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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Stranger’s Child
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
Posted in 2011, British, fiction, historical fiction, Kindle/ebook
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The Buddha in the Attic
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
Posted in 2011, fiction, Kindle/ebook, US
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The Swerve
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
Posted in 2011, history, Kindle/ebook, US
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The Maltese Falcon
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
Posted in Audio, classic, traditional, US
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Jamrach’s Menagerie
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
Posted in 2011, British, fiction, historical fiction, Kindle/ebook
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Gorky Park
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
Posted in Audio, self-select, Thriller, US
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The Camel Club
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
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thoughts
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
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Headhunters
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
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thinking …
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
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Down Cemetery Road
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
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