The Last Mile - David Baldacci
He and she read
Another Baldacci page turner. He felt the ending was contrived; she said, "it's fiction...he has to tie everything up".
Friday, April 29, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Eligible - Curtis Sittenfeld
She Read.
This book was pre publish date advertised as an update of Pride and Prejudice. Intrigued, I reserved it. The first review I read about it trashed it. I was about to cancel my reservation, but decided to try it. It really was entertaining...certainly not literature, but kind of a fun read.
She Read.
This book was pre publish date advertised as an update of Pride and Prejudice. Intrigued, I reserved it. The first review I read about it trashed it. I was about to cancel my reservation, but decided to try it. It really was entertaining...certainly not literature, but kind of a fun read.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The Story of the Lost Child - Elena Ferrante
She read
Finishing this fourth of the Neapolitan novels was bitter sweet. I read all four in succession, so spent a lot of time of the life stories of these two friends. As with the prior two, things do get a bit ponderous at times, but I enjoyed the series...as wasn't as depressed at the end as I thought I would be!
She read
Finishing this fourth of the Neapolitan novels was bitter sweet. I read all four in succession, so spent a lot of time of the life stories of these two friends. As with the prior two, things do get a bit ponderous at times, but I enjoyed the series...as wasn't as depressed at the end as I thought I would be!
The Guest Room - Chris Bohjalian
He read.
A good story of an example of how a "perfect" life can be totally screwed up by one bad incident. Th main character has it all...good job, marriage, children. He organizes a bachelor party for brother. Through an agency, he hires two women who attend with their body guards. Essentially, they are sex slaves kidnapped from Armenia. At the party, the one woman stabs one party guard, the other shoots the second guard. The girls escape and the seemed charmed life falls apart.
He read.
A good story of an example of how a "perfect" life can be totally screwed up by one bad incident. Th main character has it all...good job, marriage, children. He organizes a bachelor party for brother. Through an agency, he hires two women who attend with their body guards. Essentially, they are sex slaves kidnapped from Armenia. At the party, the one woman stabs one party guard, the other shoots the second guard. The girls escape and the seemed charmed life falls apart.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The Fall of Princes - Robert Goolrick
He read.
The story of a highly educated young man in finance who was making lots of money for his clients, but drinking, drugs and women were getting the best of him until he took out a wealthy client and made a fool of himself. He was terminated from his lucrative job; the bulk of the book was about his fall and how he lost everything including money, wife and how he redeemed himself at the end. Written in first person narrative. Good story.
He read.
The story of a highly educated young man in finance who was making lots of money for his clients, but drinking, drugs and women were getting the best of him until he took out a wealthy client and made a fool of himself. He was terminated from his lucrative job; the bulk of the book was about his fall and how he lost everything including money, wife and how he redeemed himself at the end. Written in first person narrative. Good story.
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