Rating: 4.5/5 Another superb Inspector Wexford mystery!
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Audiobook Review : End In Tears by Ruth Rendell
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Posted in 2023, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, culture and society, favorites, must listen, must read, mystery, random_house, series, suspense |
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Audiobook Review : Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman
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Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, feel-good, great narrators, must listen, must read, recommended, simon_schuster, women |
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Title : Britt-Marie Was HereAuthor : Frederik BackmanNarrators : Joan WalkerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Simon & Schuster AudioListening Length : 9 hours 18 minutesRating : 4.5/5Narrator Rating : 5/5 Frederik Backman’s books are always nice and often moving. However they can be a little “glib” overdong the sweetness of some scenarios – so I kind […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Educated by Tara Westover
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Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, culture and society, memoir, must listen, must read, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : Educated Author : Tara Westover Narrators : Julia Whelan Genre : Non-fiction; Memoir Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 10 minutes Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 In this book, author Tara Westover describes her childhood with her parents and her siblings on a rural farm in Idaho. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Force of Nature by Jane Harper
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Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, crime, little_brown, must read, recommended, slow-burn, suspense, thriller |
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Title : Force of NatureAuthor : Jane HarperGenre : MysteryPublisher : Little BrownPages : 347Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Five women, Jill Bailey, Alice Russell, Lauren Shaw, twins Breanna and Bethany, go out on an office-sponsored survivalist-style corporate retreat, a moderately challenging exercise where they will have to make their way from one point to another […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
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Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, favorites, feel-good, humor, knopf, must read, recommended |
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Title : Redhead by the Side of the RoadAuthor : Anne TylerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : KnopfPages : 192Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 I recently read Ladder of Years and liked it very much. So I picked up “Redhead by the side of the Road” and like it even better! This is a story of people – […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, lovely things, must read, recommended, wit, women |
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Title : Ladder of Years Author : Anne Tyler Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Vintage Pages : 336 Rating : 4.5/5 Anne Tyler has written The Accidental Tourist, a book I haven’t read (but mean to) which was transformed into the fabulous film of the same name starring Geena Davis and William Hurt. Recently I […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Dry by Jane Harper
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Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, macmillan, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, slow-burn, suspense, thriller |
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Title : The Dry Author : Jane Harper Narrators : Stephen Shanahan Genre : Thriller Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 59 minutes Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4.3/5 Federal Agent Aaron Falk has returned home to Kiewarra after any years, for friend Luke Hadler’s funeral. Luke has shot his wife […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Lost Man by Jane Harper
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Title : The Lost Man Author : Jane Harper Genre : Mystery Publisher : Macmillan Pages : 363 Rating : 4.5/5 This is my first book by Jane Harper and I’d been expecting a murder mystery. But The Lost Man is not a traditional murder mystery – there is no detective, no case, no legal […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Rainmaker by John Grisham
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Posted in 2019, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, bantam, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, legal thriller, must listen, must read, recommended, wit |
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Title : The Rainmaker Author : John Grisham Narrators : Frank Muller Genre : Legal drama Publisher : Bantam Audio Listening Length : 16 hours 59 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 I picked up the Rainmaker for a change of pace, assured that with Grisham’s skilled writing I’d be hooked instantly. It […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Posted in 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, dystopian, must read, post-apocalyptic, recommended, sci-fi |
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Title : The Road Author : Cormac McCarthy Genre : Sci-fi (Post-apocalyptic) Narrators : Rupert Degas Listening Length : 5 hours Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel, and it has for the most part only two characters a father and a son. Neither is named – the father […]
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