Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan, 2021, Grove Press, New York This is a nice little book which I would classify as a novella as it has only 114 pages. It’s about a man in Ireland who delivers coal to his customers. He … Continue reading →
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen, 2007, translation 2011, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC The book is about an old detective in Copenhagen who is charged with creating a department to solve old unsolved crimes. He is given an office … Continue reading →
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie, 2008, Audiobook released 2011, narrated by Sam Dastor, Recorded Books I don’t get it. The book started out with a tale of two men who were in an airplane that blew up in mid-air, but they somehow … Continue reading →
1984
by George Orwell, 1949, 75th Anniversary Edition published in 2024 by Berkley, and imprint of Random House LLC, New York 1984 is the classic novel written in 1949 about a supposed dystopian society in 1984. When it was written, it … Continue reading →
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink, book published 1999, translation by Carol Brown Janeway, Audiobook released 2008, narrated by Campbell Scott, Random House Audio The book started out with some steamy passages in which a fifteen-year-old boy has an affair with an older … Continue reading →
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman, 2021, Penguin Books The book is about a group of individuals living in a new community in England who decide to try to solve murders that the police seem to be struggling with. In this case a … Continue reading →
The Hunger Games: Book 1
by Suzanne Collins, 2008, Audiobook released 2018, narrated by Tatiana Maslany Scholastic Audio Books We listened to this audiobook on our 3-day journey from Rhode Island to Florida this year. The reason we chose it is because our 12-year-old grandson … Continue reading →
Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti Book 2)
by Donna Leon, 2018, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, Recorded Books As is typical of her books, this book by Donna Leon moves extremely slowly. There are many conversations that start with pleasantries and then gradually turn to the topics … Continue reading →
Moriarity: Sherlock Holmes, Book 2
by Anthony Horowitz, 2014, Audiobook narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt, HarperAudio I didn’t have any idea about this book when I checked it out on Libby. It’s about Moriarity, Sherlock Holmes great archenemy. There is a physical struggle between Moriarity and … Continue reading →
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, Book 1
by Dorothy Sayers, novel first published in 1923, Audiobook narrated by David Case, 2015, Blackstone Audio This book is Dorothy Sayers first novel and it was received with critical acclaim when it was published in 1923. Most of the detective … Continue reading →