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 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 5, 2021 Remain of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day is a tale of an aging butler, Mr. Stevens, who embarks on a motoring tour at the insistence of…
July 27, 2021 The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco I was attracted to The Name of the Rose some years ago when I learned that its story is centered on a medieval mystery…
July 24, 2021 A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles “If a man does not master his circumstances, then he is bound to be mastered by them”. How true this is? Doesn’t every one…