I just finished reading Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn
and The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly.
I LOVED THEM BOTH!!!
Vince Flynn has written many books with his main guy
Mitch Rapp filling in center stage. This was a great read
and at times it hit just a little to close to our own world's
realities.
I haven't read any Michael Connelly books in a
while and this one was great. Lots of suspense and plenty
of action. A great legal thriller.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Friday, November 28, 2008
Gotta Read it!
For all you "Alex Cross" fans, read this book. I'm now reading Dean Koontz's new book called "Your Heart Belongs to Me" and so far it is really good. It starts off preeeeety scary. I'll let ya know.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Cross Country by James Patterson
I picked up the new James Patterson, "Cross Country" while on vacation this past week. It's Patterson's newest Alex Cross novel. I love his Alex Cross books and read them as soon as they come out. The one just before this one left me a little mad because Alex did get the bad guy but the really bad guy got away, so you have to wait for the next little while to see when the really bad guy comes back. Anyway, the newest book has a really really really bad guy in it. OK...so the deal is...when I get really stressed on a rrrbg (see above) I tend to look in the back pages to see if he gets it in the end. I know, I know!!! but this time I'm trying not to. I'm on page 300 of 405 and if this rrrbg lives to the next novel, THAT'S IT!!!! I'm not reading another Alex Cross!!!!! I've got company coming in for 2 days today, a choir xmas concert in 3 weeks of which I have music I have to memorize and a very fun crowd for Thansgiving, so I really don't have time for a really good book which this is, so it better be worth it. I'll let ya'll know.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Catching up
It's been too long since I posted to this blog. But I've been reading TONS. But not everything thrills me and inspires me to write. But I thought I'd do a brief overview of things that have interested me lately:
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I've read this probably 7 or 8 times, but a few weeks ago, I picked it up and spent the whole day reading again. It's the foundational book on which all current romance novels are based. It's a cliche to say that Mr. Darcy is the ideal man, but it's true! I just love him.
Which brings me to another interesting subject: all the P&P "sequels" written by modern day writers. I think they're all TERRIBLE. I appreciate the fact that people want to know what happened after the wedding, but an excellent piece of fiction, in my opinion, can and should only be continued by the original author. Some lady in Texas thinks she knows what happened to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy? Sorry, only Jane Austen knows that and she's been six feet under for quite a while. I do like the movie adaptions though. The Kiera Knightley version was really good, especially since it kept VERY true to the novel, as much as it could considering the time considerations. Bridget Jones Diary is my favorite book/movie re-telling. (Which is different from a sequel. A modern re-telling is fine, if it doesn't take itself too seriously.) I'd love to see the BBC version of the novel. I keep meaning to order it from Amazon. Maybe I'll do that after this!
2. Right now I'm reading The Brief and WOndrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. It's wonderful, so far. There's a lot of Spanglish, which made the reading hard at first but context generally clears it up.
3. Juan just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy and says it's one of the best/saddest books he's ever read. He finished it a week ago but says he still thinks about it. That's the sign of a good book!
4. I read all the Twilight books in about four or five days. I couldn't get enough of them. Ohhh, I love me some Edward Cullen!! Who would have thought that vampire love would be so hot? As a romance novel fan, Twilight really appeals to that part of me. Juan thinks there's too much sitting around talking about love, but I like that stuff. The first book drags as far as action, but the rest pick up. The last book isn't as bad as people say, but it's certainly not the best. That goes to the third one!!
5. I just finished The Other Queen by Phillipa Gregory. I generally like PG. I think the Other Boleyn Girl was her best. This one really dragged, took me a long time to get through it. My mom read it first and said that she didn't think PG likes Queen Elizabeth, and to read it, it really seems true. She's really hard on her. This book didn't have any protagonists/antagonists, but it wasn't quite literary enough to support that construct, which is why I think it was a slow read.
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I've read this probably 7 or 8 times, but a few weeks ago, I picked it up and spent the whole day reading again. It's the foundational book on which all current romance novels are based. It's a cliche to say that Mr. Darcy is the ideal man, but it's true! I just love him.
Which brings me to another interesting subject: all the P&P "sequels" written by modern day writers. I think they're all TERRIBLE. I appreciate the fact that people want to know what happened after the wedding, but an excellent piece of fiction, in my opinion, can and should only be continued by the original author. Some lady in Texas thinks she knows what happened to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy? Sorry, only Jane Austen knows that and she's been six feet under for quite a while. I do like the movie adaptions though. The Kiera Knightley version was really good, especially since it kept VERY true to the novel, as much as it could considering the time considerations. Bridget Jones Diary is my favorite book/movie re-telling. (Which is different from a sequel. A modern re-telling is fine, if it doesn't take itself too seriously.) I'd love to see the BBC version of the novel. I keep meaning to order it from Amazon. Maybe I'll do that after this!
2. Right now I'm reading The Brief and WOndrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. It's wonderful, so far. There's a lot of Spanglish, which made the reading hard at first but context generally clears it up.
3. Juan just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy and says it's one of the best/saddest books he's ever read. He finished it a week ago but says he still thinks about it. That's the sign of a good book!
4. I read all the Twilight books in about four or five days. I couldn't get enough of them. Ohhh, I love me some Edward Cullen!! Who would have thought that vampire love would be so hot? As a romance novel fan, Twilight really appeals to that part of me. Juan thinks there's too much sitting around talking about love, but I like that stuff. The first book drags as far as action, but the rest pick up. The last book isn't as bad as people say, but it's certainly not the best. That goes to the third one!!
5. I just finished The Other Queen by Phillipa Gregory. I generally like PG. I think the Other Boleyn Girl was her best. This one really dragged, took me a long time to get through it. My mom read it first and said that she didn't think PG likes Queen Elizabeth, and to read it, it really seems true. She's really hard on her. This book didn't have any protagonists/antagonists, but it wasn't quite literary enough to support that construct, which is why I think it was a slow read.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Time Travellers Wife
This was such a beautiful book. It's been around for ages and I'm pretty sure they even made a movie about it. The story is about Henry and Clare. They meet when Clare is 6 (Henry is from the future and in his late 30's). They meet frequently in Clares childhood and then, when Clare is 20 and Henry is 28 they meet in the present. They love eachother their entire lives.
So amazing. I highly recommend, especially if you're in the mood for a love story.
So amazing. I highly recommend, especially if you're in the mood for a love story.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Double Take
I just finished reading Double Take by Catherine Coulter.
I have read a slew of books from her FBI series and this one
was everything I had hoped it would be. It was filled with
suspense and intrigue with a bit of psychic visions, communications
with the dead and of course death of the BAD GUY. I am now on the
hunt for Tailspin, another one of her FBI books.
I have read a slew of books from her FBI series and this one
was everything I had hoped it would be. It was filled with
suspense and intrigue with a bit of psychic visions, communications
with the dead and of course death of the BAD GUY. I am now on the
hunt for Tailspin, another one of her FBI books.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Nineteen Minutes...Jodi Picoult
Just finished Nineteen Minutes. It was a very good book. Really insiteful (is that with a c or an s?) as to the psychie (oh brother, sorry for the English Shana and Cari) of children, and parents, and teenagers, etc. It ended the only way it could. I think I probably would'nt read it if I had small kids as it can make you feel a little bit helpless and hopeless as a parent. But since my kids all turned out soo good and balanced (despite having me for a mother) instead I just breathed a big "whew" that their grown. I reeeeeally need to read something light and airy so my next book is called "The Good Good Pig" by Sy Montgomery. It's about the extraordinary life of christopher hogwood. So far, it 's just what I needed.
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