by Ken Follett, 2025, Audiobook narrated by Ralph Armitage, Grand Central Publishing This is the worst book I have read or listened to in quite a while. Follett attempts to apply his well-worn formula to a topic and era that … Continue reading →
by Maggie O’Farrell, 2026, Audiobook narrated by Dane Wyte O’Hara, Random House Audio This is a very well written book about a family in Ireland during and after the great famine. It chronicles the loss of the Irish due to … Continue reading →
by José Saramago, 1998, Kindle Edition, 1998, Mariner Books, I read this book because it was on the suggested reading list for our tour of Portugal and Spain this year. The recommendation read: The Nobel Prize-winning author’s compelling love story … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 20 by Louise Penny, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Jean Brassard, MacMillan Audio Unfortunately, this series is beginning to feel old. The characters are the same but that might be the problem. We have been … Continue reading →
by Isaac Asimov, 1950, 2004 Kindle edition, Bantam Dell, a Division of Random House, Inc. The book, written way back in 1950, is amazingly prescient, although Asimov’s timeline was a bit off. We are now in 2026 on the verge … Continue reading →
by Ian Rankin, 2009, Audiobook narrated by Peter Forbes, Hashette Audio. I enjoyed this book about the fictious inspector Malcolm Fox who works in the Complaints Department of the Edenborough, Scotland, police department. The purpose of the department is to … Continue reading →
by Dorothy Sayers,1926, Kindle eBook published in 2012 by Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller I listened to the first Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery, Whose Body, and had some trouble following it. Lord Peter seems to be all over the … Continue reading →
by Alexander McCall Smith, 2010, Audiobook narrated by Divina Porter, Recorded Books This book has some interesting characters but a weak plot. Isabel is asked to check out three applicants for a headmaster position at a local school. I estimate … Continue reading →
by Louise Penny, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Jean Brassard, MacMillan Audio This book is about a plot to poison the water supply of Montreal. Inspector Gamache manages to come to the rescue at the last minute and prevents the disaster … Continue reading →
by Bernhard Schlink, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Nathalie Buscombe, Harper Via I would classify this book as a swing and a miss. It’s about a woman in Pomerania before WWII who falls in love with an aristocrat. The parents of … Continue reading →