Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Elizabeth Wein Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Foreign 320 pages, published May 2, 2017 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The Pearl Thief is a prequel to Code Name Verity and follows the life of fifteen-year-old Lady Julia Beaufort-Stuart before she became a World War II spy operating under the […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Paul Coelho Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Foreign, Happiness 197 pages, published May 1, 1993 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Paulo Coelho’s extremely popular master work tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Jody Houton Genre: Non-Fiction, Travel, History, Foreign 160 pages, published January 26, 2016 Summary While A Geek in Thailand is a travel guide for Thailand, it goes deeper into the history, culture, people and modern life in the Land of Smiles. Organized with short articles, sidebar stories and interviews […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Celeste Ng Genre: Fiction 352 pages, published September 12, 2017 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Little Fires Everywhere opens with the revelation that Isabelle, the youngest of four children in the Richardson family of Shaker Heights, Ohio has burned down the family home. As the story unwinds, we learn […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Blair Norman Author: Peter Heller Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller 352 pages, published March 7, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary Celine tells the story of Celine, a private investigator with a blue blood background who specializes in reuniting families. After she is approached by Gabriela, a young woman who asks for […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Dennis Prager Author: Dambisa Moyo Genre: Non-Fiction, Economics, Public Policy, Politics, Foreign 208 pages, published March 17, 2009 Reading Format: Book Summary In the past fifty years, the rich countries of the world have spent more than $1 trillion in development-related aid in Africa. Shockingly, all of this money has […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: James McBride Genre: Fiction, Short Stories 320 pages, published September 26, 2017 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Winner of the U.S. National Book Award, Five-Carat Soul is a selection of short stories which focus on different African-American experiences. The stories feature a purgatory where a boxer and the other […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Christina Baker Kline Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction 278 pages, published April 2, 2013 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Orphan Train tells the story of two orphans, nonagenarian Vivian Daly and the teenaged Molly Ayer whose community service sentence requires her to help Vivian clean out her attic. As she […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Rattawut Lapcharoensap Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Foreign, Travel 250 pages, published December 12, 2005 Reading Format: Book Summary Sightseeing is a collection of short stories by Thai-American writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap. Lapcharoensap explores themes such as coming of age, family ties, young romance, generational conflicts, standing up to bullies, and […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Mike Brady Author: Ken Stern Genre: Non-Fiction, Politics, Public Policy 288 pages, published October 24, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary In Republican Like Me, Ken Stern, a former CEO of National Public Radio and card carrying Liberal, takes a year to crisscross the country in an attempt to better understand […]