by Michael Ondaatje, 2011, Audiobook read by the author, Random House Audio The setting of this story is intriguing … three boys pretty much on their own on a steamer from Ceylon to England. They encounter some pretty unusual characters … Continue reading →
by Umberto Eco, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., New York While I read this book I kept thinking it was going to get better. It didn’t. I was interested in the book because it had to do with the … Continue reading →
An Inspector Wexford Mystery, by Ruth Rendell, 1964, Audiobook Narrated by Nigel Anthony, 2010, AudioGO, North Kingstown, RI. This was fun to listen to as Nigel Anthony did a great job of portraying the various characters. The author also did a … Continue reading →
by Louis L’Amour, 1949, Audiobook read by Jim Gough, 2005, Blackstone Audio What can I say? A typical western, somewhat enjoyable, but lots of stereotyped good and bad guys and it feels really dated. This one had a somewhat improbable … Continue reading →
by Sanjay Gupta, Audiobook read by Christian Rummel, 2013, Hachette Audio Dr. Gupta is apparently a fairly renowned medical spokesperson, but his attempt at a novel is pretty miserable. It is a series of subplots with no overarching plot. The … Continue reading →
by Amy Waldman, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York This is a novel about the selection of a design for a memorial garden in New York for 9-11. The selection process is anonymous and the novel creates an interesting … Continue reading →
by Dan Brown, audible edition read by Paul Michael, 2009, Random House Audio, New York This novel is a sad effort in comparison to The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Rather than providing the reader with cliff-hanging suspense … Continue reading →
by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011, Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York After reading Middlesex and giving it a “5-Star” rating, I was really disappointed in this book. Eugenides brings the same great writing style to this book, but the subject matter … Continue reading →
by Debra Dean, 2006, Harper Perennial, New York This novel, about a woman who was a docent at the Hermatage during the seige of Leningrad, has a unique situation. The woman has Alzheimer’s in her later years and her family … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 2002, Audiobook read by John Lee, Books on Tape, Inc., Santa Ana, California This was a fairly enjoyable book to listen to. It moved along, the characters were interesting (if somewhat predictable), and the reader was very … Continue reading →