Both JB and Boss read The Lifeboat and I think that they both liked it more than I did, although I just asked Boss and he said after having been away from it for awhile, he felt it was fine but kind of flat. JB said it was a fascinating look at human behavior, and I suppose he’s right, but it just didn’t set me on fire the way I think it did him. I think that this is one of those books that you […]
Only Some Will Survive
I found The Lifeboat (2012) by Charlotte Rogan when I stumbled on (or Facebook shoved in my face) the Huffington Post’s list of 21 Books From the Last Five Years That Every Woman Should Read. Of the eight books I’d already read on that list, I’d really liked seven of them, so it inspired me to try out some more. After surviving 21 days in an overcrowded lifeboat lost at sea, Grace Winter is on trial for murder. Recently married into wealth and almost as quickly widowed, […]
What If You Were Stuck on a Boat
This was on the recommended shelf at my favorite local bookstore, and it was a nice read. Probably more of a library read than one that I recommend buying, but definitely worth reading. We start out at Grace’s trial. We don’t know exactly what she is on trial for, but this tells us that she has clearly survived being on the titular lifeboat. We immediately jump back to when she and 39 others from the Empress Queen ship find themselves in a lifeboat just over […]