Thursday, December 19, 2013

Book #39 in 2013 (Audio)

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris.  Read by David Sedaris, Elaine Stritch, Dylan Baker, and Sian Phillips.

3 hours.

A book of parables featuring assorted animals.  This is my least favorite of his books.  Some of the stories were interesting, but some were too sad for me.

2.5 stars.


Monday, December 9, 2013

Book #38 in 2013 (Audio)

Calico Joe by John Grisham.  Read by Erik Singer.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.  I went in thinking it would be okay, but not that gripping, being about baseball and all, but it was about so much more than that:  the father-son relationship, hero worship, decisions that can change not just your life forever, but someone else's too.

Highly recommend.

5 stars.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Book #37 in 2013

Gone by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.

Latest installment in the troubles and tribulations of Michael Bennett, NYC detective now in Witness Protection with his 10 adopted children, nanny, and priest-grandfather.  Mexican drug lord, Perrine, terrorizes the US and has put a price on the heads of the Bennett family.

Exciting read.  More like the old Patterson.

4 stars.