Review of Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff:
March 29, 2011
Since there is very little record of her life, this was not your average biography. I liked the way Stacy was able to support the conclusions she came to, though.
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
March 7, 2011
This book really caught me by surprise–it had good reviews, but it just didn’t seem like my kind of book. But, I took a chance and I’m very glad I
Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie
May 18, 2010
What a roller coaster ride. At first, I thought this book was going to be a wannabe “Pillars of the Earth,”, but I was soon proved wrong. It takes place
The Poet, Michael Connelly
May 18, 2010
A killer is leaving clues from stories written by Edgar Allen Poe. But the police miss the connection, and a reporter recognizes the vital link because the last person killed
Money to Burn, James Grippando
May 18, 2010
Ha–great timing. How often do you read a book about some arcane stock market definition, wondering if it’ll ever be useful, and then read about the very same thing in
Deeper Than the Dead, Tami Hoag
May 18, 2010
You know how oftentimes a story is told from the viewpoint of a main character? Tami Hoag manages to do it with two children that stumble across a dead body
Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
September 29, 2009
This is a delicious book–it has it all: intrigue, deception, treachery, violence, wars, and oh yes, a little sex. It takes place in England in the 1600’s, but covers several
The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
July 22, 2009
The full name of this book is: “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.” It’s quite a mouthful, and it covers
Finger Lickin’ 15, by Janet Evanovitch (audio version)
July 21, 2009
Janet’s books are pretty predictable, not that you can solve the mystery easily, but the interaction between Steph and Ranger, for example, is always the same. And way too much