by Charles Dickens, first published 1860-1861, Audio Book narrated by Frederick Davidson, 1993, Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library and downloaded to my Sansa Clip mp3 player) I hadn’t read much of Charles Dickens other than A Tale … Continue reading →
by Kathryn Stockett, 2009, Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York This book is really a great read. It’s basically about black maids in Jackson Mississippi back in the late 60’s and early 70’s and how it was working for … Continue reading →
by Jane Austen, written in 1798-1799, revised by the author in 1803, and first published (posthumously) in 1803, Audiobook narrated by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC. Jane Austen, what can I say? It is horribly dated by our standards, the … Continue reading →
by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York This book is a good story about childhood sweethearts (one Chinese, the other Japanese) in Seattle during World War II and afterwards. The story focuses on the Japanese internment and … Continue reading →
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 2008, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, Random House, New York I enjoyed reading this book a great deal. From a literary standpoint, it is probably not a great book and the characters are even … Continue reading →
by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New York This story is about Rasputin and his assassination, told from the perspective of his daughter. The author does a pretty good job of telling the story and what it must … Continue reading →
by Charles Gasparino, 2009, Harper Business, New York This book (lent to me by one of our friends in Florida) portrays the steps that led to the financial meltdown in the fall of 2008. The tale is pretty fascinating as … Continue reading →
by Jon Meacham, 2007, read by Grover Gardiner, Random House Audiobook. I got this audiobook from the library last fall to listen to in the car when we made our annual trip to Florida from Rhode Island.  I finally got around … Continue reading →
by Barbara Kingsolver, 2009, HarperCollins Publishers, New York I was disappointed in the format of this book as it reads as a collection of journal pages, letters, and other assorted excerpts from the life of an individual. Because of this … Continue reading →
by Chris Duff, 2003, The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT I was interesting in reading this, not because I am a kayaker, but because my son who is gave me the book to read. Also, I spent a considerable amount … Continue reading →