Monthly Archives: December 2015

Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 2014 /  320 pages read by Davina Porter 11h 9m rating A /  literary crime A very interesting tale in which our first person protagonist,  Maud, an 82-year old woman who lives alone with … Continue reading →

The Dead Key by D.M. Pulley 2014 / 470 pages read by Emily Sutton-Smith 13h 42m rating  B  / crime-suspense (debut novel) I really didn’t know what I was getting into with this one but I think someone in a … Continue reading →

Diamond Solitaire by Peter Lovesey 1992 / 327 pages read by Simon Prebble 10h 47m Rating:   B+  / crime – police procedural Peter Diamond, working as a security guard after retirement from the police department,  finds a young Japanese girl … Continue reading →

The Skeptic’s Guide to American History by Great Courses / Professor Mark A. Stoler, Ph.D. A lecture given by Professor Mark A. Stoler, Ph.D. 2012 / 12h 01m Rating: 8.5 This was my third Great Courses lecture – the final one on my … Continue reading →

Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt 2015/ 314 pages read by Nick Podehl rating:  A+ / crime / legal thriller Well I needed this –  a good fast-paced crime novel in legal thriller mode (my favorite).  And this one is so … Continue reading →

House of the Rising Sun by James Lee Burke 2015 / 448 pages read by Will Patton rating 6 / historical fiction This may be the most “Arthurian” of all Burke’s works and I’m  disappointed.  It’s also  one of the grittiest … Continue reading →

Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan 2009 / 368 pages read by Victor Bevine 11h 43m Rating: A I’ve been so meaning to get back to Poke Rafferty in Bangkok,  but 1. these are a bit grittier than most of my … Continue reading →

Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman 2015/ 384 pages read by Gloria Ruben and others 13h 26m rating 6  / historical romance Once in awhile I need a book which just does NOT cut it.  It makes me appreciate the good … Continue reading →

Alias Olympia: A Woman’s Search for Manet’s Notorious Model & Her Own Desire by Eunice Lipton 1992 / 192 pages rating – 3 / feminist memoir Lipton writes about Édouard Manet’s notorious model Victorine Meurent and pads it out with  autobiographical material from her … Continue reading →

History of the Rain by Niall Williams 2014/ 368 pages read by Jennifer McGrath 11h 29m rating – 8 / Irish humor – fiction This is a story about tales,  folk tales, biographical tales, literary tales, make-believe tales and historical … Continue reading →

The Story of Human Language by  Dr. John McWhorter (Great Courses) read by  Dr. John McWhorter 18h 15m rating 9 / nonfic. – linguistics Very interesting lecture – (I’m treating these Great Courses audios as “books”).  I have a good background for it … Continue reading →