Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

May 27, 2018 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Anna Fields. Blackstone Audio, 2008. Originally published 2001. 11 hours, 24 minutes. Library copy.  In an unnamed country in South America, guests arrive at the Vice President’s home to celebrate the birthday of a Japanese businessman, Katsumi Hosokawa. Eager to woo the businessman and encourage him to invest in the country, the country has invited a famous American opera singer by the name of Roxane Cross to serenade Katsumi. The party is interrupted by a […]

Categories: 2018 Reads, Art, Audiobook, Awards and Prizes, Book Club, Fiction, South America, Women's Prize • Tags: Ann Patchett, Anna Fields

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

January 7, 2015 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Anna Fields. Blackstone Audio, 2004. Originally published 1905. 13 hours, 42 minutes. Library copy. Set against the backdrop of the 1890s New York upper class society, Wharton’s fourth novel tells the story of Lily Bart, an unmarried woman, beginning with her visit to Lawrence Selden’s apartment. Lily has feelings for Lawrence but must marry a wealthier man in order to keep her social standing. An unexpected visit by Lawrence causes her to change her mind […]

Categories: 101 Great Books, 2015 Reads, AP Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Classics Club, Fiction, New York, North America, United States • Tags: Anna Fields, Edith Wharton

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

November 27, 2014 by Christina

Nonfiction — audiobook. Read by Anna Fields. Blackstone Audio, 2005. Originally published 1997. 8 hours, 3 minutes. Library copy. In December 1937 – long before the Second World War began for Americans, Brits, and most Europeans – the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Nanking, the capital of China, and committed one of the most brutal massacres in human history. Within weeks of the invasion, the army had not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured, and murdered […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Asia, Audiobook, China, Japan, Nonfiction • Tags: Anna Fields, Iris Chang