Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst 2011 Kindle 435 pgs rating – 8.5 I was really enjoying this book up to about midway and then it just seemed like nothing was really happening.  There are too many parties,  too many … Continue reading →

The Angel Esemralda by Don DeLillo 2011 / 211 pages (Kindle) Rating – 9.5 Oh my,  I have hit a jackpot lately with these incredible books to read!  I love Don DeLillo anyway and have followed him since Underworld (1997) … Continue reading →

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Osaga 2011/129 pages (Kindle) rating –  9.5 I don’t cry over sad books,  and now I can’t say that anymore.  I live in a town unmentioned in the book,  but in the middle … Continue reading →

The Swerve by Steven Greenblatt 2011 / 363  pages Rating –  9.5 This is the story of how Gian Poggio, a scholar of the 14th century,  came to find an ancient manuscript, “On the Nature of Things” written by Lucretius … Continue reading →

by Dashiell Hammett 1930 224 pages read by William Dufris 7h. 9m. rating 6 This is a rather twisted tale of a missing woman,  an apparent murder, a missing statue,  etc.   It’s told in the old narrative style of hard-boiled … Continue reading →

Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch 2011 / 304 pages rating 8.5 What do I mean when I say a book has a Dickensian flavor?  Oh – it’s about 19th century lower class London,  uses lots of dialogue and dialect,  there … Continue reading →

Gorky  Park by Martin Cruz read by Henry Stroltzer 1988 14h. 53m. rating 6 It’s still in print -that says something.  And it’s pretty good book – three men found dead by one gun but the same killer?  Not   … Continue reading →

The Camel Club by David Balducci 16 h. 10 m.  narrated by Jonathan Davis rating 5 – (medium for a detective/thriller) This is the first of Balducci’s Camel Club books featuring Oliver Stone.  They’re good escape books – albeit a … Continue reading →

Has it already been 10 days since my last post?  Oh my.  Well – I am reading away and finished two or three books which I need to get up here and I’m also reading one chapter a week in two books … Continue reading →

by Jo Nesbo 2011 / 304 pages narrated by Steve West 9h. 38m. rating 7.5 (very good for a crime novel) Roger Brown is a professional recruiter for high-profile/power jobs – he’s a corporate “headhunter.”  And he collects fine art. … Continue reading →

So Down Cemetery Road was the first post I put up in February?  Oh my –   I’ve been reading a couple of books –  A very careful reading of A Tale of Two Cities (I should really start a … Continue reading →

Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron read by Anna Bentinck 2007 /13h. 32m – rating 6 This novel started out so great – a missing child, the lone survivor of a house bombing,  whom no one is searching for except … Continue reading →