Category Archives: Books

Killer of the Flower Moon by David Grann (2017. Doubleday. ISBN 978-038554246) It seems that J. Edgar Hoover didn’t screw everything up as the perennial director of the FBI. At the height of the murders (by poison, gun, beating, and … Continue reading →

Between Them by Richard Ford (2017. Harper. ISBN 978-0062670342) This review refers to the audio version of the book. I read about this memoir, really a biography of literary novelist Richard Ford’s parents, on Lit Hub. I’ve never read any … Continue reading →

The Fall of Moscow Station by Mark Henshaw (2016. Touchstone. ISBN 978-1-5011-0031-4) Kyra Stryker is not Jack Reacher or Jason Bourne. There. I’ve put that ugly rumor to rest. The protagonist of Henshaw’s spy thriller is an analyst, someone working … Continue reading →

Isadora by Amelia Gray (2017. Audible. com. Audio book. ISBN 978-0374279981) I picked up this audio version of Ms. Gray’s debut novel because of an excerpt and interview I read about the book on Lit Hub. Knowing nothing about the … Continue reading →

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935. Reprinted 2014. Signet. ISBN 978-0-451-46564-1) I finished this book while on a fishing trip with my 89 year old father and one of my favorite Minnesota legends, Former Vice President Walter Mondale. … Continue reading →

The Fourth Night Watch by John Falkberget. Translated from the Norwegian by Ronald G. Popperwell (1968. University of Wisconsin Press. Unknown ISBN) I ordered a hardcover, used copy of this Norwegian novel because its author, Johan Falkberget, wrote fiction in … Continue reading →

The Innocent by David Baldacci (2012. Grand Central. ISBN 978-1-4555-1900-2) After I closed the cover on this paperback for the last time, this was my final thought: At least I didn’t pay for it.  My Aunt Susanne, a fellow writer, … Continue reading →

The Great Santini by Pat Conroy (Audible. 2009 ISBN 978-0553381559) I was given a copy of Conroy’s last book, A Low Country Heart by a friend for Christmas. I wasn’t too kind to the old guy in my review (use … Continue reading →

Home Sweet Jerome by Diane Rapaport (2014. Johnson Books. ISBN 978-1-55566-454-1) Most folks who travel to Arizona for vacation (or to spend the winter as “snow birds”) eventually end up taking the long, snaking road out of the valley up … Continue reading →

The Valley of the Moon by Jack London (2006. Hard Press. Kindle version. ISBN 978-1406946253) I loaded this old London novel I’d never heard of because my second son and his wife surprised us in naming their daughter, our first … Continue reading →