Monthly Archives: October 2013
Sycamore Row
Sycamore Row by John Grisham 2013/464 pages read by Michael Beck rating A+ / legal thriller Grisham is back! For awhile there it looked like he’d permanently changed his genre but with the last book, The Racketeer, and … Continue reading
The Moor’s Last Sigh
The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (India/Britain) 1995 / 434 pages rating 7 / 20th c. fiction Okay, so I’m a Rushdie fan since Midnight’s Children and totally fell in love with The Satanic Verses (the first book I ever read twice in … Continue reading
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban (American ex-pat) 1975 / 185 pages Rating 9.2 /20th cent. fiction Odd rating, I know, but I wanted it to make the 9+ category. It’s that good, but still, not more than that. It’s a … Continue reading
A Glass of Blessings
A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym (England) 1958 / 246 pages Rating: 8 /classic I discovered Barbara Pym several years ago but have not even nearly got all of her books read. Pym was very popular in the … Continue reading
Stay Close
Stay Close by Harlan Coban 2012 / 480 pages read by Scott Brick rating A+ / crime-suspense Megan Pierce has lived the life of an upper middle class suburban loving wife and mom for 17 years, but she has a … Continue reading
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw by William James 1898 / 117 pages (Kindle) Rating: 9 / horror I’m not a horror fan at all but I do enjoy Henry James, so when this book was suggested as a Halloween read … Continue reading
The Love Artist: A Novel
The Love Artist: A Novel by Jane Alison 2002/222 pages Rating: 7 /fantasy romance set in the past I’m taking the Coursera class in Historical Fiction and this is one of the highlighted books. I’m going to try to get to some … Continue reading
Mortal Bonds
Mortal Bonds by Michael Sears 2013/352 pages rating A /crime Jason Stafford is a hired financial investigator who works for the companies he worked for and did business with prior to his arrest and time in prison for fraud. … Continue reading
About Grace
About Grace by Anthony Doerr 2004 / 402 pages (Kindle) rating: 5 (out of 10) / 21st c. fiction This book tries to be a lot of things and I don’t think it succeeds at any. From the beginning there … Continue reading
Four Souls
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich 2004/ 240 pages read by Anna Fields 6 h. 40 m. After falling in love with Erdrich’s Love Medicine I decided to listen to try the next novel or two in the “series.” The … Continue reading
Swimming Home
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy 2012 / 154 pages (K) rating 8.5 ? / 21st c. fic. Although it’s short, this is not a quick and easy read – well, duh, it’s a Booker nomination so what did I expect? … Continue reading
