Worlds of Books

We discussed S. J. Rozan’s ABSENT FRIENDS, DB63533 (also available on bookshare).

We will discuss THE INTERVIEW ROOM by Roderick Anscombe, db66703. It is also available on bookshare.

We will discuss THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka. This Historical Fiction is just over four hours long. The BARD annotation says:

Worlds of Books The Picture of Dorian Gray

A Live interview with author Lynn Austin

we discussed John Grisham’s THE INNOCENT MAN: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. The BARD blurb reads, “In 1982, a twenty-one-year-old cocktail waitress was raped and murdered in Ada, Oklahoma.

Join us for the next meeting of “Worlds of Books” on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at 5:00 EDT. we will discuss A WOMAN’S PLACE by Lynn Austin, DB67644; the book is also available from bookshare.

This month’s book is THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: A WAR STORY by Diane Ackerman. The author describes the efforts of a Warsaw couple to hide Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. Their commitment saved more than 300 lives.

We will discuss Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

Join us in a discussion of THE SECRET BETWEEN US by Barbara Delinsky. A mother’s efforts to protect her daughter become more and more tangled. How would you react in a similar situation? Are all of the threads finally unsnarled?

Please join us in a discussion of EVEN SILENCE HAS AN END by Ingrid Betancourt. Ms. Betancourt relates how she survived six years in the South American jungles as a captive of a radical guerrilla group.

Please join us in a discussion of THE WINTER QUEEN by Boris Akunin, translated from the Russian. Find it on the BARD site by searching for  DB58580.  It is also available on bookshare.