by Jojo Moyes, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, and Owen Lindsey, Penguin Audio An interesting story about a young lady who doesn’t have much going for her in her life takes on a … Continue reading →
by Arnaldur Indridason, 2005, Audiobook narrated by George Guidall, 2011, Recorded Books, LLC This is a run of the mill detective story whose only redeeming value was that it took place in Iceland. The mood and the background gave me … Continue reading →
by Elizabeth Adler, Audiobook narrated by Julie Briskman, 2009, BBC Audio I downloaded this audiobook to my MP3 player so that I could listen to something while I painted a bathroom. It had some interesting characters but they were pretty … Continue reading →
by Robert Harris, 2014, Vintage Reprint Edition I think this is an excellent book! It is an historical novel about the Dreyfus affair and one of the officers in the military who was involved in the arrest of Dreyfus. He … Continue reading →
by Thomas Keneally, Audible Audio Edition narrated by Jane Nolan, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd This book, about two sisters from Australia who were military nurses in WWI, was interesting as they were in a hospital ship that was sunk off … Continue reading →
by Stephen Kinzer, 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin This book traces the lives and careers of John Foster Dulles and his brother, Allen. It is interesting in that the author contrasts the personalities of each of them and shows how they reacted … Continue reading →
by Ann-Marie MacDonald, 1996, Touchstone Books, New York This book had great potential as it was set in a remote town in Nova Scotia at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is an area about which I have no … Continue reading →
by Richard Stoneman, Fifth Edition, 2009, Interlink Books, Northampton, MA We bought this book before we took our trip to Greece and Turkey last year, thinking that I would read the book prior to going to Turkey. I never had … Continue reading →
by Bill Bryson, 2014, Anchor Paperbacks This book is a collection of things that happened in 1927. It starts with a murder trial in the early part of the year, then describes some of the incidents leading up to Lindberg’s … Continue reading →
by Elin Hilderbrand, Audiobook 2009, Read by Katie Hale, Hatchett Audio We got this book from the Narragansett Library and listened to it on the way down from Rhode Island to Florida this year. We ordinarily drive two cars but … Continue reading →