Infinite Books

A blog about my adventures in reading…

Book reviews

  • “Mockingbird Court” by Juneau Black

    Sometimes I feel like reading something lighthearted, whimsical, and relaxing, especially in the fall, when the days start getting shorter and darker, and diving into a book that tackles serious issues doesn’t appeal. The Shady Hollow series latest – and the final – installment fits the bill. Vera Vixen, the village reporter and self-proclaimed detective,

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  • “The Armchair Detectives” by Matt Dunn

    Martin Maxwell is an 84-year-old former government agent (he refers to his employer as “The Company”), now retired and recuperating from a hip replacement at a retirement home located on the beautiful, albeit cloudy, coast of England.  He observes that people are dying there in bigger numbers than the national statistics and finds it alarming.

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  • “What We Can Know” by Ian McEvan

    “What We Can Know” is the new novel by Ian McEwan, and it primarily explores the way we perceive ourselves now, as humanity, in comparison to those who lived before.  The year is 2119, and Thomas Metcalfe, a professor of literature from 1990 to 2030, is obsessed with a singular piece of poetry: a cycle

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