Killing Orders
Author: Sara Paretsky
Read by Donada Peters
7 discs (approx 8 hours)
It begins as a $3 million heist from a Dominican priory. It spirals into a case of lethal complexity that may unite big corporate conspirators, Chicago's underworld bosses and the Church itself in a very unholy Trinity. V.I. Warshawski's job is to find out for sure...even hough it's clear she might die trying.
Personal Review: I couldnt finish this book. I am a fan of the V.I. Warshawski novels, however both of the other novels I read were read by Sandra Burr-she did a great job! This narrator isnt bad-its just She does have an English accent so after Listening to Sandra Burr read the other stories---and a BIG part of this character is that she was born/raised on the South side of Chicago it seemed odd that they would choose a reader with an English accent.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Missing In Death
Missing In Death
Author: Nora Roberts writing under name of J.D. Robb
Reader: Susan Ericksen
3 discs (3 hours)
Suspicious happensings on the Staten Island Ferry draw Lieutenant Eve Dallas to the New York Harbor---Investigating a woman's disappearance on a New York City ferry, Detective Eve Dallas wonders...if she didn't jump, and she's not on board, then where in the world is she?
Personal Notes: The Eve Dallas series is just okay to me-if there is nothing else its a quick easy read to listen to, they always seem to be more about the cop in the novel than the actual cases themselves than getting indepth into the bad guys she is trying to catch. I will stick to Patterson's Alex Cross series or prefer Michael Connelly's detective mysteries as well.
Author: Nora Roberts writing under name of J.D. Robb
Reader: Susan Ericksen
3 discs (3 hours)
Suspicious happensings on the Staten Island Ferry draw Lieutenant Eve Dallas to the New York Harbor---Investigating a woman's disappearance on a New York City ferry, Detective Eve Dallas wonders...if she didn't jump, and she's not on board, then where in the world is she?
Personal Notes: The Eve Dallas series is just okay to me-if there is nothing else its a quick easy read to listen to, they always seem to be more about the cop in the novel than the actual cases themselves than getting indepth into the bad guys she is trying to catch. I will stick to Patterson's Alex Cross series or prefer Michael Connelly's detective mysteries as well.
Interlude In Death
Interlude In Death
Author: J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb)
Read by: Susan Ericken
3 discs (3 hours)
In early spring of 2059, lieutenant Eve Dallas is called of planet ot face a grueling ordeal---giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort which just happens to be owned by her husband, Roarke of course.
Even though Eve cant quitesee it that way it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running. The case is complicated by Eve's personal history with the victom---and the killer's history with Roarke. As danger closes in and the body count rises, Eve must find a way to stop the cycle of violense and revenge, and shove the past back where it belongs.
Personal Notes:
I've listened to other Eve Dallas series and they are JUST okay to me. When read, the characters come off as super cheesy and even though this is a detective series mystery--its never too indepth on the mystery, it always seems more focused on Eve Dallas being sassy, pretty and fierce as a woman lieutenant, Roarke her husband has an Irish accent so if you dont like accents on audio books that might be another reason not to pick this up.
Author: J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb)
Read by: Susan Ericken
3 discs (3 hours)
In early spring of 2059, lieutenant Eve Dallas is called of planet ot face a grueling ordeal---giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort which just happens to be owned by her husband, Roarke of course.
Even though Eve cant quitesee it that way it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running. The case is complicated by Eve's personal history with the victom---and the killer's history with Roarke. As danger closes in and the body count rises, Eve must find a way to stop the cycle of violense and revenge, and shove the past back where it belongs.
Personal Notes:
I've listened to other Eve Dallas series and they are JUST okay to me. When read, the characters come off as super cheesy and even though this is a detective series mystery--its never too indepth on the mystery, it always seems more focused on Eve Dallas being sassy, pretty and fierce as a woman lieutenant, Roarke her husband has an Irish accent so if you dont like accents on audio books that might be another reason not to pick this up.
Happiness Sold Separately
Happiness Sold Separately
Author: Lolly Winston
Read by: Melinda Wade
Elinor Mackey has always done the right things in the right order---college, law, school, career, marriage--but now everything's going wrong. After two painful years of trying, Elinor has learned that she can't have children. All the doctors can tell her is that it's probably because of her age. As she turns forty, she withdraws into an interior world of heartbreak.
Elinor's loving husband, Ted, a successful podiatrist, has always done the right thing, too. Then he meets the wrong woman at the wrong time, and does the wrong thing. Ted's lover, Gina--a beautiful and kindhearted nutritionist--always eats the right thing, but is unlucky in love and always falls for the wrong men. Soon Ted has to fight to make everything right again.
**Personal notes-Great narrator, its a good easy read that illustrates even people who have seemingly perfect lives have problems-we all do- and we can all get through them.
Author: Lolly Winston
Read by: Melinda Wade
Elinor Mackey has always done the right things in the right order---college, law, school, career, marriage--but now everything's going wrong. After two painful years of trying, Elinor has learned that she can't have children. All the doctors can tell her is that it's probably because of her age. As she turns forty, she withdraws into an interior world of heartbreak.
Elinor's loving husband, Ted, a successful podiatrist, has always done the right thing, too. Then he meets the wrong woman at the wrong time, and does the wrong thing. Ted's lover, Gina--a beautiful and kindhearted nutritionist--always eats the right thing, but is unlucky in love and always falls for the wrong men. Soon Ted has to fight to make everything right again.
**Personal notes-Great narrator, its a good easy read that illustrates even people who have seemingly perfect lives have problems-we all do- and we can all get through them.
Monday, December 13, 2010
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keepers Daughter
Author: Kim Edwards
Read by Martha Plimpton
9 Discs - 11 hours
On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. When his wife begins having contractions again to everyones suprise he delivers a baby girl, he sees immediately that she has Down's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret.
But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night.
Personal Notes:--The reader in this book is great! This story is definately one of my favorites I have listened to in a long time! It was also made into a movie if you want to check that out also.
Author: Kim Edwards
Read by Martha Plimpton
9 Discs - 11 hours
On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. When his wife begins having contractions again to everyones suprise he delivers a baby girl, he sees immediately that she has Down's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret.
But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night.
Personal Notes:--The reader in this book is great! This story is definately one of my favorites I have listened to in a long time! It was also made into a movie if you want to check that out also.
Aiding And Abetting
Aiding and Abetting
Aiding and Abetting
Author: Muriel Sparks
Read by Davina Porter
4 compact discs (4.5 hours approx.)
This novel was based on an actual murder case, becomes a fascinating mystery under Spark's sharp pen.
Lord Lucan disappeared in 1974, shortly after murdering his children's nanny in a botched attempt to kill his wife. Despite reports of sightings, no one konws for sure where the crafty fugitive is. Noted psychiatrist Dr. Hildegard Wolf is intrigued when the two patients begin therapy with her---both claiming to be the notorious Lord Lucan. It's not just the patients who have secrets, however. The good doctor has also abandone a previous life.
*Personal notes--I had higher hopes for this book from reading the description but I found it kind've bland as far as mystery novels are concerned BUT the narrator does have an English accent which For me does make it a bit harder to get past accents sometimes when listening to books.
Aiding and Abetting
Author: Muriel Sparks
Read by Davina Porter
4 compact discs (4.5 hours approx.)
This novel was based on an actual murder case, becomes a fascinating mystery under Spark's sharp pen.
Lord Lucan disappeared in 1974, shortly after murdering his children's nanny in a botched attempt to kill his wife. Despite reports of sightings, no one konws for sure where the crafty fugitive is. Noted psychiatrist Dr. Hildegard Wolf is intrigued when the two patients begin therapy with her---both claiming to be the notorious Lord Lucan. It's not just the patients who have secrets, however. The good doctor has also abandone a previous life.
*Personal notes--I had higher hopes for this book from reading the description but I found it kind've bland as far as mystery novels are concerned BUT the narrator does have an English accent which For me does make it a bit harder to get past accents sometimes when listening to books.
Led Astray
Led Astray
Author: Sandra Brown
Read by: James Jenner
Romance Novel
8 discs (9 hours)
age Hendren has always been the black sheep of the family, while his twin brother Hal has forever been someone the family could be proud of. Unlike most twins, they have very little in common. Very little, that is, except thier love for Hal's fiancee, Jenny Fletcher. When Hal dies suddenly, age's advances intensify, forcing Jenny to come to terms with her true feelings.
Author: Sandra Brown
Read by: James Jenner
Romance Novel
8 discs (9 hours)
age Hendren has always been the black sheep of the family, while his twin brother Hal has forever been someone the family could be proud of. Unlike most twins, they have very little in common. Very little, that is, except thier love for Hal's fiancee, Jenny Fletcher. When Hal dies suddenly, age's advances intensify, forcing Jenny to come to terms with her true feelings.
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