Monthly Archives: September 2014

Mother – did not finish –

Posted on September 30, 2014 by beckylindroos

Mother by Maxim Gorky 1907 / 400 pages rating  8.5 / Russian classic (socialist realism) (but I got about 1/2 way) Before I started reading this I looked up some information about Gorky.  I know it’s not always appropriate to do … Continue reading →

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The Quincunx:

Posted on September 28, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Quincunx: The Inheritance of John Huffam by Charles Palliser 1989 / 781 pages (Kindle) rating 9 / 20th century fiction Omg – I finished it!  Long, complex and puzzle-oriented, Quincunx is the much lauded debut novel by Charles Palliser … Continue reading →

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The Emperor Far Away

Posted on September 25, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China by David Eimer 2014 / 336 pages read by Cory Snow – 10h 42m rating 7.5 / travel China is ruled by the Han descendants on the east coast, but … Continue reading →

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Enough already!

Posted on September 20, 2014 by beckylindroos

Enough already – time to get back to my regularly scheduled text novels and non-fiction. I have to lay off the audio for awhile – I’m all caught up and more! I’ve listened to 11 (eleven) audio books this month … Continue reading →

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Big Little Lies

Posted on September 20, 2014 by beckylindroos

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarity (Australia) 2014/ 462 pages read by Caroline Lee 16 h rating:  A-  8/ crime (literary) I’m really no good at trying to guess the outcome of  books in which some kind of mystery is … Continue reading →

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The Keeper

Posted on September 18, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Keeper by John Lescroart 2014 / 321 pages rating  B / crime (#15 in the Dismas Hardy series) I like Lescroart,  but crime and corruption in the cop-shop is getting a tad old no matter whose pen it comes from. … Continue reading →

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Wayfaring Stranger

Posted on September 16, 2014 by beckylindroos

Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke 2014 / 449 pages read by Will Patton 13h 10m rating A++ / literary crime This latest offering from James Lee Burke is a little different from the violent crime sagas we usually get from … Continue reading →

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Six YearsI

Posted on September 15, 2014 by beckylindroos

Six Years by Harlan Coben read by Scott Brick 2013 / 369 pages rating:  A/ crime I’ve had this on my wish list for a long, long time.  I’m not sure about Coben, but I do like a good Scott … Continue reading →

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The Taliban Cricket Club

Posted on September 14, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Taliban Cricket Club by Timeri N. Murari 2012 / 341 pages read by Sneha Mathan / 10h 59m rating:  4 From the front cover and the title this looks like it could be a fluffy little thing, huh?   Well,  trust me – … Continue reading →

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Orfeo

Posted on September 13, 2014 by beckylindroos

Orfeo by Richard Powers 2014/369 pages rating: 9.5  / contemp fiction OMG!  One of my favorite books of all time is The Goldbug Variations by Richard Powers. And although I’ve read much of what he’s written since, nothing has come anywhere near … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July Creek

Posted on September 11, 2014 by beckylindroos

Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson 2014 / 480 pages – read by MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia 15h 41m rating:  8 / literary thriller I just picked this up on a whim – from the blurbs and sample it sounded like … Continue reading →

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The Conservationist

Posted on September 10, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Conservationistby Nadine Gordimer1974 / 270 pagesrating: 9 / 20th century Mehring is a very rich, white,  South African man who has purchased a 400 acre cattle farm in rural South Africa. This is during the days of apartheid and it all makes him think … Continue reading →

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The Farm

Posted on September 9, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Farmby Tom Robb Smith2014 /  369 pages / 9h 24mread by James Langton & Suzanne Torenrating:  B+ / crime-suspense When Daniel, our  single first person narrator,  answers his phone one evening he has to listen as his father, Chris,  tells him that his mother … Continue reading →

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The Chatham School Affair

Posted on September 7, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Chatham School Affairby Thomas Cook1996 / 335 pages / 10h 6m read by George Guidallrating A+ (8) / literary crime I’m certainly catching up on my listening and crime books since my 3-month hiatus from the genre and medium! … Continue reading →

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The Museum of Literary Souls

Posted on September 6, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Museum of Literary Souls aka The Caxton Private Lending Library and Book Depository by John Connolly 2013/ 68 pages rating – 9+ / short story I enjoy a good short story once in great awhile, especially those of certain … Continue reading →

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Those Who Stay and Those Who Leave

Posted on September 6, 2014 by beckylindroos

Those Who Stay and Those Who Leaveby Elena Ferrante2014 /400 pagesrating 8.5 / contemp fict. (Italy) This is the third in Ferrante’s absolutely brilliant (so far) Neapolitan Trilogy which began with My Brilliant Friend and continued with The Story of a New Name … Continue reading →

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The Gods of Guilt

Posted on September 6, 2014 by beckylindroos

The Gods of Guiltby Michael Connelly2014/ 401 pages – 11h 49mread by Peter GilesRating – C This is Connelly’s new one starring criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, a “Lincoln lawyer” – which means he works out of his car.  Haller gets … Continue reading →

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