Sal Durante

This is a charming look at America through the eyes of a self-proclaimed nerd and history buff who enjoys reading travel guides. She loves America for all the right reasons; she IS a patriot, although a flawed one. Her flaw lies in her self-imposed liberal guilt. Fortunately, her love for America and its ideals overcome her flaw and makes her praise of America even more poignant.

I tired of waiting for the next Allon installment, so decided to go with this, Silva's first. I was extremely pleased. I don't know if he's done anything this good since. Oh, yes I do; he has, again and again!

I gave this book an extra star because I like Scott Brick's reading. It truly is 95% exposition so you're never drawn in, 4% attempted character development, and 1% plot. I couldn't have cared less about ANY of the characters.

A completely enjoyable book. The author and reader give you the overall picture of Ancient Greece. I admired the Greeks before I read this, but now I have a integrated sense of their culture.

I loved the first book in this "Trilogy." Alas, the author should've ended with Book One and so should you. Eldest is slow, dull, filled with mind-numbing pointless minutia that takes the story nowhere fast.

I enjoyed most of this. 90% of it is often excrutiatingly detailed nostalgia/travelogue of 1880s NYC; 8% is fun romance/adventure and 2% is sci-fi/fantasy.

Told from the eyes and mind of a 14-yo girl, this is a story about the importance of self-reliance, self-love and the dangers of unearned guilt. It is very uplifting and I recommend it to the parents of pre-adolescent girls, although not exclusively to be sure. This story could make you a better, happier parent.

I like The Narrows much much more. This one is straight line procedural detective work by an officer just doing a day's work. Lack of personal motivation throughout this story deadens it. For value-driven characters try a Harlan Coben novel.

This is classified as comic thriller mystery. Unfortunately, it's actually farce, yet rarely funny. The mystery is more of a side element to the ridiculous characters and "episodes." I'd call it a waste of time, considering all the better titles that are available.

This book presents nothing to keep a listener interested: no intrigue, no mystery, no PLOT, no character development. I must've trudged through 7/8 of the story, and then I was sidetracked by something more urgent. Two days later, I could not care less what would happen in the story and so I have not finished it. (I lasted through 7/8 from mild curiosity, and I was on a cruise with a lot of time for just listening as the oceans sailed by.)