Reported by Rita
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre
Dumas
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond
Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard
of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only
to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the
three men responsible for his incarceration. A huge popular success when it was
first serialized in the 1840s, Dumas was inspired by a real-life case of
wrongful imprisonment when writing his epic tale of suffering and retribution.
Very interesting. I enjoyed the action. - VC 5 stars
No Ordinary Bird: Drug Smuggling, a Plane Crash,
and a Daughter's Quest for the Truth by Artis Henderson
An exhilarating memoir by a daughter uncovering the secret of
her father's rags-to-riches story, from poor farm boy to international drug
smuggler, and the many mysteries surrounding his sudden death by plane crash.
Intriguing, informative, and the writing is good. -KM 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer (S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery, #1) by Maxie Dara
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in
Appalachia and Finally Finding Home by Stephen Starring Grant
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) by Mary Stewart
New Books
Welcome to Glorious Tuga by
Francesca Segal
The Silver State: A Novel by
Gabriel Urza
One of Us by Dan Chaon
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
We The People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill
Lepore
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