Lynn's List (August 28, 2020)

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

• Midnight Riot (Rivers of London #1) by Ben Aaronovitch
• Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It by Erin Brockovich
• The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir by Roman Dial
• The Ian Rutledge Starter by Charles Todd
• Against the Loveless World: A Novel by Susan Abulhawa
• Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth by Brian Stelter
• The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood by Wendy Holden
• Love Has a Name: Learning to Love the Different, the Difficult, and Everyone Else by Adam Weber
• We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump--A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution by Gerald F. Seib
• Trump on Trial: The Investigation, Impeachment, Acquittal and Aftermath by Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan
• Authoritarian Nightmare by John W. Dean and Bob Altemeyer
• Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs by Ralph De La Rosa
• The Assignment by Liza Wiemer
• A Cloud of Outrageous Blue by Vesper Stamper
• His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
• The Chicago Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century by Elizabeth Dale
• The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster by Craig Cleve
• Season of Water and Ice (Switchgrass Books) by Donald Lystra
• October Crisis, 1970: An Insider’s View by William Tetley
• The Survivor: An Anatomy Of Life In The Death Camps by Terrence Des Pres
• Blackbird Summer (Blackbird #1) by Em Shotwell
• Children of the Uprising Collection: Collection: Books 1 - 3 (Children of the Uprising) by Megan Lynch
• One of Ours by Willa Cather
• Cat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen
• The Ivory Cane by Janet Dailey
• Forbidden Love Collection (The Forbidden Love Novels) by Negeen Papehn
• The Nature of the Game by James Grady
• The Indestructible Jews: The Indestructible Jews, The Jews In America, And Appointment In Jerusalem by Max I. Dimont
• The Last of the Wine: A Novel (Virago Modern Classics Ser. #679) by Mary Renault
• Meanings of Violence: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Göran Aijmer and Jon Abbink
• The Anthropology of Friendship by Sandra Bell
• Muslim Women's Choices: Religious Belief and Social Reality (Cross-cultural Perspectives On Women Ser.) by Camillia Fawzi El-Solh and Judy Mabro
• Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand
• Love in Catalina Cove (Catalina Cove #1) by Brenda Jackson
• The Wives: A Novel (Hq Fiction Ebook Ser.) by Tarryn Fisher
• Woman 99: A Novel by Greer Macallister
• The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

My review: A View Across the Rooftops by Suzanne Kelman

A View Across the Rooftops by Suzanne Kelman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Josef is a college mathematics professor living a comfortable life in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of WWII. He tries not to think about what is happening around him until one of his students, Michael, appears at his house, clearly in danger, because he is Jewish. Josef makes a decision to hide Michael in his attic.

Though this book is historical fiction, it captures the mood of the times, and, along with other characters in the story, lets the reader see and experience the emotion and terror, and what many did to survive. The potential for betrayal is lurking everywhere, and Josef has to navigate the turmoil in order to keep Michael safe. Josef is also a captive. His heart is closed to love until Michael shows him, through their friendship, what love is. This book, I'm sure, will become a favorite of mine.

My review: The Woods by Harlan Coben

The Woods by Harlan Coben

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



To say Harlan Coben is a master at his profession is a major understatement. I've read a few of his books, and I keep coming back to them because there are ew suspense or thriller writers who can weave plots as interesting, intense and dramatic. But he does all of this so well with THE Woods.

Paul Copeland, a prosecutor, just wants to understand and know what happened to his sister in the woods twenty years ago. The question is, is he prepared for the truth? And, this is a truth that takes a lot of unexpected twists and switchbacks in the telling.

Lynn's List (August 21, 2020)

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

• The Monsters We Make: A Novel by Kali White
• Quilts of Lancaster County Bundle, A Time to Love, A Time to Heal & A Time for Peace - eBook [ePub] by Barbara Cameron
• Stitches in Time Bundle, Her Restless Heart, Hearts Journey & Heart in Hand - eBook [ePub] by Barbara Cameron
• Seeds of Hope (Harvest of Hope #1) by Barbara Cameron
• Buried Secrets (Harvest of Hope #2) by Barbara Cameron
• Remembering Occupied Warsaw: Polish Narratives of World War II by Erica L. Tucker
• The Small Room: A Novel by May Sarton
• A Durable Fire: Poems by May Sarton
• Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism by Seyward Darby
• I Owe You: A totally unputdownable gripping psychological thriller by Rona Halsall
• Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse by Eric Alterman
• It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens
• Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future by Shaun King
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
• Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector: Ten Years After the Great Crash by Douglas W. Arner; Emilios Avgouleas; Danny Busch; and Steven L. Schwarcz
• The Absolute Violation: Why Torture Must Be Prohibited by Richard S. Matthews
• Discovering the End of Time: Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O'Connell by Donald Harman Akenson
• Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen by Sheila Johnson Kindred
• The Woods: A Suspense Thriller by Harlan Coben
• The Big Book Of Serial Killers by Jack Rosewood
• The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth by Wade Hudson
• Somewhere in the Dark: A Novel by R. J. Jacobs
• Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore and Erica L. Green
• The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero
• Charles Family's War: A Gripping Story of Twin Brothers During World War II by Alan Fewster
• Can You Keep A Secret? by J. M. Doe
• Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
• Three Perfect Liars: A Novel by Heidi Perks
• Grown Ups: A Novel by Emma Jane Unsworth
• The New American: A Novel by Micheline Aharonian Marcom
• Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon
• The Company We Keep: A Novel by Frances Itani
• Little Deadly Secrets: A Novel by Pamela Crane
• Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas by Gill Paul
• Loathe at First Sight: A Novel by Suzanne Park
• Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference) by William N. Eskridge Jr.
• The Second Mother: A Novel by Jenny Milchman
• All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn
• The All-American Rotisserie Chicken Dinner: Quick & Easy Recipes to Dress Up Your Store-Bought Bird by Hope Comerford
• What Black and White America Must Do Now: A Prescription to Move Beyond Race by Armstrong Williams
• Undercover Epicenter Nurse: How Fraud, Negligence, and Greed Led to Unnecessary Deaths at Elmhurst Hospital by Erin Marie Olszewski
• The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock
• Berlin Wild: A Novel of World War II by Elly Welt
• Love in Unlikely Places: An Amish Romance by Linda Byler
• The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir by Sara Seager
• Breathe the Sky by Michelle Hazen
• Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein
• Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
• The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan by Rick Perlstein
• Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 by Rick Perlstein
• The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South by Chip Jones
• Little Disasters: A Novel by Sarah Vaughan
• The Wright Sister: A Novel by Patty Dann
• Rabbit Foot Bill: A Novel by Helen Humphreys
• What Goes Up by Christine Heppermann
• Play like a Feminist. (Playful Thinking) by Shira Chess
• Betty: A novel by Tiffany McDaniel
• Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah
• Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia by Chris Hamby
• The Search Party by Simon Lelic
• When These Mountains Burn by David Joy
• The Second Wife: A Novel by Rebecca Fleet
• The Hidden Life of Ice: Dispatches from a Disappearing World by Marco Tedesco
• American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare) by Arie Perliger
• Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, And The Origins Of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens
• Dancing with Deception: Love, Lust & Deceit in Occupied Paris by Catherine McCullagh
• The Dakota Series Trilogy: Three Spirited Novels (Dakota Series) by Linda Byler
• Hadamar: The House of Shudders by Jason K. Foster
• The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
• The Lies That Bind: A Novel by Emily Giffin
• Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
• Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy by Larry Tye
• This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up Take Action and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
• Hidden Lake: An absolutely gripping crime fiction novel by Ruhi Choudhary
• Royal: A Novel by Danielle Steel
• Operation Underworld by Paddy Kelly
• Silence by Josie Henley-Einion

Booking It Update

Hello, everyone!

I'm sorry to announce that Booking It is going on hiatus. I hope to bring this feature back at some future time. I apologize for any inconvenience. Lynn's List will continue, weekly. Thanks for your understanding, and happy reading.

Lynn's List (August 14, 2020)

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

• Flight of Dreams: A Novel by Ariel Lawhon
• The Lies I Never Told You: A twisty, suspenseful page-turner that will have you on the edge of your seat by Valérie Tong Cuong
• The Hollow Ones by Chuck Hogan
• The Hunting of Hillary: The Forty-Year Campaign to Destroy Hillary Clinton by Michael D'Antonio
• Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
• White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
• Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
• Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
• Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier by Tatiana De Rosnay and Sam Taylor
• The Rain Watcher: A Novel by Tatiana De Rosnay
• Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses by Lawrence Ross
• Man of My Time: A Novel by Dalia Sofer
• 48 Hours: A Novel by William R. Forstchen
• I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World by Jeanne Safer
• The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
• Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Secret Team That Plotted The Destruction Of Hitler's War Machine by Giles Milton
• The Nemesis Manifesto (Evan Ryder #1) by Eric Van Lustbader
• The Heart Goes On: An absolutely heartbreaking historical romance novel by Kate Hewitt
• The Mortal Instruments, the Complete Collection: City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels; City of Lost Souls; City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare
• Lady Midnight ( Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
• Black Sun Rising: A Novel by Mathew Carr
• The Noel Stranger (The Noel Collection) by Richard Paul Evans
• Zo: A novel by Xander Miller
• Copycats and Contrarians: Why We Follow Others... and When We Don't by Michelle Baddeley
• Jack the Ripper & the London Press by L. Perry Curtis Jr.
• The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically (Castle Lectures Ser.) by Peter Singer
• I Give It to You: A Novel by Valerie Martin
• The Happily Ever After: A Memoir of an Unlikely Romance Novelist by Avi Steinberg
• Via Negativa: A novel by Daniel Hornsby
• On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake by Sarah Chayes
• Do Guns Make Us Free?: Democracy and the Armed Society by Firmin Debrabander
• Seven Ways of Looking at Religion: The Major Narratives by Benjamin Schewel
• Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War by R. M. Douglas
• The Forgers: A Novel by Bradford Morrow
• The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East by Guy Laron
• Savages & Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire through Indian Territory by Paul VanDevelder
• The Zong: A Massacre, the Law & the End of Slavery by James Walvin
• Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic by Erskine Clarke
• Brutus: The Noble Conspirator by Kathryn Tempest
• Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty by Stephen Brumwell
• How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016 by P. J. O'Rourke
• The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) by Abigail Williams
• The Virgin Warrior: The Life and Death of Joan of Arc by Larissa Juliet Taylor
• December 1941: Twelve Days that Began a World War by Evan Mawdsley
• Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved by Marcia Bartusiak
• Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich by Eric Kurlander
• The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry
• It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by Danah Boyd
• King's Dream: The Legacy of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream Speech (Icons of America) by Eric J. Sundquist
• Through a Screen Darkly: Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America's Image Abroad by Martha Bayles
• The Girls with No Names: A Novel by Serena Burdick
• The Stranger Inside: A Novel (Hq Fiction Ebook Ser.) by Lisa Unger
• Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America by Peter H. Rossi
• The Lost by Natasha Preston
• Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History by Kurt Andersen
• Property Of, The Drowning Season, Fortune's Daughter, and At Risk: Property Of, The Drowning Season, Fortune's Daughter, and At Risk by Alice Hoffman
• The Collected Novels Volume Two: The Foretelling, White Horses, Angel Landing, and Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman
• The Madman Theory: Trump Takes On the World by Jim Sciutto
• Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero
• Eighteen Acres: A Novel by Nicolle Wallace
• It's Classified: A Novel by Nicolle Wallace
• Madam President: A Novel by Nicolle Wallace

Booking It (August 11, 2020)

Welcome to the first edition of Booking It. Each Tuesday I will publish a short list of newly released titles I have come across, that I find interesting. I will also add more titles throughout the day. Happy reading!

• The Happily Ever After: A Memoir of an Unlikely Romance Novelist by Avi Steinberg
• Via Negativa: A novel by Daniel Hornsby
• On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake by Sarah Chayes
• Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History by Kurt Andersen
• The Madman Theory: Trump Takes On the World by Jim Sciutto
• Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero
• Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse by Eric Alterman

New Feature: Booking It

 

Beginning tomorrow, and on subsequent Tuesdays, I will post a short list of some newly released books that have caught my attention. Of course, I will also post these titles to Lynn's List. For the sake of those of us who have print disabilities and use books in accessible formats, most of the titles will be available in the Bookshare collection. Thanks to all who have told me how much they enjoy Lynn's List. Hope you will enjoy the Booking It feature as well. Happy reading!

My review: The Safe Place by Anna Downes

The Safe Place by Anna Downes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have been a fan of psychological thrillers for many years. This one definitely tested my endurance. The plot has a lot of twists and turns, and sometimes gave me the creeps. The atmosphere Anna Downes created made me feel I had entered another world with no way out. That's the mark of a good book. However, this is one I don't think I will revisit.

Lynn's List (August 7, 2020)

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

• Minnesota Mayhem: A History of Calamitous Events, Horrific Accidents, Dastardly Crime & Dreadful Behavior in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes (True Crime) by Ben Welter
• Panther in the Hive (The Tasha Trilogy #1) by Olivia A. Cole
• Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude
• The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N. K. Jemisin
• Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk
• The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America by Ethan Michaeli
• The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel by Sahar Mustafah
• The Silent Wife: A Novel by Karin Slaughter
• Love After Love: A Novel by Ingrid Persaud
• Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump by Daniel S. Lucks
• Convince Me: A Novel by Nina Sadowsky
• In Case of Emergency: A Novel by E. G. Scott
• The Wicked Sister: The Gripping Thriller With A Killer Twist by Karen Dionne
• The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel by Akwaeke Emezi
• The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A Novel by Fiona Davis
• How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherford
• Six Days in August: The Story Of Stockholm Syndrome by David King
• A Furious Sky: The Five-hundred-year History Of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin
• The Secret of You and Me: A Novel by Melissa Lenhardt
• A Dog Between Them by Daly Thompson
• Rules of the Road: A Novel by Ciara Geraghty
• Lies, Lies, Lies: A Novel by Adele Parks
• The Friendship List: A Novel by Susan Mallery
• Sermon on the Mount Leader Guide: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven (Sermon on the Mount) by Amy-Jill Levine
• Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms
• The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best by Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
• Jumpin' Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil Rights by Jane Dailey, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore & Bryant Simon
• The River Home: A Novel by Hannah Richell
• Vanishing Falls: A Novel by Poppy Gee
• The Boys' Club: A Novel by Erica Katz
• Universe of Two: A Novel by Stephen P. Kiernan
• After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America by Jessica Goudeau
• They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman
• Divided by the Wall: Progressive and Conservative Immigration Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border by Emine Fidan Elcioglu
• Smoke but No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened by Jessica S. Henry
• The Tunnel by A. B. Yehoshua
• Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future by Shaun King
• 12 Seconds of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon by Jamie Holmes
• My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calderón
• A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by Rita Colwell and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
• You're Fired: The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump by Paul Begala
• In the Clearing by JP Pomare
• Behind the Red Door: A Novel by Megan Collins
• Louisiana Lucky: A Novel by Julie Pennell
• Separated: Inside an American Tragedy by Jacob Soboroff
• True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey Toobin
• Islamophobia and the Law by Khaled A. Beydoun
• Migrations: A Novel by Charlotte McConaghy
• A View Across the Rooftops: An epic, heart-wrenching and gripping World War Two historical novel by Suzanne Kelman
• The Life She Left Behind: An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking page turner by Nicole Trope
• The Expectations by Alexander Tilney
• A Charmed Life: A Novel (The\library Of America Ser. #290) by Mary Mccarthy
• Her Last Secret: A Gripping Psychological Thriller by Barbara Copperthwaite
• I Owe You: A totally unputdownable gripping psychological thriller by Rona Halsall
• The Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
• The Mother's Mistake: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by Ruth Heald
• The Silent Ones: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by K.L. Slater
• Single: A totally gripping psychological thriller full of twists by K.L. Slater
• A Hope for Emily: An absolutely heartbreaking and gripping emotional page turner by Kate Hewitt
• The Tuscan Secret: An absolutely gripping, emotional, World War 2 historical novel by Angela Petch
• The Child Across the Street: An unputdownable and absolutely gripping psychological thriller by Kerry Wilkinson
• The Lost Girls: A Novel by Heather Young
• A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition by John Rawls
• A Shattered Life by Edward Kendrick
• Another Woman's Child: An utterly heartbreaking and emotional page-turner by Kerry Fisher
• Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South by Matthew Van Meter
• The Scandal: A gripping emotional page turner with a breathtaking twist by Nicola Marsh
• When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good by Emily Ley