Damascus Station – David McCloskey From Storygraph: A CIA officer and his recruit arrive in Damascus to hunt for a killer CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad. The two fall into a forbidden relationship, which supercharges Haddad’s recruitment and creates unspeakable danger when they enter…

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore When we are away for more than a few weeks I need to make sure I have a stash of non-library books to read. This was one I gave my daughter for Christmas and she lent it back to me to read—always buy loved ones books you…

Happiness Falls – Angie Kim From Storygraph: Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the…

Just catching up on posting my reads for the year. The Reckoning (The Welsh Princes) by Sharon Penman From Storygraph: His father’s words haunt Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales, who has been ruling uneasily over his fractious countrymen. Above all else, Llewelyn fears that his life and his own dream–of an independent, united Wales–might…

I haven’t rounded up any of the books I’ve read since January so this will be the first of two posts to catchup. Christopraxis: A Practical Theology of the Cross by Andrew Root Description from Storygraph: Finding practical theology not always able to present frameworks for understanding concrete and lived experience with divine action, Andrew…

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen From Goodreads: We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionise our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity? And how can using a notebook help you change the way you think?…

I’ve got quite behind with my book posts, but October (due to travel) and November (due to NaBloPoMo) were low-reading months for me, so I’m going to do one post for the last four months of the year. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley From Goodreads: In the near future, a civil servant is…

It’s nearly the end of November, and I’m just getting around to reviewing the books I read in August. Time Shelter – Georgo Gosdopinov From Goodreads: In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flâneur named Gaustine opens a ‘clinic for the past’ that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer’s sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute…