Free books: Fiction
Maine (2011)
This novel Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan tells the story of the Kellehers who own beach front property in Maine. Is there more to the property then meets the eye? Synopsis:Alice and Daniel Kelleher win a piece of land in a high stakes poker game. They decide to keep the property and summer up i...
The Lake of Dreams (2011)
Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards, starts off very strong and just pulls you write in it is not the normal book that I would be reading but hearing about the different travels and the ladies life was so intriguing to here about. It made me want to new places and keep traveling the world. Though when ...
As Filhas do Assassino (2010)
this novel tracks the lives of two little girls - sisters- after the murder of their mother by their fatherit's about the emotional and psychological effects of domestic violence and childhood trauma on the growth of the children and their relationships with othersafter they grow up, one of them ...
The Finkler Question (2010)
Ik snap echt niet waarom dit boek de Man Booker Prize 2010 heeft gekregen. Ik ben dat gezaag over Jews en gentiles ook wel wat beu ondertussen. Als je de wereld voortdurend opdeelt in joden en niet-joden, dan kan het niet anders of je komt uit op "gezaag" en "gezeik".Neen, dit boek heeft me echt ...
Troppa felicità (2009)
Anche questa volta Alice Munro non mi ha deluso : con la sua scrittura limpida e immediata porta il lettore dentro le sue storie e ogni racconto possiede la compiutezza di un libro.Protagoniste dei vari racconti sono le donne, come sempre, con le loro illusioni, aspettative, i dubbi e le certezze...
Čekat Vaše odpověď (2010)
This novel was published in 2009. It is a series of portraits of strangecharacters who are involved in identity and credit card fraud. The charactersseem to all be one man who is schizophrenic and has aliases for hisfake transactions. The story begins in Cleveland,Ohio with twin boys,Hayden and M...
Please Look After Mother (2008)
مؤلمة تروي حكاية اختفاء أم ومحاولة أبنائها العثور عليها. .تلفت النظر إلى غفلة البعض عن نعمة من أعظم النعم التي يعيشون في ظلها.. وهي الأم. .الكثير من الأمور بت أنظر لها بوعي أكبر وبفهم أعمق بعد قراءتي للكتاب. .الأسلوب الذي كُتبتْ به الرواية مميز، كما لو أنه ضمير المرء يحدثه ويلومه.. أحب أن أسميه أ...
That Old Cape Magic (2009)
I have been having a bad stream of luck with books lately. Borrowed the audio book from my coworker thinking it would be another great Richard Russo book (Empire Falls is amazing!).... but man was I wrong. This book is full of nothing but an adult man complaining about his great life, carrying on...
Seating Arrangements (2012)
This book about a wedding weekend mainly read from the father-of-the-bride's perspective, with the sister-of-the-bride also shared. Various other female views were shown, but I found the whole plot a tad nonsensical. There appeared to be no dilemma, except for a father's discontent with having d...
La formula del professore (2008)
I read this, oh, late 2013, early 2014. What a pleasure. I am familiar with Oe, Murakami, but not Ogawa, and I just saw this on my new groups bookshelf. I fell headlong into this book. At times I was the professor, at times I was the housekeeper. To me, it was a beautiful story about how we ...
Das Geheimnis der Eulerschen Formel (2013)
داستان از زبان یک خدمتکار روایت می شود که در خانه یک پروفسور ریاضیات کار می کندپروفسور چند سال پیش تصادف کرده و حافظه اش بعد از تصادف فقط 80 دقیقه کار می کندپروفوسر به اعداد و روابط بین آنها علاقه زیادی دارد و کتاب به نوعی در مدح اعداد و ریاضیات استپ.ن: کتاب را دوست نداشتم اوایلش داستان خوب پیش م...
La fórmula preferida del profesor (2008)
A somewhat odd but very charming book. Translated from the Japanese. A Mathematics professor had an accident which caused brain damage. His mind is still very sharp; however, his memory lasts for only 80 minutes. So he "starts from scratch" every 80 minutes. He retains his marvelous math abi...
The Housekeeper + The Professor (2010)
A truly delightful, short novel that I couldn't set aside. I may be forced to look into this memory thing that the brilliant math professor had going; after 80 minutes, his tape runs out and he has to re-learn his short-term memory of what had occurred up until then. In any case, the bit of dab...
The Good House (2013)
I enjoyed this book, for the most part. I will say I think it is a 'chick book', I don't think most men would appreciate the self deprecating humor when the main character starts talking about her sagging body, even her knees, whereas I could completely identify. However, there were many times ...
Telegraph Avenue (2012)
Chabon is really smart and can really turn a phrase, but that was my problem with this book. It just seemed as if he were showing off to the reader how smart he is. Look at me, I'm the next James Joyce! The subject matter wasn't of much interest to me, either: trading cards and old records and bi...