Author Archives: beckylindroos

A Brief History of Finland by Matti Klinge  (Finland) 1994 / 164 pages Rating  7.5 / history Another book from the TBR shelf-  I bought this when I was in Finland and have always meant to read it as my … Continue reading →

Leftover Lutefisk by Art Lee (US) 1984 / 224 pages Rating: 7 / humor I see I have a few days prior to the end of the month so I’m clearing some old books off the TBR shelf – reading … Continue reading →

Letters From Four Seasons by Alistair Cooke  (England) 1978 / 60 pages rating – 8 / travel-seasons Very short little book about the seasons in different parts of the country (with a bit in England.)   Cooke starts with Spring … Continue reading →

The Bookseller Mark  Pryor  (US) 2013/ 280 pages read by Michael Prichard  10h 5m rating:    A- /crime The Bookseller by Mark  Pryor was released this week (6/25) and I was just ready for it.  It’s the first of a … Continue reading →

The Professor’s House by Willa Cather (US) 1925/129 pages rating:  8.5 / Classic (1925) Professor Godfrey St. James and his wife, Lillian,  are moving houses,  but St. James seems to be having a bit of a time actually transferring over … Continue reading →

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (US) 2012/336 pages Read by Kate Rudd 7h 14m Rating:   9.5  –  YA This is not my standard crime novel or literary fiction –  this is a kind of young adult … Continue reading →

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (US) 1963/304 pages Read by Tony Roberts 7h 11m Rating: 7.5 / classic spec-fict I think I read this back when I was in my mid-20s but I really remember almost nothing.  I’ve enjoyed others … Continue reading →

Garden of the Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia) 2012/ 332 pages read by Anna Bentlinck – 15h 37m Rating:  9 / literary historical fiction I enjoyed the paperback of this book so much,  and the Audio was such … Continue reading →

The Forest Unseen:  A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell (US) 2012/262 pages Rating: 8.5 –  literary -non-fiction/ecology Haskell has written a wonderfully styled and incredibly detailed account of a year in the life of on very small … Continue reading →

This Is How You Lose Her by Juno Diaz (US) 2012 / 224 pages Read by Juno Diaz 5h 15m  (9) Rating: 8 / contemp. immigrant fiction I really enjoyed Diaz’  The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) which I read … Continue reading →

The Hearing  (Dismas Hardy #7) by John Lescroart (US) 1999 / 656 pages read by Robert Lawrence 14h 59m Rating:  C – crime Come to find out that Abe Glitsky has an illegitimate grown daughter who has been found dead on … Continue reading →

Swann’s Way Marcel Proust (France) 1913 in France (Lydia Davis trans – 1999)/468 pages Rating: 10 / Classic So, yes,  I re-read this truly excellent book for the third time and I must say it only gets better with each … Continue reading →

The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura (Japan) 2012 / 211 pages (read by Charlie Thurston –  4h 1m) Rating:  8.5 / literary crime I just reread this book – The first review is here.  I have both the audio and the Kindle versions … Continue reading →

15 Seconds by Andrew Gross (US) 2012/336 pages read by Christian Hoff rating: C / crime Doctor Henry Steadman, on his way to a golf game with a buddy in Jackson,  Florida is cited for several at least partly invented … Continue reading →

Nothing But the Truth by John Lescroart (US) 1999 / 464 pages Read by David Colaccci 16h 34m Rating – C/crime Number 6 in the Dismas Hardy series and Colacci does a fine job reading.  Hardy’s wife,  Frannie is very … Continue reading →

The Garden of the Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia) 2012/ 332 pages Rating: 9 / historical fiction I started reading this for the Booker Prize group or I might not have picked it up and that would have been so … Continue reading →

Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner 2013/400 pages read by Elizabeth Rogers 14h 29m rating:  B Libby Denbe has the life of dreams,  a rich husband who owns a large construction company, a beautiful teenage daughter, a home in the … Continue reading →