This book has been out for a while, but I was just now finding it as an audio book. It is the third installment of the Marlow Murder Club stories. - The Queen of Poisons. The Marlow Murder Club reminds me a lot of the Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman. It's a group … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Queen of Poisons
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Book Recommendation – The Book of Cold Cases
A friend of ours is always good about sharing books that she enjoyed with my wife and I. My wife actually read this one first, and I was able to read it this week. I went into this book only knowing the title and that it had a "true crime" aspect to it. The Book … Continue reading Book Recommendation – The Book of Cold Cases
Book Recommendation – The War Pianist
My wife knows I like historical fiction books. She found this at Sam's Club and said, "It sounds like a story you might like. My first thought was "a piano player during wartime?" Then I read the Goodreads Synopsis: Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code. … Continue reading Book Recommendation – The War Pianist
Book Recommendation – Murder on Black Swan Lane
It's been a while since I posted a book recommendation. I slowed down a bit over the past couple weeks as I was finishing up a semester of my bible classes and taking exams. In searching for my next read, I had scrolled through my Goodreads "want to read" list. This one had been on … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Murder on Black Swan Lane
Book Recommendation – Dead Wake
I have always been fascinated by the Titanic. I wrote many research reports on the ship while in school. With as many books that I have read on Titanic and other ships, I had never read about the Lusitania. Dead Wake - The Last Crossing of the Lusitania came up on a book suggestion list. … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Dead Wake
Book Recommendation – Paranoia
Every once in a while I need to bump a book on my "To be read" list up. This happens for various reasons. Sometimes the audiobook becomes available sooner than expected. Other times it is because I really have waited to read the book. This one - well, it was the book my wife got … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Paranoia
Book Recommendation – Vera Wong #2
One of the books I was anxious to read was the follow up to Jesse Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. I was finally able to secure a copy of it. The first Vera book had me laughing out loud at times, and I really enjoyed it. I hoped the second would live up … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Vera Wong #2
Book Recommendation – The 22 Murders of Maddie May
It isn't always the case, but many times the title of a book is enough to peak my curiosity. Many times, I am pleasantly surprised and the book was worth the read. That was the case with the latest read. This is the first book I have read from Max Berry. The 22 Murders of … Continue reading Book Recommendation – The 22 Murders of Maddie May
Book Recommendation – Small Things Like These
This book kept coming up in blogs I read and as a recommendation on Goodreads. I was in between books and saw that this was a relatively short audiobook, so I read it. Small Things Like These is book that makes you think. It felt more like a short story or novella to me, and … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Small Things Like These
Book Recommendation – The Ministry of Time
I waited a long time for The Ministry of Time to come out as an audiobook. On a recent trip to Barnes and Nobel, I found it and bought it. Shortly after I bought it and began to read it, the audiobook was released. I read the first 3/4 of it, and listened to the … Continue reading Book Recommendation – The Ministry of Time
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 