Author Archives: 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Fallenby Karin Slaughter2014/401 pagesread by Shannon Cochran 13h 23mrating: B- / crime(Georgia Series #5) This is another one I’ve had around since April or so – I’m catching up now.  I’ve not read anything by Slaughter before but going by the … Continue reading →

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 2014/ 464 pages rating: A+ / crime narrated by Robert Glenister – 17h 22m OMG – what an incredible book!  I love it!  Yes,  I liked The Cuckoo’s Calling well enough – and I looked forward … Continue reading →

The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworldby Chris Wiltz2001/ 288 pagesrating 7 / biography – US This was a “freebie” from Kindle Unlimited and that’s what got me to read it.  It was worth it – lol – … Continue reading →

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent 2014/ 338 pages rating 7 / hist. fict – (Iceland) I really enjoy books set in Greenland or Iceland, especially historical fiction, so I thought this book might be interesting. Too bad. The books by … Continue reading →

I finished sorting out the pages from the posts and putting them into the right months in the menu.  That’s 3 month’s worth of posts sent from my iPad while I was visiting in North Dakota.  The iPad is wonderful … Continue reading →

The Unicornby Iris Murdoch1963 /319 pagesrating 7 / 20th cent. fiction – UK(I read this back in June but it slipped out of the posts.)  Once upon a time, somewhere west of Ireland there lived a beautiful young woman who … Continue reading →

Perfectby Rachel Joyce2014/ 400 pagesrating 6/10 – contemp fict UKread by Paul Rhys – 11h 18m Not impressive although I must say I was expecting a thriller or a mystery type book and it’s not that.   Also,  I listened … Continue reading →

All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu 2013/ 272 pages rating 8/ contemp lit – Africa Two young men in Uganda pretend to be university students while fomenting rebellion against the dictatorship. Both are apparently named Isaac, at least known by … Continue reading →

The Golden Bowl by Henry James 1904/ 386 pages rating 8 – classic What if a widowed father were so rich he could buy his beloved only daughter a financially embarrassed Italian Prince to marry? And what if beloved daughter’s best … Continue reading →

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell 2013 / 496 pages rating 8.5 Based on the NBC news article of the same name, this is … Continue reading →