by Douglas L. Wilson, 1998, Alfred A. Knopf, New York I had always eyed this book as it surely targeted a subject that I was interested in: the transformation of Abrahams Lincoln from a backwoods youth to the person who had … Continue reading →
by Lisa Scottoline, 2009, St. Martin’s Griffin, New York This is a story about a woman who adopts a young child and then finds out that the mother who gave up the child wasn’t the real biological mother, but that … Continue reading →
by Judy Blume, audiobook narrated by Kathleen McInerney, 2015, Random House Audio This is a novel based on three plane crashes that occurred in the city of Elizabeth, NJ, in the early 1950’s within the time span of a few … Continue reading →
by Helen Simonson, 2016, Random House, New York This novel centers on the experiences of a young woman who is trying to make her way in life just before WWI breaks out. The story has some interesting moments but the … Continue reading →
by Nathan Hill, 2016, a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York This book is pretty fascinating. It interweaves topics such as computer game addiction with the anti-war protests that occurred during the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, along … Continue reading →
by Andrea Levey, 2004, Picador Books, New York This book is about a man and a woman from Jamaica who married and then immigrated to England after WWII. It highlights the degree of racism that existed in England and the … Continue reading →
by Carl Hiaasen, audiobook read by Kirby Heyborne, 2014, Random House, LLC This is a very light weight novel about a girl who runs away to meet a guy she met on the internet and the subsequent search for her … Continue reading →
by Daniel Silva, audiobook read by George Guidall, 2013, Harper-Collins Publishers This book was just plain terrible. I was really disappointed because I had listened to another book by Silva that I really liked. This one had a bit of … Continue reading →
by Cristina Baker Kline, audiobook read by Jessica Almasy and Suzanne Toren, 2013, Audible, Inc. This is a book about a young, alienated girl in Maine who begins to establish a relationship with an elderly lady. She, at first, does … Continue reading →
by Kristin Hannah, Audible Audio Edition, narrated by Polly Stone, 2015, Macmillan Audio This is the story of two sisters in occupied France during World War II and the two different paths they pursued to survive the Nazis. The one … Continue reading →