Carole

This book takes some patience to get into the story. It is a little confusing at first but in the end is a brillant story. I am a big Margaret Atwood fan and find her writing doesn't always go in the direction you think that it will. There are definately some surprises and makes it worth a listen. The narrator is okay but not great!

This is the third Lisa See book I have read and my favorite. The writing is wonderful and Janet Song really makes the book come alive. The story is a life time of a woman at time when their feet and minds were both bound by tradition and culture. Did they have power? Yes but it was subtle control over their circumstances.

I never saw this movie but I am really curious about it now.

I like Rosalyn Landor. She really makes a book come alive and her accent is perfect. I am a big Diana Gabaldon fan so I found this book to be an interesting twist on the same time in history. This is about a writer who writes historical novels and seems to be writing her current novel from memory. I had to start it over once after just a few chapters to really understand what was going on. The book twists back and forth between the present and the past and I was sorry to reach the end!

Having teenagers is a difficult and challenging place to be. I know I have a couple! To worry that a friend of your child is going to come along and murder your entire family is hard to fathom. I wept, cared, and thought this was a good book. Anna Quindlen can really scare you with her subjects.

I have read several other books (factual history) describing the Japanese invasions of WWII but found the human element in this book wonderful. It is a great insight into Shanghai life in the 1930's and how the invasion by Japan changed the society in Shanghai. I found the girls struggle to get to America compelling. The next book "Dreams of Joy" explains even more!

I have read several of Dana Stabenow's books and I love Kate Shugak. These are not always fabulous but this particular one has tons of twists, turns and flashbacks to the past. If you have followed Kate, Old Sam and the aunties this book will explain a lot.

This is an interesting book. I have read much about the Lincoln and the Civil War but never from the viewpoint of his relationship with Mary Todd. Much has been made of Mary's state of mind after the asassination of Lincoln but this shows the basis of her state of mind and her devotion to her husband.

The narration is excellent and the material is an interesting take. Alison Weir does an excellent research job and uses fact to create an interesting story.

This is a great story with a lot of action and continues the saga of Jaime and Claire. However, the action is a little hard to believe. How many people would survive jumping off a ship and walking through a swamp in the West Indies? Going off course in Atlantic Ocean and floating for weeks? Davina Porter's narration is fabulous and these characters are just plain lucky.

This was very good and an interesting view of the society in Afganistan. The narration by the author is good. Debbie Rodriguez is surrounded by much controversy for what she there. So it is interesting to hear "her" side of the story.