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)
Continue reading →by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866, audio book narrated by Anthony Heald, 2007, Blackstone Audio, Inc. This is a very deep, psychological study of a young man who is bordering on insanity. Dostoyevsky tells a compelling tale, but the … Continue reading →
by Randy Wayne White, 2003, audio book, narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven MI I don’t have too much to say about this book other than that it is another Doc Ford book. The first two of these … Continue reading →
by Nancy R. Koerner, 2007, Published by NK Marketing This was not a bad read and I learned quite a bit about Belize, a country that was totally unfamiliar to me. The author has an interesting style as the pace … Continue reading →
by Gregory David Roberts, 2003, St. Martin’s Press, New York I honestly don’t know what to think about this book. There were times when I thought I was reading the best work of literature ever created. At other times, I … Continue reading →