by Erik Larson, 2011, Broadway Paperbacks, New York This is a fascinating book, well-written and extremely well-researched. I was amazed at how well the author could reconstruct events that occurred so many years ago. I couldn’t help compare his work … Continue reading →
by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1903, 2005, Blackstone Audio, read by Frederick Davidson This is an incredibly good book given that it doesn’t have much of a plot and it was written by a Polish person whose English was … Continue reading →
by James Mann, 2010, Penguin Books This book was very disappointing, primarily because it was so repetitious. There were over sixty pages devoted to objections by various individuals to Reagan’s Berlin Wall speech. Many of the objections were repeated numerous … Continue reading →
by Wally Lamb, 2009, performed by the author, HarperAudio This is a refreshing Christmas story about a ten-year-old kid in a parochial school in 1964. The author does a great job in reading, particularly the accent of the Russian girl … Continue reading →
by Phillip Margolin, 2008, Harper Audio, narrated by Jonathan Davis We listened to this book on the way from Florida to Rhode Island in the car and we were pleasantly surprised at how good it was. The plot was a … Continue reading →
by Vince Flynn, 2007, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall This one is quite a bit better than Honor Bound from 2009, which was pretty boring. This  one has a pretty interesting plot and one that is fairly plausible. … Continue reading →
by Gillian Flynn, Crown Publishing, 2012 I had a little trouble getting my arms around this book. The book is very readable and I think the methodology the author employed, which consisted of alternating entries by the husband and then … Continue reading →
by R. A. Scotti, Back Bay Books, 2004 I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I was expecting another fairly dry (no pun intended) description of the devastation wrought by this super storm. Instead, I got … Continue reading →
by Chris Cleave, 2012, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by Emilia Fox This is the story of two female velodrome Olympic cyclists and their relationships. The story is somewhat interesting in that it portrays the stresses inherent in the lives … Continue reading →
Persuasion, by Jane Austen, originally published posthumously in 1818, audiobook, 2001, read by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD I guess I just didn’t get this book. To me it was a redefinition of the word, “dithering.” The heroine, … Continue reading →