by Tatiana de Rosnay, 2007, St. Martin’s Press, New York Well-written, emotional but not maudlin, rooted in historical fact as well as the present, great cast of supporting characters, believable, suspenseful. I loved the book!
Continue reading →by Vince Flynn, 1999, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. This is a typical political thriller, but it has a few flaws. First of all, the constant references to model names and numbers of various pieces of … Continue reading →
by Cokie and Steve Roberts, 2000, William and Morrow Company, New York A nice little memoir about the authors’ marriage and relationship, it is interspersed with stories about other marriages, starting with the American Revolution and ending with some divorced … Continue reading →
by Janet Evanovich, audio book narrated by C. J. Critt, 2009, Harper-Collins Publishers, Inc. Terrible book! I can’t believe Evanovich can’t turn out better stuff. The three old ladies in the book were mildly entertaining. That is the only reason … Continue reading →
by Philip R. Craig, audio book narrated by Tom Stechschulte, 2004, Recorded Books, LLC Not too bad of a plot, the setting is great (Martha’s Vineyard), and the characters are okay but it all adds up to a rather mundane … Continue reading →
by Anne Tyler, audio book narrated by Arthur Morey, 2009, Random House Inc. This is the story of a sixty-year-old man, Liam, who has lost one wife, is divorced from another, and has just lost his job as a first grade … Continue reading →
by Janice Y. K. Lee, audio book narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, 2009, Penguin Audio This is a well-written novel, although it drags a bit in places. The authors knowledge of Hong Kong and the events that occurred in and after … Continue reading →
by Stef Penney, 2006, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York This book is an interesting read. The structure is a bit unusual in that it is a series of chapters, each dealing with a particular character (although only the main … Continue reading →
by A. J. Cronin, 2010, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland (from Dr. Finlay of Tannochbrae published in 1978 and Adventures of a Black Bag, first published in 1943 and revised in 1969) I picked this book up in a little shop … Continue reading →
by Stieg Larsson, translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland, audio book read by Simon Vance, 2008, Books on Tape, Westminster, MD I listened to this on my MP3 player while travelling in Scotland. This book, in my opinion, is nothing to … Continue reading →