by William R. Forstchen, 2009, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York This book is about a nuclear detonation and the effects of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that emanated from that detonation. It is clear from this book that the impact of … Continue reading →
by Jonathan Franzen, Audiobook Read by David LeDoux, 2010, MacMillan Audio, New York This book was very disappointing. The author attempted to provide a treatise on individual freedom and where it leads, but, instead, managed only a sad portrayal of … Continue reading →
by Abraham Verghese, 2009, First Vintage Books / Random House, New York This is an excellent book. It combines a pretty good plot with interesting characters and intertwines a great deal of medical knowledge (without getting in the way of … Continue reading →
A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon, Audiobook narrated by David Colacci, 2010, BBC Audiobooks America This was my first Guido Brunetti mystery. It was interesting primarily because the setting was in Venice and the author does a great … Continue reading →
by Emma Donoghue, 2010, Audiobook read by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer and Robert Petkoff, Hachette Audio This was very interesting to listen to. The voices were very realistic and the way the story was written made it believable. My only … Continue reading →
by Carson McCullers, originally published in 1940, read by Cherry Jones, 2004, HarperAudio This book was one of my worst experiences. The novel plodded along giving the reader the minutest details about each of the character’s daily existence. For instance, I … Continue reading →
by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland, read my Simon Vance, 2010, Audible Audio Edition The story is quite interesting and gets pretty involved in Swedish politics. Simon Vance does another great job in the reading as his voices for … Continue reading →
by Tan Twan Eng, 2008, Weinstein Books, New York This novel is about the experiences of Phillip Hutton, a half-Chinese, half-English person in Malaya before, during, and after World War II. Prior to the war, he meets a Japanese man … Continue reading →
by Maeve Binchy, 1999, audio book read by Kate Binchy, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio The book is a nice story, is pretty well written and the reader (who I presume is the author’s daughter) did a nice job of reading. … Continue reading →
by Dave Barry, audio book narrated by Dick Hill, 1999, Brilliance Audio Trashy, sleazy, bad language, stereotyped characters, weak plot, absolutely no redeeming value! (In spite of all of this, I listened to the entire book)
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