Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Mark Manson Genre: Non Fiction, Self Improvement, Psychology, Happiness 224 pages, published September 13, 2016 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary In this original take on a self-help guide, prolific blogger Mark Manson provides the reader with his take on how to truly become a better, happier person. Manson eschews positivity and […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Kathy Hewitt Author: Patrick deWitt Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Humor 224 pages, published September 8, 2015 Reading Format: Book Summary Lucy (aka Lucien) Minor has been hired to work under the Major Domo in the dilapidated Castle Van Aux which is inhabited by a mysterious Baron who spends his time pining for […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Lisa Goldberg Author: Michael Ondaatje Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II 304 pages, published June 7, 2018 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Using a shifting time narrative, Warlight tells the story of Nathaniel as he attempts to piece together and make sense of the story of his past. Also present […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Henning Mankell Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Foreign 326 pages, published April 13, 2004 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The Dogs of Riga is the second book in the Kurt Wallander Detective series and takes place in Sweden during 1991. A few days after Inspector Kurt Wallander and his […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Nichole Birkhold Author: Lynne Olson Genre: Non Fiction, History, World War II, Foreign 496 pages, published February 2, 2010 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Citizens of London tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain. It is told from the perspective of three key […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Annie Duke Genre: Non Fiction, Psychology, Self Improvement, Science 288 pages, published February 6, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary In Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke, a former World Series of Poker champion turned business consultant, lays out the case for treating your decisions as bets and how to improve the […]
Rating: ☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Lisa Gardner Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Crime 47 pages, published December 27, 2016 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary A young woman is found strangled in the stairwell of a college library. The only thing missing are her sneakers. With no physical evidence, no signs of sexual assault, and no witnesses, […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Beth Roach Author: Maria Semple Genre: Fiction, Humor 259 pages, published October 4, 2016 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Today Will Be Different is a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, an accomplished graphic novelist, mother of preschooler Timby (who has faked an illness to spend the day with his […]
Rating: ☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Agnès Martin-Lugand Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance 246 pages, published May 2, 2017 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Following the loss of her husband and young daughter, Diane is stuck in a depressive rut. After returning from Ireland (where she had an ill-fated relationship with the brooding photographer Edward), she […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Marie Benedict Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance 283 pages, published August 12, 2014 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Fresh off the boat from Ireland in the 1860s, through a case of mistaken identity, fresh faced and intelligent Clara Kelly finds herself serving as a ladies’ maid to the mother of […]