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 →
by Dennis Lehane, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers, NY I heard great things about this book, but it was just okay in my opinion. The plot definately has a twist at the end, however. The movie would lack its punch if you have read … Continue reading →
by Sebastian Barry, audio book read by Wanda McCaddon, 2008 by Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library) I pickup up this audio book at the library to listen to on our annual trip back to Rhode Island. … Continue reading →
by Charles Dickens, first published 1860-1861, Audio Book narrated by Frederick Davidson, 1993, Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library and downloaded to my Sansa Clip mp3 player) I hadn’t read much of Charles Dickens other than A Tale … Continue reading →
by Kathryn Stockett, 2009, Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York This book is really a great read. It’s basically about black maids in Jackson Mississippi back in the late 60’s and early 70’s and how it was working for … Continue reading →
by Jane Austen, written in 1798-1799, revised by the author in 1803, and first published (posthumously) in 1803, Audiobook narrated by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC. Jane Austen, what can I say? It is horribly dated by our standards, the … Continue reading →
by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York This book is a good story about childhood sweethearts (one Chinese, the other Japanese) in Seattle during World War II and afterwards. The story focuses on the Japanese internment and … Continue reading →
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 2008, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, Random House, New York I enjoyed reading this book a great deal. From a literary standpoint, it is probably not a great book and the characters are even … Continue reading →
by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New York This story is about Rasputin and his assassination, told from the perspective of his daughter. The author does a pretty good job of telling the story and what it must … Continue reading →