Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Title: Freedom
Author: Jonathan Franzen
Did I listen or read?: audible
When did I finish?: Sep 12, 2019
When was the book published: don't know
Main Characters: Walter and former basketball player Patty and rock star boyfriend/bestfriend/no friend Richard, their son who movies in with Carole's daughter, Connie.  And of course Lalitha
What happens? Everyone's story, but most memorable is Walter taking a job with a conservancy to save a bird funded by a coal company that gets to do a Mountain Top Removal and then turn the land into a park.  Patty and Walter and Richard have a weird triangle
How long was this? 13 hours - it's 562 pages
Did I like this? At times.  A story stating the case for saving the world from human damage - or is it ridiculing the very same story
Overall grade: B

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

Title: A Fatal Grace
Author: Louise Penny
Did I listen or read?: kindle
When did I finish?: Sep 10, 2019
When was the book published: 2004?
Main Characters: Gamache book #2. 
What happens? Obnoxious woman is electrocuted at a curling match
How long was this? 400 pages
Did I like this? Good, not great.  I like the Gamache series and how he handles cases but the side story with the weird Nichols detective is frustrating.
Overall grade: A-

In Dublin’s fair city By Rhys Bowen

Title: in Dublin’s fair city
Author: Rhys Bowen
Did I listen or read?: VRBO book Goleta ca visit 1
When did I finish?: sep 2 2019
When was the book published: 2007
Main Characters: molly Murphy Daniel Sullivan tommy Burke oona Sheehan
What happens?  Tommy Burke hires molly to go back to Dublin to find his long lost sister Mary Ann. Actress oona Sheehan hires her to switch places in the voyage over and stuff happens.
How long was this? 260 pages
Did I like this?  Pretty good, short and sweet.
Overall grade: B+