Title: Me Before You
Author: JoJo Moyes
Did I listen or read?: Nook eBook
When did I finish?: December 24, 2014
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Will, the quadraplegic, Ms. Clark, who takes care of him, her sister Treena, his mother and father, the assistant guy who helps him
What happens? Ms. Clark loses her job at the bakery and takes a well paying job being friend to Will, a wealthy successful man who has a C5/C6 spinal injury. She takes the job and puts up with his ornery nature, and then finds a very disturbing secret. SPOILER ALERT that he has decided to end his life - and she has six months to change his mind.
How long was this? 330 pages
Did I like this? Sensational, Moyes' characters always hit home for me, and this story is gut wrenching. I couldn't put it down - and a got a bird's eye view into the mind and life of a quadraplegic.
Overall grade: A
Friday, December 26, 2014
Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Title: Black Echo
Author: Michael Connelly
Did I listen or read?: bought it used at the outdoor book store in Ojai
When did I finish?: December 4, 2014
When was the book published: 1992
Main Characters: First Harry Bosch novel, Black Ice is next
What happens? Harry is randomly assigned a murder, and it turns out that it is a guy he knows from Vietnam, where they were both tunnel rats. His friend has become a thief since he returned and gotten mixed up with a gang robbing safe deposit boxes by tunneling under the LA streets following the maze of tunnels to blast into banks.
How long was this? 300 pages
Did I like this? Excellent story, great Connelly from the beginning to the end
Overall grade: A
Author: Michael Connelly
Did I listen or read?: bought it used at the outdoor book store in Ojai
When did I finish?: December 4, 2014
When was the book published: 1992
Main Characters: First Harry Bosch novel, Black Ice is next
What happens? Harry is randomly assigned a murder, and it turns out that it is a guy he knows from Vietnam, where they were both tunnel rats. His friend has become a thief since he returned and gotten mixed up with a gang robbing safe deposit boxes by tunneling under the LA streets following the maze of tunnels to blast into banks.
How long was this? 300 pages
Did I like this? Excellent story, great Connelly from the beginning to the end
Overall grade: A
Innovators by Walter Isaacsen
Title: Innovators
Author: Walter Isaacsen
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: November, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: historical
What happens? A great vision of the creation of microprocessors, mobile devices and the internet, with emphasis on the people that drove the creation, and the process that got them there. A combination of fortuitous circumstances and the interaction of others, being in the right place at the right time along with the right mix of people.
How long was this? 470 pages I think
Did I like this? well done
Overall grade: A-
Author: Walter Isaacsen
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: November, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: historical
What happens? A great vision of the creation of microprocessors, mobile devices and the internet, with emphasis on the people that drove the creation, and the process that got them there. A combination of fortuitous circumstances and the interaction of others, being in the right place at the right time along with the right mix of people.
How long was this? 470 pages I think
Did I like this? well done
Overall grade: A-
Drawing Conclusions by Donna Leon
Title: Drawing Conclusions
Author: Donna Leon
Did I listen or read?: audio book from library
When did I finish?: October 2014
When was the book published: 2011
Main Characters: Commissario Guido Brunetti, his assistant, Inspector Vianello, and by Signorina Elletra
What happens? An old woman is found dead in her apartment, apparently of a heart attack. But Brunetti suspects foul play and keeps at it until he discovers the truth. She is involved in protecting woman running away from abusive relationships, and works at a nursing home talking to the elderly.
How long was this? 12 hours
Did I like this? Not great, long rambling
Overall grade: C+
Author: Donna Leon
Did I listen or read?: audio book from library
When did I finish?: October 2014
When was the book published: 2011
Main Characters: Commissario Guido Brunetti, his assistant, Inspector Vianello, and by Signorina Elletra
What happens? An old woman is found dead in her apartment, apparently of a heart attack. But Brunetti suspects foul play and keeps at it until he discovers the truth. She is involved in protecting woman running away from abusive relationships, and works at a nursing home talking to the elderly.
How long was this? 12 hours
Did I like this? Not great, long rambling
Overall grade: C+
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