This audio selection contains 6 short stories by P.D. James. Each story is wonderfully plotted and the reader, Dan Weyman, is clear and easy to listen to. This is a plus in audio books. Murders with a few twists for a winter's night listening!

I chose this because it was a staff pick and I wasn't disappointed. Penny finds love letters from her father to her mother, but doesn't get the chance to read them. Her father explains there are many types of love and we see that throughout the book. After her father dies, Penny feels her mother doesn't love her. Penny has to go to work after the death of her father. She works in the dead letter officer reading misdirected letters in an attempt to find the intended recipient. One letter touches her heart, making her long for true love. My only complaint with the book was it was set in the late 1800s and the dialogue seemed too modern for the time frame. Otherwise it was a great book.

We loved this as a family read aloud. We liked the pictures throughout the book. The characters were very funny and made us laugh!

I have wanted to read this book for years, but never made it much last where the movie ended. I regret that now! The rest of Bastian’s adventures were so fun, and I can see why the author was not a fan of the movie. (I still love it, though!) There’s so much more!!

I’m still loving this series! I like that when Gilly finds out that her younger sister Anna is going to FTRS and that Rumplestilskin is running it she gets herself sentenced there to attempt to save. No matter what it takes!

What sounds inspirational is not--the book is a bit dull. Biographies of his chosen friends and half of the book is his stilted emails sent to friends during treatment.

A well written novel about unexpected romance, friendship and finding yourself. Author Giffin creates a relatable main character and touches on themes of standing up for yourself and finding your way

This is book 6 in the Armand Gamache series and I recommend that you read them in order, as some events carry over from previous books. This is an excellent police procedural series and I thank my s-i-l Julia for recommending this series to my wife and I. We both enjoy it. This book is one of the author's best that I have read so far and I rate it 4.5 stars rounded down. This book opens with Armand recovering both physically and mentally from events in the previous book. Armand is on medical eave from his position as Chief of the Homicide Surete(Quebec Provincial Police) team. He is drawn into investigating a murder that has taken place in Quebec City. At the same time he suspects that he may have made a mistake in his role in convicting a murderer from the previous book. He asks his #2 in the Homicide team, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, to re-investigate the crime unofficially. Jean-Guy is also on medical leave and agrees to do so. Both cases are solved with a satisfactory ending. Both men are starting to heal, both physically and mentally. I grew up in Buffalo, NY and I can remember occasional cold spells where the temperature dipped to below zero, once to -20F. M y parents and friends would always comment that "you know it's cold because you can feel the snow crunching underneath your feet when you walk." This book takes place in February in Quebec City, where crunchy snow is an every day occurrence and daytime temps go to -30(book doesn't say Celsius or Fahrenheit, but both are bitter cold). Some quotes: Describing the Literary and Historical Society: "It takes a lot of effort to halt time, and for the most part they've done it." Conversation between members of the Champlain Society: Rene: "I sometimes thinks that we are in a rowboat society." Jean: "A what?" Rene: "A rowboat. It's why we do things like that." He jerked his head toward the window and the dot on the river. "It's why Quebec is so perfectly preserved. It's why we're all so fascinated with history. We're in a rowboat. We move forward, but we're always looking back." I raced through this library book in 3 days.

An excellent second installment in the hunger games series, advances the plot and continues Katniss' journey

Normally, I'm a big fan of Picoult. This one was more fantasy fiction - a story character coming to life - and it was hard to connect to. Some others may love it, but the abstract impossibility of it made it undesirable for me.