Category Archives: Books

book 30 – Death Finds a Way Death Finds a Way is the debut novel by genealogist/writer Lorine McGinnis Schulze. The story follows genealogist and accidental detective Janie Riley as she travels to Salt Lake City to research her family … Continue reading →

Book 29 – Generation Loss I can’t begin to describe how much I enjoyed this book! It’s an unconventional mystery novel that tells the story of Cassandra Neary, a gritty, middle-aged, single woman who is decidedly unapologetic about her addiction … Continue reading →

Book 28 – Sharp Objects Sharp Objects is the debut book by the author of the better-known book, Gone Girl. I actually liked this book much better than Gone Girl, possibly because I hated the ending of Gone Girl so … Continue reading →

Book 27 – The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood is almost too good a writer. I want to consume each sentence, roll it around in my head, admire and savour it. I wonder if she meticulously crafts each sentence, choosing the … Continue reading →

Book 26: Children of Earth and Sky It is always a long wait for the next Guy Gavriel Kay book (actually, a month would be a long wait!). But we are always oh! so excited when he finally releases a … Continue reading →

Book 25: Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice This book was a clever choice by Sharl, a fellow book club member. Two of us in the club are big fans of Jane Austin, as I’m sure I mentioned … Continue reading →

Book 24: The Illegal Interestingly, The Illegal turned out to be a pseudo-fantasy in that it takes place on current-day earth, but in the made-up, neighouring, island countries of Freedom State and Zantoroland. The protagonist is a black long-distance runner … Continue reading →

Book 23: The Dinosaur Feather I really liked this book. At it’s heart, it’s a murder mystery, but the murder takes place at the Institute of Biology in Copenhagen and the victim is a professor of biology specializing in the … Continue reading →

Book 22: Linchpin I generally dislike business books. Often, the salient points can be summarized in a dozen pages, and the rest of the book just feels like filler, restatements of the same points, over and over, because you can’t … Continue reading →

Book 21: The Martian Andy Wier likes space and astrophysics as much as I like quantum physics and math, but he’s done something much more impressive with his hobby. He has taken a collection of potential boring factoids about space … Continue reading →