by Dan Brown, audible edition read by Paul Michael, 2009, Random House Audio, New York This novel is a sad effort in comparison to The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Rather than providing the reader with cliff-hanging suspense … Continue reading →
by Elie Wisel, 1972 (new translation by Marion Wiesel, 2006), Hill and Wang, a division of Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York Compelling, horrifying, saddening – one individual’s story of his Holocaust experience. Also, I might add, beautifully written. Reading … Continue reading →
by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York After reading Middlesex and giving it a “5-Star” rating, I was really disappointed in this book. Eugenides brings the same great writing style to this book, but the subject matter … Continue reading →
by Michael Lewis, 1989, W.W. Norton & Company, New York This is an interesting read, but, unlike most everybody who has reviewed this book, I didn’t find it that funny. On the cover of the book is a quote by Tom … Continue reading →
The Americans who Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson, 2010, Random House, New York This book is about three Americans who played prominent roles in London during World War II, ambassador John Gilbert Winant, Edward … Continue reading →
by Debra Dean, 2006, Harper Perennial, New York This novel, about a woman who was a docent at the Hermatage during the seige of Leningrad, has a unique situation. The woman has Alzheimer’s in her later years and her family … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 2002, Audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape, Inc., Santa Ana, California This was a fairly enjoyable book to listen to. It moved along, the characters were interesting (if somewhat predictable), and the reader was very … Continue reading →
by Robert K. Massie, 2011, Random House, New York This book is extremely well-written and researched. I felt that I really understood the woman and also gleaned a tremendous amount of Russian and European history from reading it. While I … Continue reading →
by William R. Forstchen, 2009, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York This book is about a nuclear detonation and the effects of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that emanated from that detonation. It is clear from this book that the impact of … Continue reading →
by Jonathan Franzen, Audiobook Read by David LeDoux, 2010, MacMillan Audio, New York This book was very disappointing. The author attempted to provide a treatise on individual freedom and where it leads, but, instead, managed only a sad portrayal of … Continue reading →