Author: Dan Brown Publisher: Doubleday Publishing, 2017, 461 pages Author Dan Brown had written three books prior to his global best-seller in 2003, The DaVinci Code. I bought that book and instantly became a fan, not just of him but the genre which is a fiction-thriller using real-world places and history as the setting and background for the current story. I … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: Exit West
Author: Mohsin Hamid Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback; 231 pages This book was a monthly selection in the TV and online PBS Book Club and was named one of the best books of 2017 by several newspapers and magazines. It has won other awards as well, so I wanted to read it before recommending it to my book group. On the surface, it’s the story of … [Read more...]
Book Review: Artemis
Author: Andy Weir Genre: Science Fiction Hardback: 305 pages Publisher: Crown The Story: Our protagonist is a young woman named Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara, who spent most of her life on a moon colony named Artemis. After leaving her father and his welding shop, Jazz is determined to join the EVA (extravehicular activity) Guild, so she can give tourists private … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: A Man Called Ove
Book: A Man Called Ove Author: Fredrik Backman Genre: Fiction Paperback: 337 pages This book was originally published in Sweden in 2010, then translated and published in English in 2014, so the paperback copy was readily available. The story has been made into a movie in Swedish with English subtitles, but I read hints on the web that there might be an entirely new … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: A Gentleman in Moscow
Book: A Gentleman in Moscow Author: Amor Towles Genre: Fiction Hardback 462 pages Having read and enjoyed Amor Towles’ first novel, Rules of Civility, I was ready for another interesting and well-written story, and I was well rewarded with A Gentleman in Moscow. This novel is different from anything else I have read. As the novel opens in 1922, we meet the main … [Read more...]