1-1-12 Janet Evanovich -- Smoking 17 1-5-12 Paul Hendrickson Hemingways Boat 1-12-12 - In pursuit of Eliza Cynster 1-18-12 The Help - 1-20-12 - The girl in the garden 1-10-12 Stephen King Dreamcatcher 1-25-12 Ernest Hemingway - For Whom the Bell Tolls 2-12-12 Erik Larson - In the Garden of Beasts 2-24-12 Ridley Pearson - The Body of David Hayes 3-15-12 Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Ann Patchett was recommended on Time's 2011 Book ... Read more »
Audio Books
2011 Audiobooks
12-21-11 Kathryn Stockett The Help 12-17-11 Ken Follett Lie Down with Lions 12-10-11 James Patterson Swimsuit 12-1-11 Janet Evanovich 12 Sharp 11-25-11 Janet Evanovich to the 9’s 11-20-11 Paula McLain The Paris Wife 11-8-11 Phillipa Gregory The Lady of the Rivers 11-1-11 Janet Evanovich Hard 8 10-8-11 David Foster – The Broom of the System 10-3-11 Laura Hillenbrand Unbroken 9-30-11 Janet ... Read more »
9-18-09 Angels Fall
Part romance novel - part murder mystery, classic Nora Roberts. Troubled girl, meets boy, witnesses murder, gets boy and they all lived happily ever after. Held my interest and of course there was the last minute plot turn -- holds interest... ... Read more »
9-12-09 – The Queens Fool
The Queens Fool -- by Phillipa Gregory. I love the old English historic type stories and have enjoyed all of the Phillipa Gregory novels that I have gotten. This is about the reign of Queen Mary -- daughter of King Henry 8th..and her sister - Princess Elizabeth and Robert Dudley and a few other historic characters. this author breathes life into history -- and puts forth a believable story. I enjoyed...RECOMMEND ... Read more »
9-4-09 – Gilead
I should have known...usually the Oprah book club ladies recommend books worth reading... but maybe I am shallow and too dense to wrap my head around the deep intense meaning in this author's books. This book has a few of the same characters as HOME -- previously ranted about commented on. Actually started out somewhat promising -- with a father - son trip to find the grandfather's grave -- then kinda went nowhere fast. Only listened to 2 disks.... Naperville Public Library actually ... Read more »
8-30-09 Home
Difficult - Difficult listen. Painful, slow, dragging... I usually do not give up and listen thru to the bitter end -- but I just could not get passed disc 4. Brother and sister and home to take care of old-sick-crabby father.... sister has issues - brother has issues and everyone spends all day long beating around the bush. Son says "gad-damn-it" and father goes on and on and on and makes a federal case out of sone being disrespectful.... Skip this one...... unless you have been ... Read more »
8-24-09 Pillars of the Earth
Pillars of the Earth by Tom Follett.... This is a 30 disc audio book and is about a mason in the 12th century building a cathedral... I am on disk 19 -- and the story has held my attention... Strong recommend..... ... Read more »
8-8-09 Tale of 2 Cities…..
Beacuse I wanted to continue with Dickens.... worth the listen ... Read more »
8-1-09 Great Expectations
I read this book in 7th grade -- I saw it and had forgotten what Pip's deal was. Now I know I have like 0% of my memory left because I remembered about 10% of the book... for some reason I thought that when the old lady died they found the dead guy that left her at the alter dead in her bed. I guess that I am confusing all the warped reading that I did during jr high... Actually, the step son had this on a reading list for this year and I saw it -- so thought I would listen again..... was ... Read more »