Skink, No Surrender
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 →
Tag Archives: Fiction
The English Girl
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 →
Orphan Train: A Novel
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 →
The Nightingale
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 →
The Last Hurrah: A Novel
by Edwin O’Connor, introduction by Jack Beatty, 2016 (originally published in 1956), Kindle Edition, University of Chicago, Reprint Edition This novel was chosen as our November 2016  Men’s Book Club Selection. While it is a book of fiction, it was … Continue reading →
North River: A Novel
by Pete Hamill, 2007, Kindle edition by the Hachette Book Group This is a story of a doctor who grew up in a tough area of Manhattan and then enlisted in the army. He was in the trenches in France … Continue reading →
The Lake House: A Novel
by Kate Morton, 2015, Kindle Edition, Atria Books, Reprint Edition, sold by Simon and Schuster Digital Sales, Inc. This book is a mystery about a cold case disappearance of a young boy in Cornwall, England. A woman detective, who is temporarily … Continue reading →
The Galton Case
by Ross McDonald, originally published in 1959, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996) This is another crime story featuring the detective, Lew Archer. Unlike many of the detective shows on TV these days, Lew Archer has a dark … Continue reading →
Intervention
by Robin Cook, 2009, audiobook read by George Guidall, Recorded Books, Frederick, MD This is possibly one of the worst books I have ever experienced. My wife and I listened to it on our trip from Florida to Rhode Island … Continue reading →
A Death in Vienna
by Daniel Silva, 2004, audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape This is a pretty good book about tracking down a Nazi war criminal in Vienna who has a connection to a right-wing politician who is running for the office … Continue reading →