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 →
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 →