The Flight of the Falcon
by Daphne Du Maurier, 1965, audio book read by James Callis, 2010, by BBC Audiobooks Ltd. This is still a very good book, although it is now a bit dated. In another one hundred years or so I guess it … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Fiction
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
by G.K. Chesterton, audio book narrated by Simon Vance, originally published in 1908, christianaudio/Hovel Audio, 2004 This book was not what I expected as I thought I was going to be treated to a mystery. It took a couple of … Continue reading →
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1859, read by Frederick Davidson, 1988, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. First of all, I want to go on record that, as I have listened to two of Dickens’ books on tape in the last year, … Continue reading →
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1855, read by Simon Vance, 2005, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. I enjoyed listening to this audio book as the author writes well and the reader did a good job also. I was a bit confused … Continue reading →
The Blue Notebook
by James Andrew Levine, M.D., PhD, read by Meera Simhan, 2009, Random House Audio, New York This book depicts the plight of a child prostitute in India and does it extremely well. Were it not for the disgusting subject matter, … Continue reading →
Gone Tomorrow
by Lee Child, read by Dick Hill, 2009, Random House Audio, New York I took this out from the library and listened to it on the way to Florida from Rhode Island. The coolest thing about it was that, after … Continue reading →
Sarah’s Key
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 →Transfer of Power
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 →
From This Day Forward
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 →
Grand Finale
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 →