My review: Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata

Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I have read a few books about the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. Each, in its own way, has been interesting and instructive. This title is also both interesting and instructive. It traces the causes and development of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 as well as other influenza outbreaks such as the Swine flu and Hong Kong flu outbreaks. I learned much from this book, and especially appreciated the time taken to interject the personal biographies and efforts of several of the scientists at work to research and try to explain why the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was so virulent and so deadly. If the subject interests you, as it does me, this book is a great read.

Lynn's List (May 29, 2020)

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

• Marrow: A Love Story by Elizabeth Lesser
• Stop Eating your Heart Out: The 21-Day Program to Free Yourself from Emotional Eating by Meryl Hershey Beck
• I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi
• Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
• Come to the Edge: A Memoir by Christina Haag
• The Mothers: A Novel by Brit Bennett
• Twilight of Press Freedom: The Rise of People's Journalism (Routledge Communication Series) by John C. Merrill
• Family Happiness: A Novel by Laurie Colwin
• The Italian Girl: A Novel by Iris Murdoch
• Action at Beecher Island: A Novel by Dee Brown
• Under the Volcano: A Novel (Picador Bks.) by Malcolm Lowry
• The Days of Winter: A Novel by Cynthia Freeman
• The Outsider: A Novel by Howard Fast
• Last Summer: A Novel by Evan Hunter
• The Rosecliffe Trilogy: The Bride of Rosecliffe, The Knight of Rosecliffe, and The Mistress of Rosecliffe (The Rosecliffe Trilogy #1) by Rexanne Becnel
• Never So Few: A Novel by Tom T. Chamales
• Sounding by Hank Searls
• The Clay Hand by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
• The Haigerloch Project by Ib Melchior
• The Nanny by Evelyn Piper
• Deacon of Death: Sam Smithers, the Serial Killer Next Door by Fred Rosen
• Leadership in War: From Lincoln To Churchill by Correlli Barnett
• The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy by Thomas Goodrich
• Women in the Great War by Stephen Wynn and Tanya Wynn
• Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers: The Passive Defence of the Western World During the Cold War by Nick McCamley
• On Ocean Boulevard (The Beach House) by Mary Alice Monroe
• The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg
• Son of War: A Novel by Melvyn Bragg
• Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness by Philip Goff
• Secrets: (Glenbrooke `#1) by Robin Jones Gunn
• Welfare Doesn't Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee) by Leah Hamilton
• Four Brides by Debbie Macomber
• The Hideaway Inn (Seasons of New Hope #1) by Philip William Stover
• Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero
• Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy by David Frum
• The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival by Jeremy Dronfield
• Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump by Sarah Posner
• Red Dress in Black and White: A novel by Elliot Ackerman
• Buried Angels by Patricia Gibney
• Every Missing Piece by Melanie Conklin
• On Secrets (On Ser.) by Annika Smethurst
• Summer on Honeysuckle Ridge (Highland Falls #1) by Debbie Mason
• The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes
• John Green: The Complete Collection by John Green
• Brothers in Blood: The True Account of the Georgia Massacre by Clark Howard
• The Hunters by Clark Howard
• 1939: A People's History Of The Coming Of The Second World War by Frederick Taylor
• The Long Fix: Solving America's Health Care Crisis With Strategies That Work For Everyone by Vivian Lee MD
• How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump by Robert Dallek
• The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed by Judy Shepard
• Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge
• This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar
• Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History by Sarah Prager
• Sing and Shout: The Mighty Voice Of Paul Robeson by Susan Rubin Goldman
• The God Of Peace: Toward A Theology Of Nonviolence by John Dear
• The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
• The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
• Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity? by Gezim Alpion
• Trouble in July: A Novel by Erskine Caldwell
• Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy
• Twilight: Eclipse Vol. 1 Of 2 (Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer
• The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi Molly Crabapple
• Lone Wolves: The New Terrorism of Right-Wing Single Actors by Florian Hartleb
• Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel by Linda Holmes
• The Changeling: A Novel by Victor Lavalle
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power
• Keep You Close: A Novel by Karen Cleveland
• The Spies of Shilling Lane: A Novel by Jennifer Ryan
• My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
• The House of Kennedy by James Patterson
• Her Mother's Grave by Lisa Regan
• All We Ever Wanted Was Everything: A Novel by Janelle Brown
• Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick
• To the Edge of Shadows by Joanne Graham
• Dare to Remember by Susanna Beard
• The Winter's Child by Cassandra Parkin
• Untouchable Things by Tara Guha
• Blame by Paul Read
• Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump's Women by Nina Burleigh
• Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century by John Loughery and Blythe Randolph
• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin
• The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger
• D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (Core Ser.) by Stephen E. Ambrose
• The Peter James Collection: Twilight, Denial and Sweet Heart by Peter James
• Hidden Truths (Fortune's Daughters Trilogy Ser.) by Muna Shehadi
• The Girl Behind the Gates by Brenda Davies
• Outsiders at Home: The Politics of American Islamophobia by Nazita Lajevardi
• Carnegie's Maid: A Novel by Marie Benedict
• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
• Legacy of Lies (Bocephus Haynes Book 1) by Robert Bailey
• Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
• Escape by Barbara Delinsky

My review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Most years, I'm blessed to read at least one book that will stay with me for life. This is one of those books. It is a remarkable story of the journey of four youngsters in the summer of 1932. It's difficult to put into words, how much I love this story and how amazing I think it is. So much so, I didn't want it to end, and I have tears in my eyes as I write this. And isn't that the beauty of a really great book? It's all in the emotion and inner response it lights in your heart. For me, it's often a spiritual experience. It certainly was with THIS TENDER LAND.

My review: The Clay Hand by Dorothy Salisbury Davis

The Clay Hand by Dorothy Salisbury Davis

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A famous journalist is murdered in a small mining town in the mid twentieth century, and all of the town's flaws come to light in the process of solving the crime. This is truly one of the best mysteries I've ever read. Everything about this book is superb, from the writing to the character development and suspense. The twists and turns keep coming until the very end.

My review: A Beautiful Place to Die: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1 by Philip R. Craig

A Beautiful Place to Die: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1 by Philip R. Craig

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Martha's Vineyard is a beautiful place for a mystery. A former Boston police officer, retired and living a peaceful life on Martha's Vineyard, becomes involved in the investigation after a man is killed in the explosion of a boat. I liked the book more for the scenery and the main character than I did for the mystery of the "who done it." This story was an average read for me. I didn't dislike it, but it wasn't exactly spine-tingling either.

My review: Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition by Bruce Henderson

Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition by Bruce Henderson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition reads like a thriller though it is nonfiction. It chronicles the 1871 attempt by the United States to reach the North Pole. The character of individuals was sorely tested in the ill-fated expedition, and it became a fight for survival.

The writing is superb, a testament to the author's research as well as diaries and documentation kept by chroniclers. What I found especially interesting is the outcome of the expedition, given the relative infancy of arctic exploration, absent the technology of today. I will definitely be reading more by Bruce Henderson.

My review: Lindbergh: The Crime by Noel Behn

Lindbergh: The Crime by Noel Behn

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Lindbergh: The Crime presents the Lindburgh baby's kidnapping in a whole new light. The book is part new evidence and part conspiracy theory. What can be said is that, no matter what theory or theories one believes, it is a very complex case. As I was reading, I often felt I was reading a surreal novel filled with manipulative people at the highest levels. If the subject interests you, read the book and draw your own conclusions. I'm not convinced, in the same way the author is, that the kidnapping was an inside job. But neither am I convinced that the man convicted and who died in the electric chair was solely responsible.

Lynn's List (May 22, 2020)

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

• Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai
• Coast Road: A Novel by Barbara Delinsky
• Chill Factor: A Novel by Sandra Brown
• Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage by Tori Amos
• Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science by Judy Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively
• Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H Murthy
• Emily Dickinson by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
• Lethal Practice (Dr. Earl Garnet Medical Mystery #1) by Peter Clement
• The Seed of a Nation: Rediscovering America by Darrell Fields, Lorrie Fields and Dutch Sheets
• Honourable Warriors: Fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan by Richard Streatfeild
• Unfinished Murder: The Pursuit of a Serial Rapist by James Neff
• When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson by Gene Smith
• Incident at Big Sky: The Inside Story of the Search for Two Savage Killers in Montana by Malcolm Mcconnell and Johnny France
• The Magic Circle: A Novel by Katherine Neville
• Memos from Purgatory: An Autobiography by Harlan Ellison
• Destiny by Sally Beauman
• You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster
• The Ship Of Widows (European Classics) by Cathy Porter, Helena Goscilo and I. Grekova
• A Cry Is Heard: My Path To Peace by Jean Vanier and Francois-Xavier Maigre
• Finding True Happiness: Satisfying Our Restless Hearts (Happiness, Suffering, And Transcendence #1) by Robert J. Spitzer
• Birthday: A Novel by Meredith Russo
• Raised by the Church: Growing up in New York City's Catholic Orphanages by Edward Rohs
• The Felse Investigations Volume One: Fallen into the Pit, Death and the Joyful Woman, and Flight of a Witch (The Felse Investigations) by Ellis Peters
• The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
• Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David Mccullough
• Gorky Park (The\arkady Renko Ser. #1) by Martin Cruz Smith
• Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump by Kate Andersen Brower
• To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Jeff Shaara
• The New Girl: A Novel by Harriet Walker
• The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s by Maggie Doherty
• Latitudes of Longing: A Novel by Shubhangi Swarup
• Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart by Diane Musho Hamilton, Gabriel Menegale Wilson and Kimberly Loh
• Will He Go?: Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020 by Lawrence Douglas
• No One Was Killed: The Democratic National Convention, August 1968 by John Schultz
• The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years Of Panic, Hysteria, And Hubris by Mark Honigsbaum
• The Sudden Weight of Snow by Laisha Rosnau
• Little Fortress by Laisha Rosnau
• The Wife Stalker: A Novel by Liv Constantine
• My Vanishing Country: A Memoir by Bakari Sellers
• No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America by Symone D. Sanders
• The Silence: A Novel by Susan Allott
• Stray: A Memoir by Stephanie Danler
• The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All by M. V. Badgett
• Drifts: A Novel by Kate Zambreno
• Boys of Alabama: A Novel by Genevieve Hudson
• The Somerset Girls: A Novel by Lori Foster
• Breath Like Water by Anna Jarzab
• Flight 7 Is Missing: The Search For My Father's Killer by Ken H Fortenberry
• These Women: A Novel by Ivy Pochoda
• Rodham: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Keep Saying Their Names: A novel by Simon Stranger
• The Book of Longings: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd
• Inland: A Novel by Téa Obreht
• Hostage: A Novel (Bride Series) by Robert Crais
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• Watch Me Disappear: A Novel by Janelle Brown
• The Wolf Wants In: A Novel by Laura McHugh
• The Deadline (Jefferson Morgan Mystery Ser. #1) by Ron Franscell
• Beast of New Castle: The Heart-Pounding Battle to Stop a Savage Killer by Larry Sells
• The Last Man Standing: Is Jack Daniel McCullough by Alan R. Warren
• Rough Trade: A Shocking True Story of Prostitution, Murder, and Redemption by Steve Jackson
• Betrayal in Blue: The Shocking Memoir of the Scandal That Rocked the NYPD by Burl Barer and Ken Eurell
• Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross and Gary M. Krebs
• The Red Son (The Red Family Trilogy #1) by Mark Anzalone
• Missing ... and Presumed Dead by Michael Fleeman
• The Silent Guns of Two Octobers: Kennedy and Khrushchev Play the Double Game by Theodore Voorhees
• The Case of the Golden State Killer: Based on the Podcast with Additional Commentary, Photographs and Documents (Criminology True Crime Podcast #2) by Michael Ferguson Michael Morford
• The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming
• Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries ofElephants and People by Mark James Owens Cordelia Dykes Owens
• Stealing Home: Stealing Home A Slice Of Heaven (A Sweet Magnolias Novel #1) by Sherryl Woods
• A Tale of Two Subs: An Untold Story of World War II, Two Sister Ships, and Extraordinary Heroism by Jonathan J. McCullough
• The Crying Season: An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller by D. K. Hood
• Taken from Home: A totally addictive mystery and suspense novel by B.R. Spangler
• The CHAOS Cure: Clean Your House and Calm Your Soul in 15 Minutes by Marla Cilley
• The Tribalization of Europe: A Defence of our Liberal Values by Marlene Wind
• The Nightingale by Agnes S. Turnbull
• I Am Madness by Andrew Jay Gillespie
• Borrowed Goods: It All Belongs to Him by Nell Christianson
• Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope (Tested Ser.) by Peyton Budd
• Cornish Trilogy Omnibus: What's Bred In The Bone, The Rebel Angels, The Lyre Of Orpheus (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies
• Alligator Creek by Lottie Guttry
• Greed on Trial: Doctors and Patients Unite to Fight Big Insurance by Theresa Barta
• Held Hostage: Negotiating Life and Death for the Las Vegas Police Department by Dennis Flynn
• Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer by Bruce Henderson
• From Landfill to Hallowed Ground: The Largest Crime Scene in America by Frank Marra
• Own the Change: How Our Children Will Lead the Next Cultural Movement by Ralph Harper
• Ransom's Voice by Gary Dvorkin
• 12 Words: Think It, Feel It, Do It by Shirley Palmer
• Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition by Bruce Henderson
• The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962 by Frank M. Snowden
• The Dark Side: A Novel by Danielle Steel

My review: The flight: Charles Lindbergh's 1927 Trans-Atlantic Crossing by Dan Hampton

Charles Lindbergh, in flying solo, nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927, was, of course unequaled in its daring, especially considering aviation and flight were fraught with danger and many unknowns. In this book, Dan Hampton presents a perspective I've not read previously. The majority of the book tells Charles Lindbergh's story from the perspective of his time in the air and what he experienced. The later part of the book explains, or tries to explain, Charles A. Lindbergh the man. This interested me very much. So much has been written about his political views for which he is often maligned. I think that is often done in a way which overshadows his character and humanity. I'm glad this book presents a more balanced portrayal, and I thought it a great read. One I will likely revisit.

My review: Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley

Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


":Close Enough to Touch" by Colleen Oakley is truly a delightful read. It sparked my interest from the very beginning, partly because of the subject matter--allergic reactions--and a lifestyle that is unusual by today's standards. The romance was also very realistic. Not sappy. Not boy meets girl and they live happily ever after. That is fake to me. This story, though fictional, was very real, containing all the elements of real life. I laughed and cried my way through this story, and enjoyed every word and every emotion it brought out.

Lynn's List (May 15, 2020)

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

• Teaching History for the Common Good by Keith C. Barton
• With or Without You by Helen Warner
• Gravity: A Novel of Medical Suspense by Tess Gerritsen
• Life Support by Tess Gerritsen
• An Uncommon Grace: A Novel by Serena B. Miller
• Desert Wife by Frank Waters and Hilda Faunce
• Alone: A Love Story by Michelle Parise
• Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography (American Indian Lives) by Jay Miller and Mourning Dove
• The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians (Abridged Edition) by Francis Paul Prucha
• Fall of Man in Wilmslow: The Death And Life Of Alan Turing by David Lagercrantz
• The High Window: A Novel (Popular Penguins Ser. #3) by Raymond Chandler
• Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America by Jonathan Kozol
• Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H Murthy
• Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason by Dave Rubin
• Post Cards from Space: In September by Lawrence Wright
• Remembering Satan: Recovered Memory and the Shattering of a Family by Lawrence Wright
• The End of October: A novel by Lawrence Wright
• The Looming Tower: Al-qaeda And The Road To 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
• Camino Island by John Grisham
• Camino Winds (Camino #2) by John Grisham
• Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of the Supreme Court (M. E. Sharpe Library Of Franklin D. Roosevelt Studies Ser. #Vol. 3) by William D. Pederson and Michael R Williams
• The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark
• Big Lies in a Small Town: A Novel by Diane Chamberlain
• Sometimes I Lie: A Novel by Alice Feeney
• Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Li Jiang
• The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
• 1968: A Novel by Joe Haldeman
• Detective (Large Print Ser.) by Arthur Hailey
• Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home by Richard Bell
• Dual Citizens: A novel by Alix Ohlin
• In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Wil Haygood
• In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War) (Temeraire) by Naomi Novik
• This Storm: A novel by James Ellroy
• Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer
• The Tattoo Artist by Jill Ciment
• Heroic Measures: A Novel by Jill Ciment
• The Body in Question: A Novel by Jill Ciment
• The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence by Judith Levine
• Love Letters from Montmartre: A Novel by Nicolas Barreau
• Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It by Brian Dumaine
• I'd Give Anything: A Novel by Marisa de los Santos
• Catherine House: A Novel by Elisabeth Thomas
• Unveiling the Past: A Novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer
• Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown by Jim Newton
• Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court by Hannah Brenner Johnson and Renee Knake Jefferson
• This Is How I Lied: A Novel by Heather Gudenkauf
• How to Bury Your Brother: A Novel by Lindsey Rogers Cook
• The Last High by Daniel Kalla
• Daughter of the Reich: A Novel by Louise Fein
• The Girl He Left Behind: A Novel by Beatrice MacNeil
• Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father by Ira Wagler
• The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age by Elizabeth Shackelford
• Three Days Missing: A Novel of Psychological Suspense (Hq Digital Ser.) by Kimberly Belle
• Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History by Liam Vaughan
• The Anthill: A Novel by Julianne Pachico
• My Mother's House: A novel by Francesca Momplaisir
• Escape From Hell: The True Story of the Auschwitz Protocol (Berghahn Series) by Alfred Wetzler
• These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments In The Making Of Emily Dickinson by Martha Ackmann
• Pandemics, Publics, and Politics: Staging Responses To Public Health Crises by Kristian Bjørkdahl
• Killing Mind: An addictive and nail-biting crime thriller by Angela Marsons
• The Twilight Wife: A Psychological Thriller by the Author of The Good Neighbor by A. J. Banner
• Close Enough to Touch: A Novel by Colleen Oakley
• The Boston Girl: A Novel by Anita Diamant
• A Beautiful Place to Die: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1 (Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries #1) by Philip Craig
• The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by M. L. Stedman
• Deja Dead: A Novel (A Temperance Brennan Novel #1) by Kathy Reichs

My review: The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer

The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is the first Michael Palmer medical thriller I have had the pleasure of reading. Intense. Interesting. Fast-paced. Filled with one surprise after another. Totally captivating. The characters too, some good and some not, are just waiting to come to life for the reader.

Lynn's List (May 8, 2020)

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

• The Ultimate Guide to Working from Home: How to stay sane, healthy and be more productive than ever by Grace Paul
• Bread Baking for Beginners: 50 Easy Recipes for Baking Bread (Stay-at-Home Survival) by Adams Media
• How to Be Happy: 50 Ways to Find Joy at Home (Stay-at-Home Survival) by Adams Media
• I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out by Bella Depaulo
• Sons of Mississippi by Paul Hendrickson
• Days of Distraction: A Novel by Alexandra Chang
• Ghosts of Harvard: A Novel by Francesca Serritella
• Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
• The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
• Another Woman's Husband: A Novel by Gill Paul
• The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing by Dan Hampton
• If I Never Met You: A Novel by Mhairi McFarlane
• Before I Go To Sleep: A Novel by S. J. Watson
• A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose by Samra Zafar and Meg Masters
• Fighting for Human Rights by Paul Gready
• Madison's Sorrow: Today's War on the Founders and America's Liberal Ideal by Kevin O'Leary
• More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood by Natasha Gregson Wagner
• The Swallows: A Novel by Lisa Lutz
• Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults by Mitch Weiss
• Almost Just Friends: A Novel by Jill Shalvis
• South Village Singles Collection by Jill Shalvis
• Cartier's Hope: A Novel by M. J. Rose
• The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
• The Resisters: A novel by Gish Jen
• Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen
• Typical American by Gish Jen
• The Illness Lesson: A Novel by Clare Beams
• The Sisterhood: A Novel by Michael Palmer
• The Post-War Trilogy: After Midnight, The Last Sunrise, and Dying Day (The Post-War Trilogy #2) by Robert Ryan
• Swan Song by Robert R. Mccammon
• Free Woman: The Life and Times of Victoria Woodhull by Marion Meade
• High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier by Hal Borland
• Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance by Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin and Lawrence Sutin
• Implant: A Novel (Thriller Ser.) by F. Paul Wilson
Fire over Heathrow: The Tragedy of Flight 712 by Susan Ottaway
• Escape to Freedom: An Airman's Tale of Capture, Escape and Evasion (Wwii Ser.) by Tony Johnson
• Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side (The\helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Ser.) by Bella Spewack
• So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State by Forrest Church
• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge #3) by Ken Follett
• The Other People: A Novel by C. J. Tudor
• The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel by Lisa Wingate
• Chosen Ones (Chosen Ones Series) by Veronica Roth
• The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant by Veronica Roth
• Voice And Equality: Civic Voluntarism In American Politics by Sidney Verba, Henry E. Brady, and Kay Lehman Schlozman
• Prairie Summer by Bonnie Geisert
• Take Me Apart: A Novel by Sara Sligar
• Europe Against the Jews, 1880-1945 by Götz Aly
• Miss Austen: A Novel by Gill Hornby
• You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce
• The Split: A Novel by Sharon Bolton
• Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior
• The Prettiest by Brigit Young
• A Death of No Importance: A Mystery (A Jane Prescott Novel #1) by Mariah Fredericks
• The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks
• The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship by Greg King and Penny Wilson
• Crash by David Hagberg and Lawrence Light
• Little Secrets: A Novel by Jennifer Hillier
• A Hundred Suns: A Novel by Karin Tanabe
• Dance with the Devil: A Memoir of Murder and Loss by David Bagby
• Dead in the Water: My Forty-Year Search for My Brother's Killer by Penny Farmer
• Heart's Surrender by Rosanne Bittner
• Michael Cohen's House Testimony: The Complete Transcripts and Case Documents by Diversion Books
• Boys Don't Tell: Ending the Silence of Abuse by Randy Ellison
• The Holocaust: History & Memory (The\second World War Ser.) by Jeremy M. Black

My Review: The Other People: A Novel by C. J. Tudor

The Other People by C.J. Tudor

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A father struggles with the disappearance/death of his only daughter. His total focus is on figuring out what happened to her. He knows she is not dead because he has seen her, in a car, real, and personal, yet no one believes him. They think he is unbalanced and refuses to accept her death. So, he drives and drives, prowling the roads looking for the car.

The storyline is a good one. However, I found myself confused. It moves back-and-forth between several characters, and sometimes, I felt lost. This is not to say, it is not a good story. It is suspenseful, and moves quite rapidly, but I admit to being relieved when it was finally finished.

My review: The Girl Beneath the Sea (Underwater Investigation Unit #1) by Andrew Mayne

The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Sloan McPherson, a Florida police diver, becomes involved in a case that becomes both intensely personal for her and her family, and a matter of life and death for her. Andrew Mayne is a master of invention with this first in the series called Underwater Investigation Unit. The plot, adventure and suspense of this book drew me in immediately. It was just an amazing read. I can hardly wait for the next installment!

Lynn's List (May 1, 2020)

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

• Coping with Coronavirus: How to Stay Calm and Protect Your Mental Health: A Psychological Toolkit by Brendan Kelly
• Self-Care for Self-Isolation by Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips
• Burning Bright: Rituals, Reiki, and Self-Care to Heal Burnout, Anxiety, and Stress by Kelsey J. Patel
• Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham
• The Murder List: A Novel of Suspense by Hank Phillippi Ryan
• Crimson Lake: A Novel (Crimson Lake Ser. #1) by Candice Fox
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