Lynn's List (January 31, 2020)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Hitler's Last Witness: The Memoirs of Hitler's Bodyguard by Rochus Misch
• The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel by Michael Aaron Rockland
• The Outcast Girls: A completely heartbreaking and gripping World War 2 historical novel by Shirley Dickson
• Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America by Joe William Trotter Jr.
• 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain by Davin Seay and Eric Lemarque
• A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible True Story of the Master Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Lyons Press Ser.) by William Stevenson
• Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy by Tania Crasnianski
• The Hamilton Affair: A Novel by Elizabeth Cobbs
• Under Tower Peak: A Thriller (Tommy Smith High Country Noir #1) by Bart Paul
• The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City by Ann Tusa and John Tusa
• The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
• Escape From Auschwitz by Andrey Pogozhev
• John Masefield’s Great War: Collected Works by Philip W. Errington
• Exit Plan: A Novel by Mike Sixsmith
• Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
• Wintering: A novel by Peter Geye
• Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America by Michael Dobbs
• Axis of Evil: The War on Terror by John Chisholm
• Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy: The Extraordinary Wartime Exploits of a Naval Special Agent by Patrick Dalzel-Job
• Under My Skin by Lisa Unger
• Alan Bristow: The Autobiography by Alan Bristow
• The Stranger Inside: A Novel by Lisa Unger
• Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
• Listen to Your Heart (Point Ser.) by Kasie West
• The Measure of the Moon by Lisa Preston
• Sarah by Margueritte Bro
• J.T. Ellison Taylor Jackson Series Books 1-4 by J. T. Ellison
• Good Girls Lie: A Novel by J.T. Ellison
• All the Ways We Kill and Die: An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade, and the Hunt for His Killer by Brian Castner
• Escape from the Third Reich: Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses by Sune Persson
• Lonely Vigil by Walter Lord
• Guilty: A Gripping Psychological Thriller That Will Have You Hooked by Laura Elliot
• The Wife Before Me: A twisty, gripping psychological thriller by Laura Elliot
• In My Mother's Name: A totally addictive and emotional psychological thriller by Laura Elliot
• Fragile Lies by Laura Elliot
• The Betrayal: A gripping novel of psychological suspense by Laura Elliot
• Sleep Sister: A page-turning novel of psychological suspense by Laura Elliot
• Woodstock’s Infamous Murder Trial: Early Racial Injustice in Upstate New York (True Crime) by Richard Heppner
• Seattle's Forgotten Serial Killer: Gary Gene Grant (True Crime) by Cloyd Steiger
• Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania (American Heritage) by Cody McDevitt
• The Forgotten Wife: A heartbreaking family drama with a stunning twist by Emma Robinson
• Auschwitz by Laurence Rees
• The Rosemary Tree by Elizabeth Goudge
• The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump by Andrew G. McCabe
• One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Book Club Recommendation! by Iain Reid
• Practice to Deceive by Ann Rule
• The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World by Kati Marton
• Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas Kristof
• Station Eleven: A novel by Emily St. Mandel
• The Complete Mackenzies Collection by Linda Howard
• The President and the Supreme Court: Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump by Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha andPaul M. Collins, Jr
• Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention (Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies) by Matthew Scott
• Jesus Calling for Easter (Jesus Calling®) by Sarah Young
• A Girl’s Guide to the Outback by Jessica Kate
• From Lost to Found: Giving Up What You Think You Want for What Will Set You Free by Nicole Zasowski
• In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant by Rebecca Bender
• Blue Flowers: A Novel by Carola Saavedra
• The Truants: 'one Of The Standout Books Of The Summer' Stylist by Kate Weinberg
• Murder in the Lincoln White House (Lincoln's White House Mystery #1) by C. M. Gleason
• Murder in the Oval Library (Lincoln's White House Mystery #2) by C. M. Gleason
• Murder at the Capitol (Lincoln's White House Mysteries #3) by C. M. Gleason
• Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick
• Wildfire by Carrie Mac
• The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
• Illegal: How America's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All by Elizabeth F. Cohen
• When You See Me: A Novel by Lisa Gardner
• Then, Now, Always by Mona Shroff
• Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe by Hugo Mercier
• A War Born Family: African American Adoption in the Wake of the Korean War by Kori A. Graves
• Mengele: Unmasking The Angel Of Death by David G. Marwell
• Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America by Gilda R. Daniels
• How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian
• Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel by Deb Spera
• Resistance Women: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
• The Other People: A Novel by C. J. Tudor
• The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War by Fred Kaplan
• Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters: A Novel by Anita Kushwaha
• Home Truths: A Novel by Susan Lewis
• The Nowhere Girl: A completely gripping and emotional page turner by Nicole Trope
• The Lady in the Lake: A Novel (Penguin Joint Venture Readers Ser. #Vol. 2) by Raymond Chandler
• A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
• Informing The Future: Social Justice In The New Testament by Joseph Grassi
• Finding My Voice by Diane Rehm
• Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
• The Polish Underground, 1939–1947 by David G. Williamson
• Passage to the World: The Emigrant Experience, 1807–1940 by Kevin Brown
• My Longest Night: A Twelve-Year-Old French Girl's Memories of D-Day by Genevieve Duboscq
• Life on the Leash: A Novel by Victoria Schade
• The Blind Assassin: A Novel by Margaret Atwood
• Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Adam Shoalts
• Time to Die: A gripping serial killer thriller - with a twist by Caroline Mitchell
• Cold Heart Creek: A nail-biting and gripping mystery suspense thriller by Lisa Regan
• Her Mother's Grave: Absolutely gripping crime fiction with unputdownable mystery and suspense by Lisa Regan
• Vanishing Girls: A totally heart-stopping crime thriller by Lisa Regan
• The Girl With No Name: Absolutely gripping mystery and suspense (Detective Josie Quinn Ser. #Vol. 2) by Lisa Regan
• Her Final Confession: An absolutely addictive crime fiction novel (Detective Josie Quinn Ser. #Vol. 4) by Lisa Regan
• The Bones She Buried: A completely gripping, heart-stopping crime thriller (Detective Josie Quinn Ser. #Vol. 5) by Lisa Regan
• Her Silent Cry: An absolutely gripping mystery thriller (Detective Josie Quinn Ser. #Vol. 6) by Lisa Regan
• The Tuscan Secret: An absolutely gripping, emotional, World War 2 historical novel by Angela Petch
• Single: A totally gripping psychological thriller full of twists by K.L. Slater
• The Affair: A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist by Sheryl Browne
• The Babysitter: A gripping psychological thriller with edge of your seat suspense by Sheryl Browne
• The Dark Side of the Sky: The Story Of A Young Jewish Airman In Nazi Germany by Harry Levy
• Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine: A Novel by Ann Hood
• We Can Take It: The Story of the Civilian Conservation Corps by Ray Hoyt
• Long Bright River: A Novel by Liz Moore

Review: Good Girls Lie: A Novel

Good Girls Lie: A Novel by J.T. Ellison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Identity, friendship, and rules of conduct at an elite girls school are the subject of this book. J.T. Ellison weaves a masterfully intricate plot that keeps the reader in suspense throughout. A good read.

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Review: Auschwitz: A New History

Auschwitz: A New History by Laurence Rees
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The title of this work may suggest revisionist history. It is not. Laurence Rees has traced the history of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous death camp. This book was originally published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the camp's liberation. I read it now to commemorate the 75th anniversary of that liberation.

There is no way I can even begin to describe the horrors and suffering of that time--and the further horror Holocaust deniers further add to crimes perpetrated on an innocent people who's only CRIME was being of Jewish ancestry. I read this book because I believe there is great value in remembering history. I want never to forget it.

Laurence Rees has written several books about World War II and the Holocaust , and has produced films on the subject for the BBC. I highly recommend this most excellent book.

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Review: American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power

American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power by Andrea Bernstein
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The title of this book speaks for itself as to the subject matter and point of view. If you want to begin to understand what these two families are all about and their ultimate objectives, I believe this is a good place to begin.

It is not an easy read if you love America and believe in the value of American democracy. Yet it is a worthwhile read, in my view. You cannot begin to undo damage or regulate against it until you begin to understand the nature, scope, harm and future ramifications of it. I call this book a remarkable piece of quality journalism. Well researched, documented and well written.

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Lynn's List (January 24, 2020)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• The Day that Changed Everything: An absolutely gripping and emotional page turner by Catherine Miller
• The Glass Forest: A Novel by Cynthia Swanson
• Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Clegg
• Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #2) by Neal Shusterman
• The Ghost Garden: Inside the lives of schizophrenia's feared and forgotten by Susan Doherty
• The Fixers: The Bottom-Feeders, Crooked Lawyers, Gossipmongers, and Porn Stars Who Created the 45th President by Joe Palazzolo
• The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph E. Stiglitz
• The Abduction of Mary Rose by Joan Hall Hovey
• A Message in the Roses by Sandy Semerad
• Valley of Dreams by June Gadsby
• The Jealous Land (Ulverscroft Ser.) by June Gadsby
• Glory Girls by June Gadsby
• The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer by Curtis Wilkie
• Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 by Mitchell Zuckoff
• The Daughter's Tale: A Novel by Armando Lucas Correa
• Escape to Pagan: The True Story of One Family's Fight to Survive in World War II Occupied Asia by Brian Devereux
• The Awful Grace of God: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King Jr. by Larry Hancock and Stuart Wexler
• The Search for Cleopatra: The True Story of History's Most Intriguing Woman by Michael Foss
• One Soldier's War by Arkady Babchenko
• The Lincoln Assassination: Crime & Punishment, Myth & Memory by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds and Frank J. Williams
• Out of Passau by Anna Elisabeth Rosmus
• Wintergreen by Anna Elisabeth Rosmus
• The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Bad Laws, Good Sex, and Changing Identities by Eric Berkowitz
• The Generals of Shiloh: Character in Leadership, April 6–7, 1862 by Larry Tagg
• American Oligarchy: The Permanent Political Class by Ron Formisano
• Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump by Vicky Ward
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps, And The Marriage Of Money And Power by Andrea Bernstein
• The Organised Mum Method: Transform your home in 30 minutes a day by Gemma Bray
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski
• The Words I Never Wrote: A Novel by Jane Thynne
• A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
• Abigail by Magda Szabo
• Country Strong: A Novel (Painted Pony Creek #1) by Linda Lael Miller
• In Defense of Public Service: How 22 Million Government Workers Will Save our Republic by Cedric L. Alexander
• Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases by Neil Gaiman, Dave Eggers and others
• Harvest the Vote: How Democrats Can Win Again in Rural America by Jane Kleeb
• Almost Just Friends: A Novel by Jill Shalvis
• Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field by Howard Bryant
• What I Carry by Jennifer Longo
• Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools by Diane Ravitch
• Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do by Jordan Raynor
• Tell Me Lies: A completely addictive and unputdownable crime thriller by Ed James
• Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp by Eliazar de Wind
• The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite by Michael Lind
• Baby Jails: The Fight to End the Incarceration of Refugee Children in America by Philip G. Schrag
• Jesus: The God Who Knows Your Name by Max Lucado
• Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy by Amy Peterson
• American Dirt: A Novel by Jeanine Cummins
• Small Days and Nights: A Novel by Tishani Doshi
• "Save My Kid": How Families of Critically Ill Children Cope, Hope, and Negotiate an Unequal Healthcare System by Amanda M. Gengler
• The Making of Migration: The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s Borders (Society and Space) by Martina Tazzioli
• Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box by Terry Smith
• The Majesties: A Novel by Tiffany Tsao
• The Anatomy of a Spy: A History of Espionage and Betrayal by Michael Smith
• This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto by Suketu Mehta
• Lives Reclaimed: A Story of Rescue and Resistance in Nazi Germany by Mark Roseman
• The Nowhere Child: A Novel by Christian White
• Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution by Jennifer Block
• They All Fall Down: A Thriller by Rachel Howzell Hall
• The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington by Martha Saxton
• Moment Of Grace: The American City In The 1950s by Michael Johns
• Shooting Kabul by N. H. Senzai
• The Wife's Secret: A gripping psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist by Kerry Wilkinson
• The Millionaire's Wife: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by Shalini Boland
• The Perfect Family: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist by Shalini Boland
• Follow Me Home: An unputdownable crime thriller that will have you hooked (Detectives Kane And Alton Ser. #Vol. 3) by D. K. Hood
• Last Night: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a brilliant twist by Kerry Wilkinson
• The Child Next Door: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a brilliant twist by Shalini Boland
• The Secret Mother: A gripping psychological thriller that will have you hooked by Shalini Boland
• The Girl Who Came Back: A Totally Gripping Psychological Thriller With A Twist You Won't See Coming by Kerry Wilkinson
• The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker: An absolutely gripping mystery novel by Kerry Wilkinson
• I'll Keep You Safe: The #1 Bestseller by Peter May
• While My Eyes Were Closed: The #1 Bestseller by Linda Green
• The Blackhouse: Book One of the Lewis Trilogy (Lewis Trilogy #1) by Peter May
• The Lewis Man: AN INGENIOUS CRIME THRILLER ABOUT MEMORY AND MURDER (LEWIS TRILOGY 2) (Lewis Trilogy #2) by Peter May
• The Lost: A gripping Irish crime thriller with explosive twists (Paula Maguire #1) by Claire Mcgowan
• Summer of '69: One Summer. So Many Secrets by Elin Hilderbrand
• The Survivors by Kate Furnivall
• Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams by Michael D’antonio
• Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life by Mallory Smith
• Burden: A Preacher, a Klansman, and a True Story of Redemption in the Modern South by Courtney Hargrave
• Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination by Alexandra Minna Stern
• The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation by Daina Ramey Berry
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer
• Jesus in Me: Experiencing the Holy Spirit as a Constant Companion by Anne Graham Lotz
• Golden Child: A Novel by Claire Adam
• Girl: A Novel by Edna O'Brien
• In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, A Disappearance In Detroit, And My Search For The Truth by Jack Goldsmith
• Burning Island: Absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction by Suzanne Goldring
• The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present by Allan J. Lichtman
• Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition by W. Fitzhugh Brundage
• The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America by Sarah E. Igo
• Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew
• Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century by Tera W. Hunter
• The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost: Two Bestselling Novels by Jamie Ford
• The Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Collection: The Memory Jar, The Promise Box, The Kissing Bridge (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors) by Tricia Goyer
• Dark Canyon: A Novel (Camden Ser.) by Louis L'Amour
• Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex by Marita Golden
• Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander
• Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
• Exposure by Talitha Stevenson
• Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by Alexander Norman and H.H. Dalai Lama
• Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future by Jeff Goodell
• Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin by James L. Swanson
• Her Daughter's Cry: An absolutely gripping crime thriller by M. M. Chouinard
• The Runner: The next heart-stopping thriller from bestselling author of the Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series by Stephen Leather
• Like Mother, Like Daughter by Elle Croft
• An Ocean Between Us: The gripping new page-turner from the author of The Ballroom Cafe and The Judge's Wife by Ann O'Loughlin
• Submerged on the Surface: The Not-So-Hidden Jews of Nazi Berlin, 1941–1945 by Richard Lutjens
• Such Good Work: A Novel by Johannes Lichtman
• The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
• The Glass Flame by Phyllis A. Whitney
• And Then There Was One: A Novel by Patricia Gussin
• Racism and the Weakness of Christian Identity: Religious Autoimmunity (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies) by David Kline
• The Plot to Betray America by Malcolm Nance
• The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West by Rob Reiner

Review: The Awful Grace of God: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Awful Grace of God: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King Jr. by Stuart Wexler
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Whether or not you believe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered by James Earl Ray, acting alone, or was murdered by individuals conspiring to do so, this book is a fascinating and informative read. It details many of the hate groups active in the 1960s in the United States, their activities, and their interactions with one another.

One of the fascinating and totally abhorrent truisms expressed in this book is the number of Christian pastors who are openly segregationist, at best, and haters of African American people and others, at worst. It is disgusting. What this book did for me, among other things, is show me that hatred and racism is even more wide spread than I previously chose to believe. I am better informed for having read this book.

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Lynn's List (January 17, 2020)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• A Real Emotional Girl: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Tanya Chernov
• Splintered Silence (A Bone Gap Travellers Novel #1) by Susan Furlong
• Fractured Truth (A Bone Gap Travellers Novel #2) by Susan Furlong
• The Thief of All Light: Santero And Rein Thriller (Santero And Rein Thriller Series #1) by Bernard Schaffer
• An Unsettled Grave (The Santero and Rein Thrillers #2) by Bernard Schaffer
• Flight #116 Is Down by Caroline B. Cooney
• The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Callum MacDonald
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• The Wives: A Novel by Tarryn Fisher
• Seamless Sky by Georgette Gouveia
• The Chapel Springs Romance Collection by Denise Hunter
• My Hero: My Funny Valentine My Hero by Debbie Macomber
• The Complete Carriage House Collection: The Carriage House\The Cabin\Stonebrook Cottage\The Harbor (Carriage House #1) by Carla Neggers
• Cold Pursuit: A Thrilling Romantic Suspense (A Black Falls Novel #1) by Carla Neggers
• Cold River: A Thrilling Romantic Suspense (A Black Falls Novel #2) by Carla Neggers
• Cold Dawn (A Black Falls Novel #3) by Carla Neggers
• The Man She Married: A gripping psychological thriller with a heart-pounding twist by Alison James
• Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy
• Before and Again: A Novel by Barbara Delinsky
• Gone to Dust: A Novel (Nils Shapiro #1) by Matt Goldman
• The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin by Douglas Smith
• Blood Money: Stories of an Ex-Recce's Missions in Iraq by Johan Raath
• Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944 by Peter Margaritis
• The Politics of the Presidency by John Anthony Maltese, Joseph A. Pika, and Mr. Andrew C. Rudalevige
• The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
• The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age by Howard Axelrod
• Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice by John A. Buehrens
• To the Edge of Sorrow: A Novel by Aharon Appelfeld
• Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump--and Democrats from Themselves by Rick Wilson
• Her Last Goodnight: An utterly gripping crime thriller with a heart-stopping twist by Michael Scanlon
• How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond Fleischmann
• The Prized Girl: A Novel by Amy K. Green
• Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation by Anna Mae Duane
• Followers: A Novel by Megan Angelo
• The Age of Hiroshima by David Holloway and others
• Kidnapped by a Client: The Incredible True Story of an Attorney's Fight for Justice by Sharon R. Muse
• Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul—A Christian Guide to Fasting by Jay W. Richards
• Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis
• A Good Man: A Novel by Ani Katz
• Denali: A Man, a Dog, and the Friendship of a Lifetime by Ben Moon
• The War on Truth: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Invasion of Iraq but Your Government Wouldn't Tell You by Neil Mackay
• Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship by Niklas Zetterling
• The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way Into Elite Colleges - And Who Gets Left Outside The Gates by Daniel Golden
• The Girls' Book of Priesthood by Louise Rowland
• The Dissent of Annie Lang by Ros Franey
• The Rainbow Conspiracy by Stuart Hopps
• The Book of Margery Kempe by B. A. Windeatt
• The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing The Three Root Causes Of Job Misery (J-b Lencioni Ser.) by Patrick M. Lencioni
• Journey through the Night by Anne Vries
• Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave
• What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter by Naomi Wolf and Jessamyn Conrad
• An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty-Year Peace Mission by Anthony David
• The Memory Police: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa
• Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk by Amy S. Greenberg
• Snow Creek: An absolutely gripping mystery thriller by Gregg Olsen
• Her Mother's Lies: A gripping psychological thriller with a stunning twist by Rona Halsall
• The Couple on Cedar Close: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by Anna-Lou Weatherley
• The Mission of a Lifetime: Lessons from the Men Who Went to the Moon by Basil Hero
• TRUMBO by Bruce Cook
• Osama: The first casualty of war is the truth, the second is your soul by Chris Ryan
• Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (Windsor Selection Ser.) by Jane Goodall and Phillip Berman
• Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict
• Our War: A Novel by Craig DiLouie
• The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America by Nikesh Shukla and others
• Gather the Daughters: A Novel by Jennie Melamed
• Fixing Law Schools: From Collapse to the Trump Bump and Beyond by Benjamin H. Barton
• The Stranger's Wife: A totally gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist by Anna-Lou Weatherley
• Williams' Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and his Cargo of Black Convicts by Jeff Forret
• Summit Fever by Andrew Greig
• The Fortunate Brother by Donna Morrissey
• Darke by Rick Gekoski
• The Honours by Tim Clare
• Safe as Houses by Simone van der Vlugt
• Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt by Richard Holloway
• The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
• Echoes of the White Giraffe by Sook Nyul Choi
• The Broken Lands by Kate Milford
• The Boneshaker by Kate Milford
• The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt And The Fire That Saved America by Jeanette Ingold and Andrea Offermann
• Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
• Jane Austen: A Life Revealed by Catherine Reef
• Hero's Song: The First Song of Eirren (Songs of Eirren #1) by Edith Pattou
• Fire Arrow: The Second Song of Eirren (The Second Song of Eirren #2) by Edith Pattou
• The Last Full Measure by Ann Rinaldi
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar
• Girl on a Plane by Miriam Moss
• The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp by James M. Deem
• We're Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster by Charles Brandt and Lin Devecchio
• Institutional Racism and Restorative Justice: Oppression and Privilege in America by Diane C Emling

Review: Galileo: Watcher of the Skies

Galileo: Watcher of the Skies by David Wootton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Most of us have heard of Galileo and his amazing discoveries in astronomy and other scientific areas. And, prior to reading this book, I did know that he was in trouble with the Catholic church. Aside from that, I knew next to nothing about him. This book brought him to life. It also described the culture and state of science and medicine in his time.

What kept coming to me as I read was the how complex life was for him. He had to deal with skeptics and haters and critics. He had to deal with family and "friends" who wanted money and/or favors, and some downright moochers. And, he had to deal with illness, and eventually, blindness. I would say, even though he was a genius, he lived a rather sad and unhappy life.

The research and detail this book offers is truly amazing. Mostly supported facts and very little supposition. Although a little dry at times, I enjoyed this book a great deal.

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Lynn's List (January 10, 2020)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• American Apocalypse: The Collapse Begins by Nova
• American Apocalypse Wastelands by Nova
• The Secret Corps: A Thriller by Peter Telep
• Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law by Preet Bharara
• The Last Time I Lied: A Novel by Riley Sager
• Alex and Eliza: A Love Story (The Alex & Eliza Trilogy #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
• Love & War: An Alex & Eliza Story (Alex & Eliza #2) by Melissa de la Cruz
• All for One: The Alex & Eliza Trilogy (The Alex & Eliza Trilogy #3) by Melissa de la Cruz
• Someday We Will Fly by Rachel Dewoskin
• Jump Start Ketosis: Intermittent Fasting for Burning Fat and Losing Weight by Kristen Mancinelli
• The Golden Son: A Novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
• Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Jim DeFelice
• Dark September by Brendan Gerad O'Brien
• Abdication by Juliet Nicolson
• The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm by Juliet Nicolson
• Mary Queen of Scots' Downfall: The Life and Murder of Henry Lord Darnley by Robert Stedall
• Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story . . . and Why It Matters Today by Kerry Zukus and Edouard Kayihura
• Arctic Convoys 1941–1945 by Richard Woodman
• Victorian Secrets: What a Corset Taught Me about the Past, the Present, and Myself by Sarah A. Chrisman
• This Victorian Life: Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology by Sarah A. Chrisman
• Auschwitz and the Allies: A Devastating Account of How the Allies Responded to the News of Hitler's Mass Murder by Martin Gilbert
• Colonial New England Curiosities: Remarkable Occurrences, Miracles & Madness by Robert A. Geake
• A Train of Powder by Rebecca West
• Song of the Lighthouse by Barbara Schinko
• Sometimes Life is More Than I Can Stomach: How I Conquered My Eating Disorder by Nina Federlein
• Dear Edward: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
• Under the Olive Tree: A Novella by Courtney Miller Santo
• The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo
• Swimming by Joanna Hershon
• The Outside of August by Joanna Hershon
• The German Bride by Joanna Hershon
• A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon
• House on Endless Waters: A Novel by Emuna Elon
• Deep State: A Thriller by Chris Hauty
• The Other Mother: A Novel by Carol Goodman
• One Good Deed by David Baldacci
• Goodnight, Beautiful: A Novel by Dorothy Koomson
• This Loving Land by Dorothy Garlock
• Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
• Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
• Her Dark Heart by Carla Kovach
• The Woman Upstairs by Ruth Heald
• Guilty Little Secrets by Rona Halsall
• The Last Thing I Saw by Alex Sinclair
• Three Secrets by Clare Boyd
• Little Liar by Clare Boyd
• The Accident by S. D. Monaghan
• Reported Missing by Sarah Wray
• Is the Bible at Fault?: How the Bible Has Been Misused to Justify Evil, Suffering and Bizarre Behavior by Jerry Pattengale, Daniel Freemyer, and Nicholas DeNeff
• The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives by Sasha Abramsky
• Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story of His Presidency by Doug Wead
• You Are Enough: Heartbreak, Healing, and Becoming Whole by Mandy Hale
• Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker
• The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
• The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters by Wes Moore
• That Churchill Woman: A Novel by Stephanie Barron
• The Chalk Man: A Novel by C. J. Tudor
• The Hiding Place: A Novel by C. J. Tudor
• Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
• Lydia's Hope (Lost Sisters of Pleasant Valley #1) by Marta Perry
• A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
• The Daughter's Promise by Sarah Clutton
• Angel Sister (Rosie Corner #1) by Ann Gabhart
• Small Town Girl: A Novel (Rosey Corner #2) by Ann Gabhart
• The Kent Family Chronicles: Volumes One Through Three (The Kent Family Chronicles) by John Jakes
• The Kent Family Chronicles Volumes Four Through Six: The Furies, The Titans, and The Warriors (The Kent Family Chronicles) by John Jakes
• The Essex Serpent: A Novel by Sarah Perry
• Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin
• Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Max Hastings
• The Daughter's Promise by Sarah Clutton
• The Whistling Season (Whistling Season #1) by Ivan Doig
• If You Knew Her: A Novel by Emily Elgar
• Grace Is Gone: A Novel by Emily Elgar
• Leader Born: The Life of Admiral John Sidney McCain, Pacific Carrier Commander by Alton Keith Gilbert

Review: Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Readers of Harlan Coben's books know there is nothing quite like reading one. There's always a great plot, great characters and a great story. And, so it is with FOOL ME ONCE. Maya is dealing with so many issues. Her husband has been killed, and now someone is after her--trying to drive her crazy or worse. In one single moment, her life changes, yet again.

This book was like a roller coaster ride. Too many twists and turns to get comfortable. They come at you so fast. I enjoyed this book so much.

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Lynn's List (January 3, 2020)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

Wishing everyone a bless and happy 2020!

• The Caged Graves by Dianne K. Salerni
• Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
• The Harker Files: The Harker File, Dead and Paid For, They’ve Killed Anna, and Kill the Reporter (The Harker Files #1) by Marc Olden
• No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
• Crime Scene: A Novel (Clay Edison #1) by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
• A Measure of Darkness: A Novel (Clay Edison #2) by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
• Sunstroke: A Thriller by Jesse Kellerman
• Peter James - 10 GREAT NOVELS by Peter James
• Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club Ser.) by Barbara Kingsolver
• Just Fall: A Novel by Nina Sadowsky
• Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz
• The Good Daughter: A Novel by Karin Slaughter
• American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
• Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro
• Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II
• Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903 by Anthony P. Hatch
• The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings by Michael Schumacher
• Rena's Promise by Heather Dune Macadam
• Breaking Point by Suzy Spencer
• Land Of The Buffalo Bones: The Diary Of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl In Minnesota, New Yeovile, Minnesota 1873 (Dear America Ser.) by Marion Bauer
• Harlequin Medical Romance January 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2 by Marion Lennox Sue MacKay and Fiona McArthur
• Harlequin Medical Romance January 2020 - Box Set 2 of 2 by Susan Carlisle, Traci Douglass and Amy Ruttan
• Dangerously Divided: How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics by Zoltan L. Hajnal
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel by Kim Michele Richardson
• A Small Town: A Novel of Crime by Thomas Perry
• Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography by Kate Bennett
• 1973: Rock At The Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson
• Thin Ice: A Mystery by Paige Shelton
• Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Trace of Evil: A Natalie Lockhart Novel (Natalie Lockhart #1) by Alice Blanchard
• Why You Should Be a Socialist by Nathan J. Robinson
• Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy
• Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
• Slow Motion by Dani Shapiro
• Family History: A Novel by Dani Shapiro
• Black & White by Dani Shapiro
• Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
• Nonviolent Action: What Christian Ethics Demands but Most Christians Have Never Really Tried by Ronald J. Sider and Richard Mouw
• Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel by Ronald J. Sider
• Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity by Ronald J. Sider
• Harvest by Jim Crace
• The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark
• Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren
• The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch #3) by Michael Connelly
• Five Presidents by Clint Hill
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
• Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
• Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
• Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham
• The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
• The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift
• The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History by Gary W. Gallagher and Alan T. Nolan
• On the Border with Crook: General George Crook, the American Indian Wars, and Life on the American Frontier by John G. Bourke
• At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• Cop Town by Karin Slaughter
• Spencer's Mountain: The Family that Inspired the TV Series The Waltons by Earl Hamner