November 19, 2021 Middlemarch – George Eliot This is such a beautiful book and the first George Eliot work that I enjoyed. I’ve read her before, and although I appreciated their…
November 19, 2021 A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh # 10) – P.D. James This is the best murder-mystery novel in the Dalgliesh series so far. Here, James has combined a clever and complicated plot with just the…
November 19, 2021 Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh #6) – P.D. James This is by far the better murder-mystery story of the series. Combining Jealousy, obsession, and blackmail, P.D. James spins an interesting mystery around the…
November 19, 2021 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë This is my second reading of Jane Eyre, having read it before when I was a teenager. At the time I understood this book…
November 17, 2021 Decameron – Giovanni Boccaccio Decameron is a collection of hundred stories told in ten days by seven young women and three young men who have stationed themselves in…
November 17, 2021 Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling The Dark Lord Rises! We are no longer in doubt; there is no room for speculation. Lord Voldemort is back; he is reborn. The…
November 17, 2021 Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling When I first read Prisoner of Azkaban, I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first two books. I saw it as just another…
November 17, 2021 Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling There is an advantage in rereading a series like Harry Potter, and that is knowing how it all ended, to see its connectivity as…
November 17, 2021 Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and his magical world, is what introduced me first to the fantasy genre. When I first came across this first book of…
November 17, 2021 Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race #4) – Agatha Christie This is one of the most enjoyable murder mysteries by our queen of crimes. It is well written. From the very first chapter, the…