"When a bookshop patron commits suicide, his favorite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he …
Review of 'Midnight at the Bright Ideas bookstore' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Abysmally bad.
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ChefRaven rated The red notebook: 5 stars
The red notebook by Antoine Laurain
"Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate …
ChefRaven rated A Gentleman in Moscow: 4 stars
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
When, in 1922, thirty-year-old Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, he is sentenced to …
ChefRaven reviewed Apprentice in death by Nora Roberts (In death -- book 43)
"Lieutenant Eve Dallas returns in a fast-paced new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling …
Review of 'Apprentice in death' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Could possibly be the best of the series. It was excellent. Couldn’t have enjoyed it more.
ChefRaven rated The Mathematician's Shiva: 3 stars
The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer
"A comic, bittersweet tale of family evocative of The Yiddish Policemen's Union and Everything Is Illuminated Alexander 'Sasha' Karnokovitch and …
ChefRaven rated And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: 5 stars
ChefRaven rated Inheriting Edith: 3 stars
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment …
Review of 'Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A wonderful little book. So many moments it made my heart smile.
ChefRaven rated The Immortalists: 4 stars
ChefRaven reviewed Daybreak by Belva Plain
The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests …
Review of 'Daybreak' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I really wish we could give half stars. It’s a solid 3.5 but not a four. The writing is too poor for a four. It’s sadly timely even though it was written decades ago. The anger and pain the differences in political and religious opinion continue to this day and probably always will.
ChefRaven reviewed The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander
" In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander--poet, mother, and wife--finds herself at an …
Review of 'The Light of the World' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Stunning in its simplicity. It is a lovely tribute to her husband, their family and their love.
ChefRaven reviewed The fourth rule of ten by Gay Hendricks (Dharma Detective Series -- Book Four)
"Ex-Buddhist monk, former LAPD detective, and current private investigator Tenzing "Ten" Norbu knows Bill Bohannon …
Review of 'The fourth rule of ten' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
My least fave of the series so far. Still good but not great.
ChefRaven reviewed The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert
Review of 'The Coincidence of Coconut Cake' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Totally obvious from the first few chapters EXACTLY what will happen. The rest is just talking about cheese curds.
ChefRaven rated Between me and you: 3 stars
Allison Winn Scotch: Between me and you (2018)
Between me and you by Allison Winn Scotch
From New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch comes an honest, touching, and funny exploration of falling in and …
