by Chris Cleave, 2012, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by Emilia Fox This is the story of two female velodrome Olympic cyclists and their relationships. The story is somewhat interesting in that it portrays the stresses inherent in the lives … Continue reading →
Persuasion, by Jane Austen, originally published posthumously in 1818, audiobook, 2001, read by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC, Prince Frederick, MD I guess I just didn’t get this book. To me it was a redefinition of the word, “dithering.” The heroine, … Continue reading →
by Vince Flynn, 2009, Simon & Shuster Audio, Read by George Guidall I would like to be able to say that I liked this book, but when two days went by after I finished listening to it, I couldn’t remember … Continue reading →
Honor Bound, Terror on the F Train, by Steven R. Roberts, 2012, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI This book is a story about a terrorist plot to blow up subway trains and a black Vietnam veteran, retired from the CIA, … Continue reading →
by Ann Patchett, Narrated by Hope Davis, 2011, Audible.com This book is about a pharmacologist (who happens to be in a relationship with the CEO of the pharmaceutical company where she works). She is asked by her boss to go to the Amazon … Continue reading →
by Michael Ondaatje, 2011, Audiobook read by the author, Random House Audio The setting of this story is intriguing … three boys pretty much on their own on a steamer from Ceylon to England. They encounter some pretty unusual characters … Continue reading →
by Umberto Eco, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., New York While I read this book I kept thinking it was going to get better. It didn’t. I was interested in the book because it had to do with the … Continue reading →
An Inspector Wexford Mystery, by Ruth Rendell, 1964, Audiobook Narrated by Nigel Anthony, 2010, AudioGO, North Kingstown, RI. This was fun to listen to as Nigel Anthony did a great job of portraying the various characters. The author also did a … Continue reading →
by Louis L’Amour, 1949, Audiobook read by Jim Gough, 2005, Blackstone Audio What can I say? A typical western, somewhat enjoyable, but lots of stereotyped good and bad guys and it feels really dated. This one had a somewhat improbable … Continue reading →
by Sanjay Gupta, Audiobook read by Christian Rummel, 2013, Hachette Audio Dr. Gupta is apparently a fairly renowned medical spokesperson, but his attempt at a novel is pretty miserable. It is a series of subplots with no overarching plot. The … Continue reading →