Pekkanen, Sarah. The Opposite of Me: A Novel Simon & Schuster, 2010 Kindle Edition: ISBN 978-1-4391-3475-7 Former journalist Pekkanen’s debut novel presents a full-life makeover. Lindsey Rose has spent her entire adult life climbing the corporate ladder. At age 29 she’s on the brink of a big promotion at her high-level ad agency […]
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Gottschall, Jonathan. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012ISBN 978-0-547-39140-3 Recommended “We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories,” declares Jonathan Gottschall in the preface to his recent book The Storytelling Animal. Gottschall, a member
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Genova, Lisa. Left Neglected: A Novel Simon & Schuster, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4391-6463-1 Sarah Nickerson has it all: a Harvard business degree, a high-power position in a global consulting company, a loving husband, three young children, a house in an affluent Boston suburb, and a weekend home in Vermont. She’s also doing it all:
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O’Connell, Carol. The Chalk Girl (2011)Audiobook by Recorded Books Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat When a little red-haired girl with blue eyes shows up in Central Park and hugs everyone who will let her, psychologist Charles Butler’s cleaning woman, Mrs. Ortega, knows something is amiss. She takes the little girl to Butler’s house, where he
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Grafton, Sue. “V” Is for Vengeance (2011)Putnam, $27.95 hardcover ISBN10: 0399157867 Audiobook by Random House Audio. Narrated by Judy Kaye While shopping at a department store, Kinsey witnesses a woman obviously stealing some expensive merchandise. She reports what she has seen to a store clerk, who then notifies security. Kinsey hangs around to
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Yesterday I added the following new material: The Sue Grafton Page The Dennis Lehane Page The Minette Walters Page Most of this material is actually “old” notes that I’m just now getting around to posting after moving the site. But the review of “V” Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton really is new.
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Genova, Lisa. Still Alice Simon & Schuster, 2008 ISBN: 1439116881 Simon & Schuster Audio. Narrated by the author Highly Recommended As the book opens, Alice Howland, Ph. D., a cognitive psychologist at Harvard, works on a peer-review evaluation of an academic paper submitted for publication in a scientific journal. She is disturbed by
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Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend Ballantine Books, 2001Trade paperback, 399 pagesISBN 0-449-00561-5 Recommended In Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand tells the classic American story of the underdog. A mud-colored horse with a crooked leg and not much ambition, Seabiscuit became the icon of rags-to-riches fame and accomplishment for an American population beaten down by years of the
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The Snowman by Jo Nesbø My rating: 3 of 5 stars Although I did find the story compelling, the beginning of this book really dragged for me. I imagine the slow, drawn-out opening might not be such a problem for Norwegian readers who have followed Harry Hole through the 6 previous novels, but coming in
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Coben, Harlan. Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011 Life is looking pretty bleak to fifteen-year-old Mickey Bolitar. In addition to watching his father die in a car crash and admitting his mother to drug rehab, he has had to move in with his uncle, Myron Bolitar, whom he hates. The
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