Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 181 pages, published June 18, 2013 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The Ocean at the End of the Lane opens with a middle-aged man returning to his childhood home in Sussex, England to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Anita Diamant Genre: Historical Fiction, Fiction 320 pages, published December 9, 2014 Reading Format: Audio Book on Overdrive Summary The Boston Girl is a coming-of-age novel told from the perspective of 85 year old Addie Baum reflecting on her life to her to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter. Addie was born […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Boulder Librarian Author: Mary Roach Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Medicine 320 pages, published 2003 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary I learned a lot from reading Stiff about a subject I didn’t even know would be interesting: the use of the dead for cadavers and as test subjects (think crash test dummies) […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: My Bible Study Group Author: Lee Strobel Genre: Non-Fiction, Christian, Theology 367 pages, published August 30, 1998 Reading Format: Hoopla Audio Book Summary Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, searches for evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Emma Donoghue Genre: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Sociology 321 pages, published September 13, 2010 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Room has a very interesting premise. Five year old Jack has spent his entire life confined to a small room along with his Ma. They have constructed an entire world within […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Matthew Diffee Genre: Humor, Cartoon 240 pages, published May 26, 2015 Reading Format: Book Summary From award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee (editor of The Rejection Collection), Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People is an insightful, often hilarious collection cartoons that will appeal to anyone who is beautiful […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Mary Kubika Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense 352 pages, published July 29, 2014 Reading Format: Hoopla Audio Book Summary The Good Girl is a mystery/thriller with a big twist at the end. One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her boyfriend. When he doesn’t show, she makes […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Beth Roach Author: Thomas Cahill Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Theology, Christian 368 pages, published 1997 Reading Format: Book Summary In Desire of the Everlasting Hills, historian Thomas Cahill explores the impact of Jesus Christ on Western civilization and ascertain whether Jesus made a difference. His answer is unequivocal. Introducing us first […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Rainbow Rowell Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Romance 328 pages, published February 26, 2013 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Eleanor & Park tells the story of two misfits who share an extraordinary love. Eleanor, an overweight sixteen year old with wild red hair, is trapped in a dysfunctional family and […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: J. Ryan Stradal Genre: Fiction, Food 310 pages, published July 28, 2015 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Kitchens of the Great Midwest opens with the story of Lars and Cynthia, an unlikely couple from Minnesota. Lars is an overweight chef devoted to his infant daughter Eva. Cynthia, who lacks […]