Michael Finkel Archives - Novel Visits https://novelvisits.com/reviews/authors/michael-finkel/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Favorite Books of Summer 2023 https://novelvisits.com/favorite-books-of-summer-2023/ https://novelvisits.com/favorite-books-of-summer-2023/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:23 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=11790 It’s been a minute! Last time I posted was the end of June when I shared that month’s favorites. I fully intended to do the same with my July favorites, but things just got away from me. To be fair, I was in Tahoe at a long overdue family reunion from July 25th – 31st....

The post Favorite Books of Summer 2023 appeared first on Novel Visits.

]]> It’s been a minute! Last time I posted was the end of June when I shared that month’s favorites. I fully intended to do the same with my July favorites, but things just got away from me. To be fair, I was in Tahoe at a long overdue family reunion from July 25th – 31st. I never even thought about it until four or five days into August. Oh well! It was a wonderful time. My family has been doing this Tahoe reunion every three years since my kids were little, but with COVID and all, it just hadn’t happened for too long. The wait was worth it!

Just because I wasn’t thinking about sharing great books, does not mean I wasn’t reading great books. It was so hard narrowing down my list that I just decided to include all the books I loved. (One of these I initially rated lower, but it’s stayed with me so much that I’m including it.) And, huge surprise, I have two nonfiction books in this list!

Favorite Books of Summer 2023 from Novel Visits

These books are shown in the order I read them. Most were published in July and August, but a few were earlier. They made for some wonderful summer reading and I’m sure you’ll see more than one on my Best Books of 2023. As always, you can follow me on Instagram @novelvisits, where I most often share books near their release date. (It may be the only place to see my reviews come 2024.)…

Read More

The post Favorite Books of Summer 2023 appeared first on Novel Visits.

]]> https://novelvisits.com/favorite-books-of-summer-2023/feed/ 2 Audio Reviews: Born a Crime & The Stranger in the Woods https://novelvisits.com/audio-reviews-born-crime-stranger-woods/ https://novelvisits.com/audio-reviews-born-crime-stranger-woods/#comments Thu, 18 May 2017 10:00:41 +0000 http://www.novelvisits.com/?p=2426 I’ve had a lot of success with audio books recently, especially when it comes to nonfiction. One thing I’ve learned is that the narrator can make or break the book. I recently started (and quit on) an audio book where the narrator was just so flat that it made the book dull. That definitely is...

The post Audio Reviews: Born a Crime & The Stranger in the Woods appeared first on Novel Visits.

]]> Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel - Very different stories, but both excellent nonfiction audiobooks.

I’ve had a lot of success with audio books recently, especially when it comes to nonfiction. One thing I’ve learned is that the narrator can make or break the book. I recently started (and quit on) an audio book where the narrator was just so flat that it made the book dull. That definitely is not the case with either of these audio versions!…

Read More

The post Audio Reviews: Born a Crime & The Stranger in the Woods appeared first on Novel Visits.

]]> https://novelvisits.com/audio-reviews-born-crime-stranger-woods/feed/ 3