Ben and Joy

Jose Rizal: life, works, and writings of a genuis, writer, scientist, and national hero , Gregorio Zaide This book was given to me by my...

Image from "The Mayflower" at www.nathanielphilbrick.com I just finished The Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (who also wrote the ...

I just stayed up past midnight to finish Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I haven't done that in a while. I had been thoroughly enjoyin...

Joy and I just finished Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. I came in with very low expectations, but I very much enjoyed it. Not as much as Pr...

Joy and I listened to two Nero Wolfe mysteries on the way back from Canada. I love Archie and Nero, and the humor with which the stories ar...

I just finished to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (whom I had always assumed was a guy). I had never wanted to read the book because I...

I just finished Dubliners by James Joyce. I had read The Dead in high school and enjoyed it more this time. I remember empathizing with s...

The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey takes place in post-revolutionary war Ohio. It is inspired by the true story of Zane Grey's own g...

I just finished reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (Cha...

Joy and I just finished Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King. This is the third book of the Mary Russell mystery series that I have read (althoug...

I just finished the first work of fiction by a President of the United States. The Hornet's Nest, by Jimmy Carter, is a historical ficti...

I just finished O Jerusalem by Laurie King. I have also read The Beekeeper's Apprentice, the first book in the series, which introduces...

I just finished Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. This was one of the most interesting non-fiction books I have ever read. Temple ...

I just finished Mark Twain, A Life by Ron Powers. I realized that there was a lot I didn't know about Mark Twain. I have read a bit of...

You know it is going to be a great Agatha Christie mystery if it has a nursery rhyme for a theme. This mystery has an interesting premise; ...

Joy and I finished reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte together. It was quite a different book than I was expecting. I liked the style...

I love Miss Marple stories the more I read them. I think Agatha Christie writes Miss Marple better than any other character, because I imag...

Joy and I just finished this book by Mark Obmascik. After an introduction and history of birding, the book covered the 1998 competition for...

This is a compilation book of all 50 Agatha Christie short stories that star Hercule Poirot. A lot of fun. I think I like the 12 Labors o...

Joy and I just read A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain. It was, as expected, pretty humorous. I don't think any other wr...