Saturday, November 23, 2024

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Aknre

 Rich family suffering through out the generations.  

This might have been enjoyable if it was 100 pages shorter.  

3 stars.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Lies He Told Me by James Patterson and David Ellis

 David saves a man from drowning, and it's captured on video and goes viral.  This unleashes publicity that his wife and kids don't need.

I never cared about the characters and the action was pretty dull until the last 75 pages or so.

2.5 stars.

Thursday, October 31, 2024

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny.

 Audio.  14.5 hours.

Read by Ralph Cosham.

Inspector Gamache returns to Three Pines when a woman dies while attending a seance in the old haunted house.  Was her heart attack natural, or something else.

The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica

 Audio.  12 hours.

Read by Piper Goodeve and Jeremy Arthur.

When Will's sister dies, he inherits her house and her 16 year old daughter.  Will moves his wife and two children to a small island in Maine.  When a woman on their block is murdered, everyone is a suspect.

4 stars.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

 June(white) and Athena (Chinese) are young writers living in Washington, DC.  When Athena chokes to death while the women are in her apartment, June grabs Athena's unfinished manuscript and notes.  

June revises then publishes Athena's novel, which is selling well until industry insiders begin to doubt it's June's original work.  June is questioned and subject to accusations on the internet because the subject involves Chinese history.

5 stars.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Simply Lies by David Baldacci

 Audio.  12 hours.

Read by Lisa Flanagan and Corey Carthew.

Single mother, and former cop,  Mickey Gibson gets lured in to investigating a murder.

Story was okay, but I didn't really care about any of the characters.

3 stars.

Still Life by Louise Penny

 Audio.   9.5 hours.

Read by Ralph Cosham.

Introducing Chief Inspector Gamache.  His first trip to Three Pines wherein he investigates the death of Jane Neal.

4.0 stars.