The Lion, by Nelson DeMillie, audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2010, Hachette Audio We listened to this book over three days while we drove from Rhode Island to Florida. I don’t have much to say about, either positive or negative, … Continue reading →
by Janet Skeslien Charles, 2021, Atria Books This is a novel that centers on the American Library in Paris before and during WWII. A young French girl gets a job at the library despite the objections of her father. The … Continue reading →
by Sinclair Lewis, 1922, with an afterword by Mark Schorer, a Signet Classic, published by the Penguin Group, New York We found an old paperback copy of Babbitt in our home and I decided to read it. The text of … Continue reading →
by Stuart Woods, 2008, Penguin Books, LTD I had read only two other books by Stuart Woods (Hot Mahogany and Two Dollar Bill) and I rated both of them 2.0 Stars. This one is quite a bit better and held … Continue reading →
by Robert B. Parker, 2002, G.P. Putnams Sons This is book in the Spencer for Hire series. It is not worthy of a revue. The plot is thin, the characters are all caricatures, and the ending is unfulfilling. It is … Continue reading →
by Morris L. West, 1971, Compania Financiera Perlina, S.A. This book is a hard one to review. I loved the writing. The setting of the book is in the Hebrides and we had read the Lewis Trilogy (The Black House, … Continue reading →
by Lee Child, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, 2018, Random House Audio We listened to this book in the car on our annual migration from Florida to Rhode Island. It was okay, but not Child’s best. The book is about … Continue reading →
by Fredrik Backman, 2019, Atria Books After reading Us Against Them by Backman, I swore I would never read another book by him as I really hated that book. I was presented with this book and decided to read it … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 1991, Macmillan This book had a lot more potential as the setting was a Pan Am Clipper flight which had a diverse set of passengers and crew, all of whom had their individual stories. The problem is … Continue reading →
by Lisa Scottoline, 2004, Harpertorch, New York The plot of this book is about a case that Mary DiNunzio, a lawyer in Philadelphia, takes for the estate of an Italian-American who died in a detention camp in Montana during World … Continue reading →