by Colson Whitehead, 2016, Kindle Version, Published by Anchor, sold by Random House, LLC This book is about a young slave girl who escapes from a plantation in Georgia via the “underground railway.” The book, although it is clearly fiction, … Continue reading →
by Lee Child, 2004, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Billiance Audio I liked this book as it depicted the main character, Jack Reacher, as a deep, multi-layered individual. He is involved, not only with a conspiracy on the part of some … Continue reading →
by Hillary Jordan, 2009, Algonquin Books This is a story of a white family in the Mississippi Delta area and their lives as they move onto some property they purchased shortly after WWII. It centers on race relations with their … Continue reading →
by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook narrated by John Keating, 2008, Macmillan Audio This is the second of a series by Patrick Taylor focusing on the life of two doctors in a small town in Northern Ireland. One of the doctors is … Continue reading →
by Kate Atkinson, Audiobook narrated by Fennela Woolgar, 2013, Hachette Audio This book is based on an interesting idea: What if a person died but came back to life to live another life based on different choices made? It’s as … Continue reading →
by Janet Wallach, Audiobook narrated by Coleen Marlo, 2012, Random House Audio This is a fairly interesting biography of a woman from New Bedford, MA, who became the richest woman in America during her life. While the author did a … Continue reading →
by Annie Jacobsen, 2015, Back Bay Books This is a fascinating story of how the United States flouted its own laws to bring Nazi scientists to America. After WWII, relations with the Russians quickly deteriorated into the Cold War. Both … Continue reading →
by Yuval Noah Harari, 2017, Harper Collins Books I looked forward to reading this book as I thought it would provide me with some ideas as to how we will progress in the future. Sadly, I was disappointed as it … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2014, Penguin Audio This is the last book in the trilogy. Thank goodness! While the book walked me back through a time in history that I lived through, I never really liked … Continue reading →
by Amor Towles, 2016, Viking This is a lovely book, slow paced and articulate. It is a story of a nobleman in Russia who is declared a non-person by the Communist Party after the revolution and is sentence to live … Continue reading →