Blogs about: Andrews Picks

Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear

Andrew wrote 1 month ago: On this week’s Blogging for a Good Book, I’m posting about four authors who are coming t … more »

Tags: Announcements, Books, Characters, Historical Fiction, Mysteries, sense of place, Setting, Young-Adult

Eagle Catcher, by Margaret Coel

Andrew wrote 1 month ago: On this week’s Blogging for a Good Book, I’m posting about four authors who are coming t … more »

Tags: Announcements, Books, Crime Fiction, Fast paced, Mysteries, sense of place, Subculture, Westerns

The Betrayal Game, by David L. Robbins

Andrew wrote 1 month ago: On this week’s Blogging for a Good Book, I’m posting about four authors who are coming t … more »

Tags: adventure, Books, Crime Fiction, High suspense, Historical Fiction, Thrillers

The Second Objective, by Mark Frost

Andrew wrote 3 months ago:   Just before Christmas 1944, the German Army attacked lightly defended Allied lines through th … more »

Tags: Historical Fiction, Fast paced, Thrillers, Quick read

The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford1 comment

Andrew wrote 4 months ago: Two couples – the Dowells and the Ashburnhams - live a life of luxury and idleness in pre-World Wa … more »

Tags: Characters, Literary Fiction, Setting, language, Gab Bags

The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman1 comment

Andrew wrote 4 months ago: I’m going to get flak for this post, even if it’s just sour looks from my colleagues, so at leas … more »

Tags: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Young-Adult

Drop City, by T. C. Boyle3 comments

Andrew wrote 4 months ago: After having him on my To Be Read pile for a long time, I finally found my way to T.C. Boyle, and wa … more »

Tags: Books, Characters, Coming of Age, Dark Humor, language, sense of place, Setting

The Terror Dream, by Susan Faludi

Andrew wrote 4 months ago: In the months and years after the attacks on September 11, 2001, contrarian women were silenced, acc … more »

Tags: nonfiction, Microhistories

My Fellow Americans, by Keir Graff1 comment

Andrew wrote 9 months ago: Chicago, a few years in the future. An unspecified terrorist attack has caused the President to can … more »

Tags: Fast paced, sense of place, Plot, High suspense, Books

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini

Andrew wrote 9 months ago: In the wake of his mega-successful The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini has returned with a second novel … more »

Tags: Books, Characters, Historical Fiction, Mainstream fiction, sense of place

The Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke2 comments

Andrew wrote 9 months ago: I’ve read a few of James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux books, and a couple of his standalone novel … more »

Tags: Characters, Mysteries, sense of place, Crime Fiction, Quick read, Books

The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon2 comments

Andrew wrote 9 months ago: Michael Chabon has created an inspired setting for one of the most noir books I’ve read in a long … more »

Tags: Characters, Clever dialogue, Quirky characters, Mysteries, Setting, Crime Fiction, language, Dark Humor, Books

Hannibal Rising, by Thomas Harris3 comments

Andrew wrote 11 months ago: In the wake of Silence of the Lambs, many people discovered Red Dragon, Hannibal Lecter’s first ap … more »

Tags: Mysteries, Thrillers, Crime Fiction, Dark Humor, Horror, Books

The Innocent Man, by John Grisham2 comments

Andrew wrote 11 months ago: In the wake of two brutal murders in the small Oklahoma town of Ada, police decided to close the cas … more »

Tags: Setting, sense of place, Crime Fiction, nonfiction, true crime, Books

A Man Without a Country, by Kurt Vonnegut1 comment

Andrew wrote 11 months ago: Kurt Vonnegut died April 11, but got in one last shot at the insanity of a United States spinning re … more »

Tags: nonfiction, memoir, Dark Humor, Quick read, Books

Stranger Than Fiction

Andrew wrote 11 months ago: For a change of pace, here’s a film review, although the movie in question does revolve around fic … more »

Tags: Characters, Clever dialogue, Quirky characters, Dark Humor, Romance

Erasure, by Percival Everett

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Everett, a critically-acclaimed African American writer who hasn’t had much commercial success, te … more »

Tags: Characters, Humor, Literary Fiction, Fast paced, language, Books

Listen1 comment

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Kurt Vonnegut has come unstuck in time. The author of – what? – literary science fiction? relati … more »

Tags: Mainstream fiction, Characters, Clever dialogue, Quirky characters, Humor, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fast paced

Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem

Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Private detective Lionel Essrog isn’t really a private detective – he and three men who grew up … more »

Tags: Books, Characters, Clever dialogue, Crime Fiction, language, Literary Fiction, Quirky characters, sense of place


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