Books
“Tripwire” by Lee Child
Copyright 1999 by Lee Child. Published by Penguin Random House, LLC, New York. Chronologically, this is the third of the (many) Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child. I like them all, as I have mentioned before. This one isn’t my favorite as it is long on suspense and air travel, but with relatively litte (for … Continue reading
“Deal Breaker” by Harlan Coben
Copyright 1995 by Harlan Coben. Published by Dell, an imprint of Random House, New York. This is the first of the 11 books by Harlan Coben featuring Myron Bolitar, sports agent and investigator. I have read one other Myron Bolitar book – One False Move – and wasn’t impressed. But I saw this one in … Continue reading
“Lamb” by Christoper Moore
Copyright 2002 by Christopher Moore. Published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York. The subtitle is “The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal.” That is a good capsule summary. Did you wonder what Christ did in those years between his appearance at the temple at 12 and the start of his … Continue reading
“Rogue Lawyer” by John Grisham
Copyright 2015 by Belfry Holdings, Inc. Published by Dell Books, an imprint of Random House, New York. John Grisham sure knows how to write. His books are always of the “can’t put it down” variety. This one is described as the “first in the Rogue Lawyer series.” It appears to be a series of one … Continue reading
“Blue Labyrinth” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Copyright 2014 by Splendide Mendax Inc. and Lincoln Child. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York., This is the 14th book in the series of Preston and Child books that feature, as the protagonist, Aloysius Pendergast, the rich FBI agent extraordinaire, and the sixth that I have read. This one immediately succedes White Fire. As … Continue reading
“Cockroaches” by Jo Nesbo
Copyright 1998 by Jo Nesbo. Translation copyright 2013 by Dan Bartlett. Published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc, New York. A (faint) silver lining to a miserable day in 2 ERs was that I read the last 200 pages of this book. This is the second of a series of books by … Continue reading
“Finding My Father’s War” by Walter J. Eldridge
Copyright 2004 by Walter J Eldridge. Published by PageFree Publishing, Inc, Oswego MI. Disclaimer: the author is a fraternity brother. I have had this book in my to-be-read pile for over a year and, frankly, was dreading it a bit. I thought it would be a dry recounting of World War II history. Instead it … Continue reading
“Florida Roadkill” by Tim Dorsey
Copyright 1999 by Tim Dorsey. Published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York. About halfway through this book I thought “This is like reading an updated version of It;s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, but with everyone high on drugs and lots of killing – not just one guy ‘kicking the … Continue reading
TX1 wrapup
Well, it is a few days late but here is the wrapup for TX1. By the numbers… 10 days, 9 nights, 2,551 miles of travel over 7 hops (about 365 miles per hop). I didn’t track expenses as this was mostly on Ooma’s dime. Highlights: The wedding of Peter and Ashley in Austin. This was … Continue reading
“ZOO” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Copyright 2014 by James Patterson. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York. Yes, another book where James Patterson slapped his name on someone else’s work. This time the actual writer is Michael Ledwidge. You can tell that Patterson didn’t write this one because it is science fiction and Patterson doesn’t do science fiction. I won’t … Continue reading