‘Book Remarks’ Archives
Turn of Mind
BOOK REMARKS Diane Bostick dianebostick@comcast.net Author: Alice LaPlante. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press 2011. If you are a regular reader of Book Remarks you probably have noticed that you often don’t know what the book I am reviewing is about until close to the end of the column. I tend to chat a bit about various [...]
EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN
BOOK REMARKS Diane Bostick dianebostick@comcast.net Author: Janet Evanovich. Publisher: Bantam Books 2011. If you haven’t read a Janet Evanovich book you have missed a reading experience like no other. However, I must warn you, don’t even pick up the book if you aren’t prepared for some funky, quirky humor. If you are [...]
Killing Lincoln: The shocking assassination that changed America forever
BOOK REMARKS Diane Bostick dianebostick@comcast.net Author: Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. 2011. While reading this book I was entranced and when I finished, all I could say was, “Wow.” Back in the ‘50s when I was taking American History in Fort Myers High School, it was all I could do to stay [...]
THE LONG SONG
Diane Bostick dianebostick@comcast.net Author: Andrea Levy Publisher: Picador (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 2010. Available in Hard cover, soft cover, audio and Kindle. I know that some of you would rather be shot in the foot than read anything considered a “Historical Novel.” (Yes, I know, some of you think I should say [...]
THE LITIGATORS
By Diane Bostick dianebostick@comcast.net Author: John Grisham Publisher: Doubleday 2011. When we think of John Grisham, our minds go automatically to courtroom drama. However, this man is no one note wonder. Although the majority of his twenty-five books have indeed been about lawyers, law firms and the courtroom, he has also branched off [...]
Robert B. Parkers’s – Killing the Blues
Diane Bostick A Jesse Stone Novel Author: Michael Brandman Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011. What do V.C. Andrew and Robert B. Parker have in common? The obvious answer is that both are well loved authors who have written for years and still have new books being published as recently as this year. The less [...]
The Widower’s Tale
Diane Bostick Author: Julia Glass. Publisher: Pantheon 2010. Available in paperback by Anchor Books. I think of myself as a reader of mysteries more than any other type of book. When I go to the library that is the section I gravitate to first. (I have yet to figure out yet why what I would call a “mystery” is sometimes to be [...]
WINGSHOOTERS
Diane Bostick Author: Nina Revoyr. Publisher: Akashic Books. Available in hardcover and paperback 2011. Why we select the books we read is somewhat of a mystery. Sometimes we read something because it is on the best seller list or a friend has said, “You just have to read this.” Often it is a new book just published by an author [...]
All That Is Bitter & Sweet: A Memoir
Diane Bostick Author: Ashley Judd Publisher: Ballentine Books 2011 It may seem harsh to say in this day and age that I have little sympathy for those who have made no effort to improve themselves and expect others who have studied and worked hard to pay their way. I understand that the economics of today have changed a lot of the rules [...]
Buried Secrets
Diane Bostick Author: Joseph Finder Publisher: St. Martins Press, 2011. I have given quite a bit of thought since I started writing these reviews as to what makes a book something I want to continue reading. Sometimes it is beautifully detailed descriptions of people and places. Sometimes it is the thrill of the chase. Sometimes it is [...]
