Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Rolf Potts Genre: Non-Fiction, Travel 205 pages, published December 24, 2002 Reading Format: Book Summary Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life, from six weeks to four months to two years, to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this handbook, veteran travel writer […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Kate Atkinson Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction 468 pages, published May 1, 2015 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary A God in Ruins is a companion book to Life After Life, Kate Atkinson’s absorbing family drama which used the artifice of creating multiple lives for protagonist Ursula Todd set against the back […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Michael Greger Genre: Health, Nutrition 576 pages, published December 8, 2015 Reading Format: Book Summary How Not to Die is written by Dr. Michael Greger, the physician behind the extremely popular website NutritionFacts.org, and makes the case that the vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Phillipa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction 425 pages, published February 1, 2008 Reading Format: Book Summary The Taming of the Queen is the story of Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, a thirty-year-old widow who is compelled to give up the love of her life when she is ordered […]
Rating: ☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Jojo Moyes Genre: Fiction, Romance 392 pages, published February 1, 2008 Reading Format: Book Summary Silver Bay tells the story of a romance between Liza McCullen, a pleasure boat operator in the fictional town of Silver Bay, Australia, and Mike Dormer, a hot shot developer. Mike arrives as a guest […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Graham Greene Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II, Romance 192 pages, published 1951 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Set in London during and just after the Second World War, The End of the Affair examines the obsessions and jealousies within the relationships between three central characters: writer Maurice Bendrix, Sarah […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Jojo Moyes Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance 369 pages, published August 20, 2013 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The Girl You Left Behind tells the stories of modern day Liv Halston and early twentieth century Sophie Lefevre and how their lives intersect through a portrait of Sophie. In […]
Rating: ☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Jenny Lawson Genre: Memoir, Humor 329 pages, published September 22, 2015 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, the quixotic voice behind the very popular Blogess blog, is Lawson’s second book and explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. The twist is that this is […]