Books Read November 2015 (Books 107-114)
Not a great amount of reading in November due to Man Booker fatigue and lots on. Still, below is a summary of my November reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.
Book 107: The Cabinet of Curiosities (Agent Pendergast #3) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. 2001. 612 pages. Atmospheric crime fiction with aspects of horror. Review here.
Book 108: The No. 9 Bus To Utopia by David Bramwell, 2014. 288 pages. New Age travel memoir as author takes a year off to visit various utopian communities. Review here.
Book 109: The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody #11) by Elizabeth Peters, 1999. 468 pages. Unabridged Audio (15 hrs, 13 mins). Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. A very tense episode in this historical mystery series set in Egypt. Review here.
Book 110: The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet, 2014. 320 pages. Quirky satire about an author pressured into writing a fantasy trilogy by his ambitious agent. Review here.
Book 111: American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) by James Ellroy, 1995. 589 pages. Unabridged Audiobook (19 hrs, 55 mns). Read by Jeff Harding. Excellent political conspiracy thriller set before and during during the Kennedy years. Blew me away. Review here.
Book 112: The Unquiet (Charlie Parker #6) by John Connolly, 2007. 480 pages. Disturbing horror/crime thriller.
Book 113: A Dark Mind (Lizzy Gardner #3) by T. R. Ragan, 2013. 375 pages. Another serial killer haunts Lizzy's life. Reviews of Books 112 and 113.
Book 114: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, 2013. 340 pages. Re-read of this tragic tale of two brothers set in India and U.S.A. Review here.
Book 107: The Cabinet of Curiosities (Agent Pendergast #3) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. 2001. 612 pages. Atmospheric crime fiction with aspects of horror. Review here.
Book 108: The No. 9 Bus To Utopia by David Bramwell, 2014. 288 pages. New Age travel memoir as author takes a year off to visit various utopian communities. Review here.
Book 109: The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody #11) by Elizabeth Peters, 1999. 468 pages. Unabridged Audio (15 hrs, 13 mins). Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. A very tense episode in this historical mystery series set in Egypt. Review here.
Book 110: The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet, 2014. 320 pages. Quirky satire about an author pressured into writing a fantasy trilogy by his ambitious agent. Review here.
Book 111: American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) by James Ellroy, 1995. 589 pages. Unabridged Audiobook (19 hrs, 55 mns). Read by Jeff Harding. Excellent political conspiracy thriller set before and during during the Kennedy years. Blew me away. Review here.
Book 112: The Unquiet (Charlie Parker #6) by John Connolly, 2007. 480 pages. Disturbing horror/crime thriller.
Book 113: A Dark Mind (Lizzy Gardner #3) by T. R. Ragan, 2013. 375 pages. Another serial killer haunts Lizzy's life. Reviews of Books 112 and 113.
Book 114: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, 2013. 340 pages. Re-read of this tragic tale of two brothers set in India and U.S.A. Review here.