by Sara Gruen, 2006 This book is the real deal! The author, a female, has managed to get inside the head of her main character, Jacob, and capture his innermost feelings and thoughts when he was a young man in … Continue reading →
by Khalid Housseini, 2007 This book is well worth reading, although it drags a bit during the first part of the book and it does not read quite as well as The Kite Runner.  The book provides the reader with a … Continue reading →
by Ian McEwan, 2003 I found this book to have much that I liked. In particular, I liked the primary theme, which is how does one make up for a terrible mistake that was committed early in one’s life. The book … Continue reading →
by George MacDonald Fraser, 1969 This book is a very interesting account of the adventures of a scoundrel in the British army who ends up participating in many fascinating historical events. This is the first of the series and it … Continue reading →
by John Banville, 2005 This is an interesting book about the reminiscences of an older gentleman about his youth and the woman he married. It is a bit hard to follow at times, but the author paints an interesting picture … Continue reading →
by Peter Scott, 2000, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine I picked this book up at a bookstore in Camden when we were visiting there a couple of weeks ago. The subject, having to do with WWII U-Boats lurking … Continue reading →
by Martin Cruz Smith, 2004 This book, by the author of Gorky Park, really plods along and becomes quite a drag to read. Redeeming values are that I read it on the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and it … Continue reading →
by Michael Crichton, 2002 I don’t think this book is worth the time. It starts out with an interesing premise, that molucules can organize themselves to do concerted activities. The book then descends to the preposterous as the molecules begin … Continue reading →
The Journals of May Dodd: A Novel, by Jim Fergus The use of fictional diary extracts makes the book read as non-fiction, and, most of the time the reader is tricked into believing that the account is not fictional. The … Continue reading →
by John Darnton This book was interesting to me because I didn’t know much about the life of Charles Darwin and it provided many insights to not only his life, but the lives of his contemporaries and his family members. … Continue reading →