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1984

Wilson's Weblog Posted on January 25, 2026 by LarryJanuary 25, 2026

by George Orwell, 1949, 75th Anniversary Edition published in 2024 by Berkley, and imprint of Random House LLC, New York 1984 is the classic novel written in 1949 about a supposed dystopian society in 1984. When it was written, it … Continue reading →

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Lessons

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 13, 2025 by LarryDecember 13, 2025

by Ian McEwan, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Simon McBurney, Recorded Books This book is about a person who has a torrid affair with his 25-year-old piano teacher at age 14 and then goes on to lead a fairly miserable life. … Continue reading →

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Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 1, 2025 by LarryDecember 8, 2025

by Mark Sullivan, 2017, Lake Union Publishing This is a very interesting book about a boy/young man living in Milan durring WWII. It chronicles his experiences, first guiding Jews over the mountains to Switzerland, and later his role as a … Continue reading →

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The Reader

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 21, 2025 by LarryDecember 7, 2025

by Bernhard Schlink, book published 1999, translation by Carol Brown Janeway, Audiobook released 2008, narrated by Campbell Scott, Random House Audio The book started out with some steamy passages in which a fifteen-year-old boy has an affair with an older … Continue reading →

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The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 13, 2025 by LarryNovember 13, 2025

by Bryan Burroughs, 2025, Audiobook narrated by Fred Sanders, Penguin Audio This book details the history and culture of the gunfighters in the West from after the Civil War until the turn of the 20th century. The author dispels the … Continue reading →

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The Thursday Murder Club

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 25, 2025 by LarryOctober 25, 2025

by Richard Osman, 2021, Penguin Books The book is about a group of individuals living in a new community in England who decide to try to solve murders that the police seem to be struggling with. In this case a … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games: Book 1

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 18, 2025 by LarryDecember 7, 2025

by Suzanne Collins, 2008, Audiobook released 2018, narrated by Tatiana Maslany Scholastic Audio Books We listened to this audiobook on our 3-day journey from Rhode Island to Florida this year. The reason we chose it is because our 12-year-old grandson … Continue reading →

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Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti Book 2)

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 12, 2025 by LarryOctober 12, 2025

by Donna Leon, 2018, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books As is typical of her books, this book by Donna Leon moves extremely slowly. There are many conversations that start with pleasantries and then gradually turn to the topics … Continue reading →

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Moriarity: Sherlock Holmes, Book 2

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 18, 2025 by LarrySeptember 22, 2025

by Anthony Horowitz, 2014, Audiobook narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt, HarperAudio I didn’t have any idea about this book when I checked it out on Libby. It’s about Moriarity, Sherlock Holmes great archenemy. There is a physical struggle between Moriarity and … Continue reading →

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Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Wilson's Weblog Posted on September 10, 2025 by LarrySeptember 22, 2025

by Ed Conway, 2023, Kindle Edition, Knopf I found this to be an extremely interesting book. It delves into the basic materials (sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium) that are used to build just about everything. I had no … Continue reading →

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