Tag: Book review
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“Centenarian” by Calvin Tomkins
Calvin Tomkins was a writer born in 1925, the same year as The New Yorker. For many years, he was a staff writer, contributing nearly 400 articles to the magazine, including insightful profile features on artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe and Robert Rauschenberg. He also wrote several books, including a biography of Marcel Duchamp, which…
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“Perfect Life” by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores
“Perfect Life” is one of those books that became really popular in recent years – rich people behaving badly. For an unexplained reason, I’m drawn to the subject, and the atmosphere where a country club type community, very polished on its surface, turns out to be a pond with a piranha hunting the pretty gold…
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“The Thoroughbreds” by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
“The Thoroughbreds” is the sequel to Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter Shelby Cunningham’s “The Academy.” Each novel follows students and faculty over the course of one year at Tiffin Academy, a New England boarding school. Though it can stand alone, I recommend reading “The Academy” first, as many storylines begun there are resolved in the…
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“Beach Thriller” by Jamie Day
“Beach Thriller” is the third book by Jamie Day that I have read, and the third he has published. He’s one of those authors I know I’ll enjoy reading for one simple reason: at some point, I got really interested in what was going to happen. This is a perfect book to read on vacation,…
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“The Bookseller” by Tim Sullivan
I discovered Tim Sullivan’s detective Cross series a few months ago, and since then, I’ve been steadily moving through those books. “The Bookseller” is probably one of my favorites: this time, DS Cross from the Bristol police solves the murder of a bookseller. The man seemed quiet, owning a small independent bookstore specializing in hard-to-get…
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“The Land and Its People” by David Sedaris
I read a few collections of essays by David Sedaris, as well as his “Diaries”, which made me think why I don’t have a diary? Maybe the thought of putting something in my diary would make me want to do more interesting, everyday things? “The Land and Its People” is one of those books that…
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“The Teacher” by Tim Sullivan
“The Teacher” by Tim Sullivan is the sixth book in the DS George Cross series. I already read four other books featuring Cross, and it’s easy to say that he is one of my favorite detectives. He’s on the spectrum, and while he has problems with interpreting people’s social niceties, he has the highest ratio…
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“The Keeper” by Tana French
“The Keeper” by Tana French is my first encounter with this author’s work. The story takes place in a remote Irish village called Ardnakelty. The seemingly peaceful life of its residents is suddenly disturbed when the body of a young girl, Rachel, is discovered in the river. She was the fiancée of a young son…
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“Sisters in Yellow” by Mieko Kawakami
“Sisters in Yellow” starts like a mystery: a young woman, Hana, stumbles upon an intriguing article online. Her one-time mentor and trusted best friend, Kimiko, now 60 years old, is accused of confining a girl in her apartment and battering her over more than one year. The novel continues with this intriguing promise, as Hana…
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“Kin” by Tayari Jones
Annie and Vernice (Niecy) call themselves ‘the cradle friends”. Born in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, in the midst of racial segregation, Annie was raised by her strict grandmother, while her mother gave her up and left for Memphis. Vernice’s auntie raised Vernice when her mother was killed. Two girls become the closest of friends, but one day…
