Persuasion, by Jane Austen, originally published posthumously in 1818, audiobook, 2001, read by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD I guess I just didn’t get this book. To me it was a redefinition of the word, “dithering.” The heroine, … Continue reading →
by Vince Flynn, 2009, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall I would like to be able to say that I liked this book, but when two days went by after I finished listening to it, I couldn’t remember … Continue reading →
Honor Bound, Terror on the F Train, by Steven R. Roberts, 2012, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI This book is a story about a terrorist plot to blow up subway trains and a black Vietnam veteran, retired from the CIA, … Continue reading →
by Ann Patchett, Narrated by Hope Davis, 2011, Audible.com This book is about a pharmacologist (who happens to be in a relationship with the CEO of the pharmaceutical company where she works). She is asked by her boss to go to the Amazon … Continue reading →
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 →