18/02/2024
A new post from Cedar Park Book Blog.
In honor of Black History Month in 2024, this post highlights some of my best-loved books by African American women.
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05/02/2024
A new post from Cedar Park Book Review Blog.
What are Category Novels? They’re fictional tales that I’ve grouped together to help my blog-followers zero in on their preferences. A category might be based on locale: Irish Novels , New York Novels , Southern Novels , for example time period: Contemporary Novels , Futurist N
23/01/2024
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In this post, I review contemporary novels by two authors—Tracey Lange and Dominic Smith—whose previous novels I enjoyed.
10/01/2024
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As I explained in my post titled Category Novels, Part One , you can explore any one of the 27 categories of books at I’ve reviewed on this blog, from Mysteries to Family Sagas to Chick Lit. Within these categories there are hundreds of choices! (To find the “Archive of Book Reviews” on a desk...
30/12/2023
The latest book review from Cedar Park Blog.
Hello Sleep : The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications Jade Wu (2023) I’m breaking with the strong trend toward fiction in this blog to review this nonfiction title. I’ve read quite a few other books about sleep and insomnia, but I
08/12/2023
If you're seeking vicarious adventure, read my recent blog post for book reviews.
The Romantic William Boyd (2022) I had enough of picaresque novels when I taught eighteenth-century British literature decades ago—think Moll Flanders, Joseph Andrews, and Tom Jones. So I wasn’t keen on readi
25/11/2023
The latest post from Cedar Park Blog is an Author Spotlight, with reviews of titles in a historical mystery series.
The First Book in the Sparks and Bainbridge Series I’ve gobbled up all five books in the Sparks and Bainbridge historical mystery series by Allison Montclair. To catch you up, here’s a re-post of my review of the inaugural book, which you should be sure to read first!
13/11/2023
In this post from my Cedar Park Blog, reviews of Irish novels.
Many of the posts on this blog are categorized, to assist you in finding just the right book. If you’re on a desktop computer, you’ll find my categories on the far right side of the web page. If you’re on a mobile device, the categories are at the bottom, so scroll way down. The list is called...
31/10/2023
A one-author, multi-book review on the Cedar Park Blog.
I’m always assured of a good read when Richard Russo’s name is on the cover. Russo has the capacity to explore the internal musings of his blue-collar characters while advancing a complicated plot, so he gets me totally invested in his characters’ happiness. Of course, not everyone in our worl...
14/10/2023
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Tom Lake Ann Patchett (2023) In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, three young adult daughters of a family are hunkered down at their childhood home, a cherry and apple farm in Michigan, helping harvest the
05/10/2023
More book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
This Other Eden Paul Harding (2023) Prepare yourself to be mesmerized by the lyrical language of this short (221 page) novel by a former winner of the Pulitzer Prize (in 2010, for Tinkers ). The beauty of Harding’s wo
25/09/2023
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Yes, in addition to all those historical novels that you see reviewed on this blog, I do read some nonfiction, especially on the topics of gardening, society, and cooking. Here are three titles that I recommend.
06/09/2023
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Four novels, set in four different periods of the twentieth century. (To read additional reviews of historical novels, click here and here .)
22/08/2023
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Recently my longsuffering husband has hauled home large stacks of novels from our local library for me. Most of them have headed right back to the drop box. But I’ve found a few great titles about contemporary life, reviewed here for your consideration!
28/07/2023
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Just what is a Beach Read? When I’ve posted before on this fiction sub-genre ( here and here ), I’ve characterized Beach Reads as novels that won’t demand much strenuous thought. A Beach Read is usually light on troubling themes about the state of the world; disasters can crop up, but a happy ...
06/07/2023
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Two short novels, both from Ireland:
20/06/2023
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19/05/2023
Reviews of short story collections, from Cedar Park Blog.
When you’ve had a long day but want a mental getaway before your head hits the pillow, consider turning to a collection of short stories for a quick dose of fiction. First, two books of regular short stories:
26/04/2023
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Historical Fiction, Medieval Variety:
15/04/2023
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Contemporary Novels by Reliable Authors April 15, 2023 Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout (2022) Pulitzer-winner Strout has helped her readers examine many of the complexities of the human condition in her eight previous highly acclaimed books. Now, in Lucy by the Sea, she looks at t...
24/03/2023
More commentary on historical novels, plus reviews.
I posted last week about the publishing trend over the past two decades toward historical novels . This week my focus is a specific historical period: the decade after World War II, a time of immense cultural change, both in a devastated Europe and in the United States, which sent soldiers to the w
13/03/2023
The latest commentary from Cedar Park Book Blog.
If you look beyond science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels (as the Cedar Park Book Blog does), your options for current fiction reading are weighted heavily toward the historical. Why? This podcast from On the Media suggests a few possible reasons. For example, fiction can draw attention to
21/02/2023
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British author Tessa Hadley’s writing just keeps getting better with each successive book that she produces. Her plots focus on families, marital relationships, friendship, and the impact of grief. Her characters are primarily middle-class or upper-middle-class British people who are artists or wr...
07/02/2023
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Haven Emma Donoghue (2022) A priest and two monks in seventh-century Ireland seek to escape the evils of civilization on a rocky island, uninhabited by humans, in the North Atlantic. Like Robinson Crusoe , t
06/01/2023
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By chance, I recently checked out from my local library three very different novels, all of which featured smart women who refused to be pushed around. In sixteenth-century Ireland:
20/12/2022
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Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng (2022) The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood (1985) I ordered the latest Celeste Ng novel from my librar
21/11/2022
The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
So that I don’t get too mired in the past with my reading material, I like to alternate historical and contemporary novels. First, reviews of two historicals:
26/10/2022
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These three sequels are also very good as novels in their own right. In each case, I did not read the previous novel but caught on quickly.
14/09/2022
The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Book Blog.
First, two works of fiction, both about financiers:
17/07/2022
The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
Sure it’s alternate history, but . . . Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld (2020) What if Hillary Rodham had not married Bill Clinton in 1975? This alternate version of Hillary’s life starts out hewing pretty closel
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