Title: A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: DID NOT FINISH
When was the book published: 2015
Main Characters: JB, Malcolm, Jude, Willem
What happens? 4 guys who became close in college and their life
How long was this? Read 196 pages
Did I like this? SPOILER the dude who is the main character cuts himself. couldn't deal with it, stopped reading. Good writing, really long, wished I could finish the story
Overall grade: B
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Title: The Children Act
Author: Ian McEwan
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 3/22/2017
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Fiona Maye, husband Jack, Adam - the religious kid with leukemia
What happens? Fiona's marriage is falling apart while she struggles with the court cases that she hears like the siamese twins and whether to force a Jehovah's Witness to take a blood transfusion.
How long was this? 221 pages
Did I like this? Really good, great writing, great characters, lots of sad.
Overall grade: A
Author: Ian McEwan
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 3/22/2017
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Fiona Maye, husband Jack, Adam - the religious kid with leukemia
What happens? Fiona's marriage is falling apart while she struggles with the court cases that she hears like the siamese twins and whether to force a Jehovah's Witness to take a blood transfusion.
How long was this? 221 pages
Did I like this? Really good, great writing, great characters, lots of sad.
Overall grade: A
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
Title: Lethal Legacy
Author: Linda Fairstein
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 3/3/2017
When was the book published: 2009
Main Characters: Alex Cooper, DA, cops Mike and Mercer, the Hunt family, Tina Barr
What happens? A overly baked plot with rich people, stolen books, valuable maps, thieves, intrigue.
How long was this? 387 pages
Did I like this? barely readable, too many characters, motives, maps, books. Not for me
Overall grade: C
Author: Linda Fairstein
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 3/3/2017
When was the book published: 2009
Main Characters: Alex Cooper, DA, cops Mike and Mercer, the Hunt family, Tina Barr
What happens? A overly baked plot with rich people, stolen books, valuable maps, thieves, intrigue.
How long was this? 387 pages
Did I like this? barely readable, too many characters, motives, maps, books. Not for me
Overall grade: C
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
Title: Save Me
Author: Lisa Scottoline
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 2/25
When was the book published: 2011
Main Characters: Rose McKenna, daughter Melly with a birthmark, Amanda the bully
What happens? Rose is working in the cafeteria, watching out for her daughter who is being bullied. She goes into action to chastise Amanda and her friends, and there is a big explosion that kills a teacher and two cafeteria workers. That's all in chapter 1
How long was this? 370 pages
Did I like this? Really good story, different, full of surprises.
Overall grade: A-
Author: Lisa Scottoline
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 2/25
When was the book published: 2011
Main Characters: Rose McKenna, daughter Melly with a birthmark, Amanda the bully
What happens? Rose is working in the cafeteria, watching out for her daughter who is being bullied. She goes into action to chastise Amanda and her friends, and there is a big explosion that kills a teacher and two cafeteria workers. That's all in chapter 1
How long was this? 370 pages
Did I like this? Really good story, different, full of surprises.
Overall grade: A-
Friday, March 3, 2017
Unpunished by Lisa Black
Title: Unpunished
Author: Lisa Black
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: Feb 19 2017
When was the book published: 2017
Main Characters: Maggie Gardiner and Jack Renner (secret vigilante cop,) a bunch of journalists at the Cleveland paper
What happens? People associated with the paper start showing up dead. The paper is in the throes of dying, and possibly being sold to a conglomerate.
How long was this? 320 pages
Did I like this? Decent, not great.
Overall grade: B
Author: Lisa Black
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: Feb 19 2017
When was the book published: 2017
Main Characters: Maggie Gardiner and Jack Renner (secret vigilante cop,) a bunch of journalists at the Cleveland paper
What happens? People associated with the paper start showing up dead. The paper is in the throes of dying, and possibly being sold to a conglomerate.
How long was this? 320 pages
Did I like this? Decent, not great.
Overall grade: B
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