Monthly Archives: April 2013
The Year of the Hare
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 1975 / 194 pages rating: 9.0 One day whilst on vacation a middle-aged man named Kaarlo Vaatenen and his photographer buddy (who was driving) ran over a hare in the road. The … Continue reading
Black Fridays
Black Fridays by Michael Sears 2012 / 352 pages read by Erik Bergmann 11h 1m Rating: A- This great book has a couple of major problems and that’s really a shame because there is so much to enjoy. Jason Stafford … Continue reading
Angel
Angel by Elizabeth Taylor 2012 by NYRB Classics 272 pages / orig. 1957 Rating: 9 Although Angel is an interesting book, I was somewhat disappointed because I really enjoyed Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont and had read that this was Taylor’s best work … Continue reading
The New Digital Age:
The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen 2013/336 pages read by Roger Wayne 10h 48m Rating: 8.5 This book is not about the future of gadgetry – although there is a bit … Continue reading
Canada
Canada by Richard Ford 2012 / 432 pages rating: 8 “FIRST, I’LL TELL ABOUT THE ROBBERY OUR PARENTS committed. Then about the murders, which happened later.” (Kindle Locations 122-124) Now if that’s not enough to hook a reader of fiction … Continue reading
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 1944 / 432 pages read by Jeremy Irons 11h. 33m. rating: (cs) How did I ever miss (or avoid) this? I not only missed the book but I missed all the movies and mini-series and … Continue reading
Learning to Swim
Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry 2011 / 304 pages read by Suzanne Torin 11h 1m rating: A+ This was highly recommended so always in search of a juicy crime novel (procedural, cozy, legal, whatever) I listened to and … Continue reading
House of Earth
House of Earth by Woodie Guthrie 2013 (written in 1947) 288 pages read by Will Patton 6h 36m rating: 8.5 A long introduction written by Johnny Depp and Douglas Brinkley (also read by them) prefaces the actual novel. It’s an … Continue reading
Suspect
Suspect by Robert Crais 2012 / 320 pages read by MacLeod Andrews 8h 30m rating: C- I think Crais wrote this one as an honorarium to the Canine units and their dogs – just the way it feels at about … Continue reading
The Mercy Rule
The Mercy Rule (#5 of Dismas Hardy) by John Lescroart 1998 – 640 pages read by David Colacci 18h 3m rating – B+ I was smitten by the reviews of another group member and wanted to get back to the Dismas … Continue reading
The Falls
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates 2004 / 481 pages rating: 7.5 I’ve not read a whole lot in the oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates – she’s so prolific and what few I have read have not really totally satisfied. Don’t get … Continue reading
