The Art Forger Book Review

The Art Forger: Book Review by Arlene.

5 stars

The Art Forger Book Review

The Art Forger Review

Claire Roth, an aspiring young artist, has a Boston studio apartment and is the central character throughout. She makes a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner to forge a Degas painting stolen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist in exchange for a one woman art show in his gallery.

As Claire begins her work on the forgery she begins to suspect the original painting delivered to her apartment may very well be a forgery itself. Continue reading “The Art Forger Book Review” →

The Art Forger Book Club Questions, Part 1.

Please put your comments for The Art Forger book club questions in the comments area below.

1.  B. A. Shapiro entwines 3 plots in the story line, moving back and forth, each revealing the theme of secrets and deceit. How do you find this helps to deepen the theme of the story? The Art Forger Book Club Questions

 

2.  The Art Forger was inspired by the real art heist that happened at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Works that were stolen included masterpieces such as Rembrandt’s “Storm on the Sea of Galilee,” Vermeer’s “The Concert”  and Degas’ “After the Bath.” Continue reading “The Art Forger Book Club Questions, Part 1.” →

The Art Forger Book Club Questions, Part 2.

Please put your comments for The Art Forger book club questions in the comments area below:

1.  How did B.A. Shapiro’s portrayal of Claire make you feels toward her? Are you connected to Claire as an artist? The Art Forger Book Club Questions

 

2. The Art Forger is based in Boston, MA. How does B.A. Shapiro use the city as a nod to Claire’s state of mind?

Continue reading “The Art Forger Book Club Questions, Part 2.” →

Gathering Prey Book Review

Gathering Prey: Book Review by Dinh

4- stars
Gathering Prey Book Review

 

Click here to buy: Gathering Prey by John Sandford.

 

Gathering Prey Review:

If you are a fan of John Sandford’s Prey series then you are familiar with how he starts his story off. The story starts off his usual way, getting right to business with setting the scene, with the characters who are involved and their perspectives on the events.

Skye and Henry are two Travelers, who lead a modern day nomad lifestyle and travel from city to city. They meet Letty, Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter while she is a student at Stanford college. Continue reading “Gathering Prey Book Review” →

Where’d you go, Bernadette Book Review

Where’d you go, Bernadette: Book Review by Tina

5 stars

 

Where did you go Bernadette Book

 

Please welcome on board our special guest reviewer Tina!

Tina lives in the UK and works as a business journalist for the medical technology industry. When she is not reporting on the latest gizmos that keep your ticker ticking, Tina ricochets between a multitude of extracurricular activities to combat the bouts of existential crises that increasingly plague her with age. She enjoys reading books that she wishes she could have written instead of guiltily watching series after series of TV shows on Netflix.

Review:

Fifteen-year-old Bee Branch requests as a reward for her perfect grades a family trip to Antarctica, much to the chagrin of her agoraphobic mother, Bernadette Fox.

Nonetheless, Bernadette pushes through her misgivings and sets her “virtual assistant” in India, Manjula, to making preparations for the trip.

Then Bernadette vanishes two days before Christmas without leaving a trace – or so everyone thinks. Bee, exasperated by her father’s stonewalling, is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery by piecing together information from a variety of sources. Continue reading “Where’d you go, Bernadette Book Review” →

The Art Forger: A Novel by B. A. Shapiro

The Art Forger: A Novel
Please join us in reading The Art Forger: A novel by B.A. Shapiro, for our November pick of the month book.

The Art Forger is a NY Times Bestseller and is the Boston Globe Best Crime Book of 2012.

USA Today says “The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing-and not seeing the secret that lies beneath the canvas.”

The Art Forger novel is set in the world of art- the artist themselves, the art galleries, the paintings and the art history with a plot that twists and turns.

It looks like a page turner to be sure!

We will be reviewing The Art Forger for November 30th, 2015 along with our book club discussion.

Buy The Art Forger: A Novel by B. A. Shapiro

 

See other Suggested Book Club Reading.

China Dolls Book Review

China Dolls: Book Review by Arlene

4 stars

China Dolls Book Review

Please click here to buy China Dolls by Lisa See.

China Dolls Review:

San Francisco 1938.

Three young women are about to embark on a journey that will take them through their lives until 1988.

 They do not know each other. They are very different in their cultures and life experiences, but they are all at a crossroads in their lives at a pivotal moment, when all three, make a choice that brings them to a chance meeting, from that pivotal moment in time they do not look back and a friendship is formed that will bring them love, sadness, betrayal, success, failure, marriage, children and in the end of it all, will the bond of friendship survive? How could it? This friendship has shaped their lives for 50 years and continued to do so. Continue reading “China Dolls Book Review” →

Digital Books Vs. Paper Books

My thoughts….

So here’s my thought: Digital Books Vs. Paper BooksKindle ebook

I was recently on the treadmill trying to exercise and read (Gathering Prey by John Sandford) at the same time.

It was a pain in my backside having to hold the hardcover book and exercise simultaneously.

It got me thinking that it would be so much easier if I had the ebook on Kindle. I wouldn’t have to hold the book to stop the page from turning and I could exercise easier.

I have only ever read paper books and I know quite a few people who like to read the digital versions. I can see the benefits of having a kindle vs. real books. It will benefit me greatly on the treadmill!

Digital books are a solution to my problem. Continue reading “Digital Books Vs. Paper Books” →