Author Archives: 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 →

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 →