold Grave, by Iona Whishaw. Book report #32 (2021)
An Old, Cold Grave, by Iona Whishaw. Pub 2017 I'm clearly addicted to these books and characters -- three books in one year. I'm not a prolific reader and so must count every single book I read as part of the annual challenge. As I make my way through this series, they align with fewer... Continue Reading →
The Madness of Grief, by Richard Coles. Book report #31 (2021)
The Madness of Grief, by The Reverend Richard Coles. Pub 2021 Published in 2021, one would expect this book to be about COVID-19 - it is not. In fact, other than some mentions of lockdowns, there is barely a mention of the omnipresent and ongoing pandemic and so the story seems like it could be... Continue Reading →
My Last Supper, by Jay Rayner. Pub 2019
Jay Rayner is a journalist, food critic, and author who writes delightfully clever reviews and commentary about food, restaurants, and culture. Part Anthony Bourdain, part David Sedaris, he is honest and insightful, never shying away from mild to moderate deprecation of himself or others. I have read one other book by Rayner, but many other... Continue Reading →
Coming Through Slaughter, by Michael Ondaatje. Book report unnumbered (2021)
Coming Through Slaughter, by Michael Ondaatje. Pub 1976 I sought out this book earlier in the year after finishing But Beautiful, the lovely book of stories about storied jazz musicians. In several reviews of that book, people had gushed about the wonderfulness of Ondaatje's short novel/novella about jazz musician Charles "Buddy" Bolden, a short-lived and... Continue Reading →
A Bookshop in Berlin, by Françoise Frenkel. Book report #29 (2021)
A Bookshop in Berlin (aka No Place to Rest Her Head), by Françoise Frenkel. Pub 1945, my edition pub 2015. This book was recommended by my book club partner, and while their praise of it was not effusive, it was sufficient to interest me as a book to check the "recommendation" box on this year's... Continue Reading →
Everything in Its Place, by Oliver Sacks. Book report #28 (2021)
Everything in Its Place, by Oliver Sacks. Pub 2019 A now-former work colleague recommended Oliver Sacks as good reading. As this same person had recommended Harari's Sapiens, which was excellent, I took their advice again and was not disappointed. This is the most recent of Sacks' books, a posthumous one. It is a collection of essays... Continue Reading →
Death in a Darkening Mist, by Iona Whishaw. Book report #27 (2021)
Death in a Darkening Mist, by Iona Whishaw. Pub 2017 This is the second book in the Lane Winslow series of murder mysteries, set in the Nelson/Kaslo area of BC. So as not to give too much away, I will say that this one was a good as the first, well written and with enough... Continue Reading →
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