by Ian McEwen, Audiobook version released 2012, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Random House Audiobooks This was an okay book to listen to, about a young lady whose boyfriend gets her a job with MI-6, the British Secret Service. It is … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 2010, Dutton, published by the Penguin Group, New York This book was a disappointment. Follett has attempted to create a great historical trilogy and this is the first book in this effort. The book is written in … Continue reading →
by Lisa See, Audiobook, 2011, Read by Janet Song, Random House Audiobooks This novel was fairly pleasant to listen to, but the plot and characters were pretty light weight. The book is about a young girl of Chinese descent who, through … Continue reading →
by William Landay, 2012, Delacorte Press, a division of Random House, New York This is a story about an Assistant DA who is caught up in a bad situation when his son is accused of a murder of a classmate. … Continue reading →
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Translated by Lucia Graves, 2004, The Penguin Press, New York This is a well-crafted mystery about a boy who comes across a mysterious book in a “book cemetery.’” The plot thickens from that point on as … Continue reading →
by Louis de Bernières, 2004, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House Inc., New York This book was recommended by Johanna Hanink, a classics professor at Brown. who accompanied us on our cruise, Pearls of Antiquity, to Greece and Turkey. … Continue reading →
by Rose Macaulay,1957, Paperback edition, 2012, Ferrar Strauss and Cudahay, New York I read this book because it was on the reading list for our educational vacation to Greece and Turkey. This book is about a trip to Turkey by … Continue reading →
by Steven R. Roberts with Alexander von Svoboda, 2013, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI This story is about a youth who was drafted into Hitler’s army and survived incredible hardship. At the age of 15 Alexander Svoboda was sent to … Continue reading →
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, read by Tara Sands, 2011, Random House Audio Not much to say about this book other than it was okay to listen to. The plot was somewhat improbable and drawn out, the characters tolerable but not particularly … Continue reading →
by Henry Miller, originally published in 1941, Second Edition, 2010, introduction by Will Short, afterword by Ian S. MacNiven, a New Directions Paperback This book was on a book list for our upcoming cruise to Greece and Turkey. It is … Continue reading →