This book was a fun/funny little romp of a tale, reminiscent of a PG Wodehouse plot but without Jeeves to solve the trip ups. Sebastian Drake, a handsome man from a good family with no money to speak of needs to marry an heiress-- and soon --to address an emergency. It is a Regency period … Continue reading To Hunt an Heiress – Martha Keyes (audio narrator Paula Hunt)
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Sick and Dirty – Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness – Michael Koresky
Sick and Dirty gives us wonderful insight into of the years of the notorious Hays Code and its impact on the portrayal of LGBTQ characters, in film, which was to allow no hint that anything exists but heterosexual people. In fact, this very readable book is even more enjoyable in exposing the ingenious way the … Continue reading Sick and Dirty – Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness – Michael Koresky
The Unraveling of Julia – Lisa Scottoline (audio narrator – Maria Marquis)
I decided to read the audio version of The Unraveling of Julia. Julia is a few years into married life to Mike, a new lawyer. They live in Philadelphia and are happy. Walking home from dinner after a celebratory evening, Julia suddenly senses danger, just as a mugger tries to grab her purse. As Mike … Continue reading The Unraveling of Julia – Lisa Scottoline (audio narrator – Maria Marquis)
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders (Audio cast below)
(Audio book performed by cast including: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, Carrie Brownstein, Don Cheadle, Lena Dunham, Bill Hader, Kirby Heyborne, Keegan-Michael Key, Julianne Moore, Megan Mullally, Susan Sarandon, Ben Stiller, Various) If you are going to read this book, read this audible version with a cast of different voices, each playing the various characters, most of whom are a kind of ghost. Those who die and … Continue reading Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders (Audio cast below)
Lone Dog Road – Kent Nerburn (audio narrated by Lynch Travis, Matt Haynes, Benjamin Collins, Tanis Parenteau)
Lone Dog Road is one of the loveliest books I've read. I read the beautifully narrated audio version of this story about Levi, aged eleven and Reuben, aged six who are forced to run from their home when the government agent who grabs children to send them to the Indian boarding school fixes his eye … Continue reading Lone Dog Road – Kent Nerburn (audio narrated by Lynch Travis, Matt Haynes, Benjamin Collins, Tanis Parenteau)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson (Audio Narrator – Bernadette Dunne)
As I try to catch up on classics I never read, Shirley Jackson came to mind. Like many people, I read The Lottery in school and it stuck with me so that when I reread it, it was just as I remembered it almost fifty years ago. So when We have Always Lived in the … Continue reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson (Audio Narrator – Bernadette Dunne)
What Will People Think? – Sara Hamdan (Audio Narrator – Reem Edan)
I am so glad I requested this audio book from NetGalley! Mia is first generation Palestinian American, raised by her grandparents since the death of her father. Her mother died when she was born and that side of the family had no interest in Mia, born of a marriage they disapproved of. Mia and her … Continue reading What Will People Think? – Sara Hamdan (Audio Narrator – Reem Edan)
A Senior Citizen’s Guide to Life on the Run – Gwen Fiorio
There is something very special about being old enough to remember political activists of the 1970s who turned to violent forms of protest. Reading this novel, stories of the Weathermen and Patti Hearst came to mind. A Senior's Guide to Life on the Run is so delightful an ensemble of characters and such an engaging … Continue reading A Senior Citizen’s Guide to Life on the Run – Gwen Fiorio
Where the Rivers Merge – Mary Alice Monroe
Where the Rivers Merge bookends and then fills in the life of Eliza Rivers, born in 1900 in a country home/rice plantation. Her father lost his fortune but he married her wealthy mother who initially agreed to raise the family at Mayfield Hall, rebuilt after it was burned during the Civil War. Eliza is the … Continue reading Where the Rivers Merge – Mary Alice Monroe
Malcolm Lives – Ibram X Kendi (Audio Narrated by Ibram X Kendi)
Full disclosure. I am a white reader. I have read and enjoyed two books by Kendi and one book where he was an editor. I was raised by a 1960s civil rights activist. I went to a high school that had serious race riots in the late sixties. I remember when a Black friend suddenly … Continue reading Malcolm Lives – Ibram X Kendi (Audio Narrated by Ibram X Kendi)
They Called me Bookworm 