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The Traffickers by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
Griffin does not disappoint! I couldn’t wait to read the latest in the Badge of Honor series and it was exceptional. The audio reader was fantastic; however I think listening to the book makes i… more →
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The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
chplnj wrote 1 month ago: This memoir recalling the author’s early life in a mill town in England. He recalls the difficult c … more →
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
chplnj wrote 1 month ago: A touching story set in Hawaii about a father, Matt King, trying to come to grips with his wife in a … more →
Who by Fire by Diana Spechler
chplnj wrote 2 months ago: Who by Fire by Diana Spechler is a story of Jewish guilt embedded in a culture of self-pity and esca … more →
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
chplnj wrote 3 months ago: You think you’ve heard all the horrors that Hurricaine Katrina wrought upon the people of New … more →
Beside a Burning Sea by John Shors
chplnj wrote 3 months ago: I don’t know why I keep returning to musicals, but lately all the books I have recently read remind … more →
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: This is the story of the Dashwood sisters: the logical Elinor (sense) and the emotional Marianne (se … more →
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: As always, Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum bounty hunter books are a laugh out loud, hold you … more →
The Family Man by Elinor Lipman
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: Lipman is one of my favorite writers of social satire/contemporary fiction. In this story, she explo … more →
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: I tend to love all of Maynard’s books, both fiction and non-fiction. She has lead a somewhat storied … more →
Constantine's Sword by James Carroll
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: Excellent history of the relations between Jews and Catholics, as well as all Christianity. Cherry H … more →
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by A. Barrows and M. Shaffer
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: The WWII occupation of the isle of Guernsey by the Germans is revealed to the author, first through … more →
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: This is a book that I would highly recommend. The novel is set in the times when the Soviets and the … more →
Between Friends by Debbie Macomber
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: I took this book on vacation and loved it. It was a fast-paced book which kept the pages quickly tur … more →
I Am Murdered by Bruce Chadwick
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: True story of an extremely prominent and highly respected signer of the Declaration of Independence … more →
The Killing Way by Tony Hays
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: I am not particularly interested in the Arthurian legend, so this book came as a delightful surprise … more →
The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips
chplnj wrote 4 months ago: A historian at Cambridge University finds the diary of a woman physician at the court of Charles II … more →
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
chplnj wrote 5 months ago: A wonderful tale about a very strong and admirable woman. Cherry Hill Library Patron WW … more →
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
chplnj wrote 5 months ago: I could not stop listening to this audiobook. I was late to work, late to church, late to everything … more →
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
chplnj wrote 5 months ago: From the beginning, I found myself completely and joyfully wrapped up in Alexander McCall Smith … more →
