Overboard by Sara Paretsky
A great installment in the V.I. Warshawski series. The only reason why I didn’t give this 5 stars is that the technology angle flew over my head (pun intended) like each time I read about it. I still don’t understand it, and just shrugged and decided to enjoy the book. “Overboard” follows V.I. as she is dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on her, her business, and the city of Chicago. V.I. is running her dogs when one of them gets away from her and […]
Praticing History by Barbara Tuchman
A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul
Deadlock by Sara Paretsky
The Sweet Science by AJ Liebling
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Practicing History – 4/5 Stars This is a collection of essays, mostly about history writing, by the American historian Barbara Tuchman. This is my third Tuchman book, and the least “history” one. Her other two books, The First Salute and March to Folly, were both history driven, but also argument driven. This book’s essays cover a wide ranging set of essays, some specifically focused on historical questions like Mao and figures connected to WWI, while the bulk (or at least it feels this way) were mostly about the […]
Death on the Edge by Sara Paretsky
I have to say this was fantastic! The only reason why I didn’t give it 5 stars is that I guessed what happened with the mystery about who wrote the essay. I loved the callback to a past case of VI’s and her annoying nemesis from that one popping up in this one (Marcena Love). In “Death on the Edge” VI gets involved in introducing Marcena to her old school in order to talk to a teacher who is concerned about an essay that was […]
Shell Game by Sara Paretsky
I don’t even know what to say about this one. It was so far fetched that two of VI’s investigations would even link up. I still love this series though because it’s great to read about a strong female character who chose to remain single and not have children. That’s not to say that VI does not enjoy gentlemen companions, she’s okay without them though. “Shell Game” has her investigating a police matter involving Lottie’s nephew. She also gets a call from a niece by […]
