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A new book review from Cedar Park Blog.
04/12/2025

A new book review from Cedar Park Blog.

November 2025 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of a very famous freighter in Lake Superior, which is the largest and most northerly of the Great Lakes. Recent nonfiction books about the tragedy include Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy by Thomas M

Two new reviews on Cedar Park Blog.
21/11/2025

Two new reviews on Cedar Park Blog.

Some authors of mystery novels really churn those titles out.  Here are reviews of novels by two women who are beloved by followers of the genre.

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
08/11/2025

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

The Rebel Romanov:  Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had     Helen Rappaport     (2025)   I’ve been fascinated by the Romanov dynasty ever since I read Robert K. Massie’s Nicholas and Alexandra

Reviews of mysteries on Cedar Park Blog.
19/10/2025

Reviews of mysteries on Cedar Park Blog.

Marble Hall Murders      Anthony Horowitz     (2025)  Author Horowitz can really churn out the devilishly complicated metafictional mysteries! This one is closely linked to two of his previous mysteries, Magpie Murder

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
06/10/2025

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop      Satoshi Yagisawa      translated from the Japanese by Eric Ozawa    (2010/2023)  In contemporary Tokyo, Takako is a 25-year-old whose boyfriend announces

The latest book review from Cedar Park Blog.
21/09/2025

The latest book review from Cedar Park Blog.

The Forsyte Saga   John Galsworthy  (1922)      More than a hundred years ago, John Galsworthy gathered three of his novels ( The Man of Property , In Chancery , and To Let ) plus two short stories into a volume called The Forsyte Saga . The

More book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
28/08/2025

More book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

In 2011, Amor Towles debuted as a novelist with Rules of Civility , set in 1930s Manhattan, where a love triangle plays out against a backdrop of jazz clubs and boarding houses, with considerable alcohol. Towles’s impeccable character development is already on display here, and his examination of

Two new book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
11/08/2025

Two new book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

In this post you’ll find reviews of two historical novels—one set in fifteenth-century England and one in early twentieth-century England.

Two book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
17/07/2025

Two book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

Here are two fictional takes on the post-war period in Britain. First, a novel actually written in that period, by the inimitable Barbara Pym, a greatly underrated author. Second, a recently published historical mystery set right after World War II, from a series that is one of my favorites. The sim

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
04/07/2025

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

How the Light Gets In      Joyce Maynard     (2024)  This novel is a sequel to Maynard’s 2021 Count the Ways , and it helps to know the basics of that plot. In Count the Ways , the many sad and shocking events that p

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
20/06/2025

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

Back in 2018, when I reviewed Weike Wang’s first novel, Chemistry , on this blog, I predicted “Weike Wang is an author to watch.” Indeed, Wang has since produced two more well-received novels focusing on the experiences of Chinese American women. In this post, I offer recaps of my reviews of C...

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.
05/06/2025

The latest book reviews from Cedar Park Blog.

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store      James McBride     (2023)   In small-town Pennsylvania in 1936, two outcast groups of citizens, the Jews and the Blacks (“Negroes”) live on the edge of town and learn to support ea

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