The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Elwood Curtis is a young black man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time: he is … More The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
This was our most recent read for book club and we were in good company: Belletrist book club had it … More Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
One of the ways we used to help children to write was to show them how to boil stories down … More Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
Still Life by Sarah Winman
When I started this book I thought it was going to be just another book where an older woman meets … More Still Life by Sarah Winman
Vine Street by Dominic Nolan
Gosh this book was good. Set in Soho in the 1930s and 1960s covering the attempts at catching a serial … More Vine Street by Dominic Nolan
The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon
During the cold war, West Germany paid East Germany around DM 40,000 per prisoner to bring them back into the … More The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon
Blood Grove by Walter Mosley
This is the 15th book in the Easy Rawlins series, set this time in the summer of ’69 when a … More Blood Grove by Walter Mosley
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
I remember as a child seeing photos on the news of starving Biafran children many miles away and for people … More Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin
If you didn’t know that this book was the fourth of a quartet of books you soon would. Sunset Swing, … More Sunset Swing by Ray Celestin