Author Archives: beckylindroos

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 →

The Rose Hotel: A Memoir of Secrets, Loss and Love by Rahimeh Andalibian 2012 / 328 pages (Kindle) Rating ___ / memoir (Published by National Geographic) Rahimeh Andalibian is a US citizen now,  a doctor of psychology  practicing systemic psychology and specializing … Continue reading →

The Lake House by Kate Morton 2015/ 512 pages read by Caroline Lee 21h 24m rating:  B /  historical crime-romance (literary?) Morton has 6 books out now,  a couple of them have been best sellers and she has a strong … Continue reading →

The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books by John Carey 2014/ 384 pages rating: 8.25 / biography-lit crit Carey is a highly acclaimed English literary critic, professor and writer in London.  This is a memoir of his going from a … Continue reading →

Down Among the Dead Men by Peter Lovesy 2015 / 384 pages read by Simon Prebble 10h 41m rating: (15th in the Peter Diamond series) I’d not read any of Peter Lovesly’s books prior to this one  and I enjoyed … Continue reading →

Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham 2015 / 352 pages read by Mark Deakins 11h 18m rating A+ /  legal thriller Sebastian Rudd defends the indefensible – those criminals who have no other recourse, the “untouchables,”  the bottom of the barrel, … Continue reading →

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzia with Christina Lamb as a contributor 2013 / 352 pages read by  Archie Panjabi 9h 55m Rating:  7.5 At first I felt … Continue reading →