by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York This book is a good story about childhood sweethearts (one Chinese, the other Japanese) in Seattle during World War II and afterwards. The story focuses on the Japanese internment and … Continue reading →
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 2008, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, Random House, New York I enjoyed reading this book a great deal. From a literary standpoint, it is probably not a great book and the characters are even … Continue reading →
by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New York This story is about Rasputin and his assassination, told from the perspective of his daughter. The author does a pretty good job of telling the story and what it must … Continue reading →
by Barbara Kingsolver, 2009, HarperCollins Publishers, New York I was disappointed in the format of this book as it reads as a collection of journal pages, letters, and other assorted excerpts from the life of an individual. Because of this … Continue reading →
by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York Very interesting book about a German family in WWII. The narrator of the book is Death and he has a sense of humor and a personality. This approach reminds me a … Continue reading →
A Stone Barrington Novel, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Read by Tony Roberts, 2008, Penguin Audio I listened to this in the car on the way to Florida this October. I don’t have much to recommend it other than it passed … Continue reading →
by Wally Lamb, 2008, HarperCollins Books, New York This is a book about a married couple who were employed as a teacher and a school nurse at Columbine High School when the massacre occurred. It focuses on the trauma it … Continue reading →
by Peter Gethers, 1991, Fawcett Columbine, New York Ye, Gads! Another cat story! This cat is the most amazing animal that ever lived. It’s owner can let it run loose on the rooftops of Paris with nary a concern that … Continue reading →
by Frank Conroy, 1993 This is a wonderful book to experience. It is about a person who grew up in very poor circumstances but had a talent for music and the piano. Conroy pours an incredible amount of detail regarding … Continue reading →
by George MacDonald Fraser, 2007 This is a rollicking story of 16th century thugs, damsels, royalty, heros involved in political intrigue in the vicinity of the Scottish border. Fraser brings the style that made his Flashman series so popular to … Continue reading →