Books
“Sycamore Row” by John Grisham
Dell Mass Market, 2014 Yes, it has been quite a while since I posted my last book review. My primary excuse is that I have been busy traveling over 10,000 miles. But John Grisham deserves a share of the blame, too. Sycamore Row is long (637 pages in this edition) and it moves slowly. It … Continue reading
“A Wanted Man” by Lee Child
Delacorte Press, New York, 2012. It has been quite a while since I posted my last book review, which is both a statement about how much traveling/driving I have been doing and how this particular book just didn’t demand that I finish it. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t one of the best in the … Continue reading
“The Affair” by Lee Child
Delacorte Press, New York, 2012 You probably know by now that I love the Jack Reacher series of mystery/adventure books by Lee Child. I like them so much that I have a different scale for them when reviewing them. “The Affair” is about a 4 out of 10 on the Reacher scale but a 7 … Continue reading
“The Appeal” by John Grisham
Copyright 2008 by Belfry Holdings, Inc. Dell mass market edition, Dec 2008. Spoiler alert: I am going to give away the ending, so if you want to read the book you had better look away. If you want a book in which the bad guys win – big time – and the good guys all … Continue reading
“The Escape” by David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, New York, Nov 2014 There are a lot of similarities between Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and David Baldacci’s John Puller. Both are military (or ex-military) – Reacher is an ex-MP and Puller is an active CID investigator. Both are tall, lean and mean. Both make women swoon. Both are brilliant at outwitting … Continue reading
“Gone Tomorrow” by Lee Child
Dell Books, 2009, Dell Mass Market Edition, 2010 Yes, another Jack Reacher novel. I like them. This is the 13th in the series. The initial premise is very simple: Jack is riding a New York City subway train in the wee hours. There are six passengers in the car, including him. Four of the other … Continue reading
“Nothing to Lose” by Lee Child
Delacort Press, 2008 I love the Jack Reacher series, as you probably know. Nothing to Lose is the 12th in the series, of which I believe I have now read 10. They are all good, but after a while certain themes reappear. In this case the reappearing theme is Jack-Reacher-against-the-town, a theme that appeared in … Continue reading
“Bad Luck and Trouble” by Lee Child
Delacorte Press, May 2007; Bantam Dell paperback edition April 2008 I realized about 5 pages in that I had read this book once before. But I couldn’t recall how it ended. Being unable to remember critical plot elements of a book does not speak well of it. I knew it wasn’t one of the best of the … Continue reading
“The Summons” by John Grisham
Doubleday, Feb 2002 I think John Grisham is a very talented writer. I love his legal mystery/suspense/adventure yarns. They always keep my attention. They even keep me awake when I read late at night, which is high praise indeed. Except this one. In a nutshell, this is the story of a dying southern judge who … Continue reading
“Taming a Sea-Horse” by Robert B. Parker
Dell Publishing, 1986 There are books where the genesis of the title is obvious, like Green Eggs and Ham. There are books where the title is not immediately obvious, but is revealed in the reading, such as The Hunt for Red October or The Red Badge of Courage. Then there are books which, when finished, … Continue reading