What I read: October

In the Shadow of the Banyan - Vaddey Ratner this was a thinly veiled autobiography-turned-fiction and I LOVED it.

 

When in Doubt, Add Butter - Beth Harbison  I stuck this on my to-read after looking through a bestseller’s list, and it was good. Not great, but good. Fun.

 

Charm City - Laura Lippman  I forgot this was on my list originally, but it came free on my ebook library list. Very enjoyable.

 

What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty  I felt so strongly that this was Regarding Henry (remember that movie?). I knew how it was going to end, I liked it but I wasn’t totally in love with it like most of the internet.

 

The Cost of Hope - Amanda Bennett This was last month’s book club book, but I didn’t get it in time and so I read it this month instead. It was very interesting. The focus was on how much her husband’s cancer treatments would have cost if they didn’t have insurance. This made for a much less-emotional side of the loss. I would have appreciated more passion but I thought it was an interesting take on something so heartbreaking – the decline and death of a spouse.

 

Dark Currents - Lindsay Buroker  I adore this series. I ignored all my other books to keep reading.

 

Deadly Games - Lindsay Buroker  see above.

 

Conspiracy - Lindsay Buroker again.

 

Blood & Betrayal - Lindsay Buroker  and again.

 

Manhunt - James L Swanson This month’s book club book. It’s really interesting, and I haven’t finished it in time for tomorrow’s meeting (I would have if it weren’t for those lovely Buroker books). Somehow I didn’t really grasp how devastated John Wilkes Booth was about the surrender of General Lee, and about the end of the Civil War. That kind of passion about politics … well, I just don’t have it. I have my beliefs but I don’t think anything could cause that kind of reaction from me. The threat of bodily harm to my children, maybe, but that’s about it.