Category: Book Notes

These are notes written for the Aptos Men’s Book Club and others about books I have read.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford

 April 30, 2020

This (wait for it . . . ) bittersweet romance happens amidst the evacuation and interment of Japanese citizens at the start of WWII.

In the Garden of the Beasts
by Erik Larson

 April 21, 2020

Follow the ambassadorial career of Bill Dodd in Hitler’s Germany through the eyes of his family.

Olive Kitteridge
By Elizabeth Strout

 April 15, 2020

The story of Olive is told through 13 well-constructed short stories about other people.

The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai

 March 14, 2020

This seriously good novel of gay life during the AIDS crisis in Chicago tells a story that has a simple message.

Brother and Sister
by Diane Keaton

 March 14, 2020

The book is not what the critics say it is.