Sunday, December 29, 2013

Books Set in Africa: Congo

The Witch Doctor's Wife, by Tamar Myers (2009)


Four Stars

Read: December 29, 2013

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Books Set in Europe: England

The Sins of the Father, by Jeffrey Archer (2012)



Three Stars

Read: December 8, 2013

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Books Set in Asia: India

The Sleeping Dictionary, by Sujata Massey (2013)


Five Stars
Read: November 24, 2013

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Books Set in Australia

The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman (2012)


Read:  November 14, 2013

Friday, November 8, 2013

Books Set in Asia: Vietnam

The Headmaster's Wager, by Vincent Lam (2012)



Read: November 8, 2013

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Books Set in Europe: Spain

The Sisterhood, by Helen Bryan (2012).


Read:  October 22, 2013

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Books Set in the United States: New York

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum (2010).


Read:  October 17, 2013

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Books Set in Europe: Germany, Bavaria

The Dark Monk, by Oliver Pötzsch (2009)



Read: October 6, 2013

Friday, September 6, 2013

Books Set in the United States: Louisiana

The Lost German Slave Girl, by John Bailey.  (2003)


Read: September 6, 2013

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Books Set in Europe: Italy

Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter  (2012)


Read: September 3, 2013

Friday, August 16, 2013

Books Set in England

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abby, by Fiona Carnarvon (2011)


Read: August 16, 2013

Monday, July 15, 2013

Books Set in the United States

Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (2012)


Read: July 15, 2013

Friday, July 5, 2013

Books Set in Ancient Israel

The Liars' Gospel, by Naomi Alderman (2012)


Read: July 5, 2013

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Books Set in Europe: Italy and Turkey

Inferno, by Dan Brown (2013)


Read: June 29, 2013

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Books Set in Europe: Germany, Bavaria

The Hangman's Daughter, by Oliver Pötzsch (2008)


Read: June 1, 2013


The Dark Monk, by Oliver Pötzsch (2009)

Read: October 6, 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Books Set in Ireland

Heart and Soul, by Maeve Binchy


Read: May 22, 2013

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Friday, April 26, 2013

Books Set in England

Princess Elizabeth's Spy, by Susan Elia MacNeal (2012)

Read: April 26, 2013

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Books Set in England

The Invisible Wall, by Harry Bernstein (2007)


Read:  April 14, 2013

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Books Set in the US

The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards (2005)


Read: April 6, 2013

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Books Set in the United States: Bible Belt

Sunday's Silence, by Gina B. Nahai (2001)


Read: March 24, 2013

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Books Set in the Global Environment

Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad, by Gordon Thomas (2012)


Read: February 24, 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Books Set in Afghanistan

The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad (2002)


Read:  February 12, 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Books Set in the Israel and Germany

The Canvas, by Benjamin Stein (2012)


Read:  February 10, 2013

Books Set in the Middle East

The Aleppo Codex, by Matti Friedman (2012)


Read: February 10, 2013

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Books Set in England

The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett (1989)


Read: January 27, 2013 (Second Reading)