Saturday, June 30, 2018

The Demon Crown--#30 finished

This was one started before vacation and then left at home by accident during vacation.  Finished it up after we got back.  Another in the Sigma Force series, good series but not great.  Author weaves what could really happen in a world changing way & the Sigma crew find a way to stop it--happened again.  Wasps resurrected from Dinosaur times are unleashed in Hawaii and kill many & get close to throwing whole world into panic.  Not sure I really buy the bad guys that much, at some point the crazy leader guy would probably piss off an underling who would dime him out but just doesn't happen.  Action moved quickly and everything saved in end.

I will post on PBS at some point, 29 WL so don't have to post anytime soon.

Got my average up to 6 a month now, not sure I can keep it there but nice to at least get it close by end of year.

Chocolates For Breakfast--#29 finished

This was one of the books I picked up at a used bookstore while on vacation.  I had selected one and was still just walking around wanting a 2nd book when I saw it & grabbed it.  Looked interesting and was the one started to read on vacation.  I really good and interesting read.  From the cover it says the author was 18 when she wrote this, looks like was written in the '50s.  About a girl growing up quick at 15 to 18, first in Hollywood and then in New York.  Her mother was an actress struggling to find work and the girl had to be independent in growing up.  Given the time written, surprised the sex and homosexuality that was mentioned along with lots of drinking and wasting of life kind of things.  Throw in some tragedy and it was a really good read.  As much time as I had been in used book stores, I am surprised I hadn't seen this book or heard about it before.

It is an older book, my copy was printed in the '60s so no ISBN which makes posting on PBS maybe not worth it.  I will probably keep it at this point, like I said I did like the book.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Camino Island--#28 finished

This was one of the books that was supposed to go along on vacation and be finished up then--I had started it a couple days before vacation.  I only received the book through PBS like 4 or 5 days before leaving on vacation but with it being a mass market Grisham book, I know I must read them ASAP if there are WL for it and there are.

As far as the book, I really enjoyed it.  Stolen F Scott Fitzgerald original manuscripts lets Grisham weave a story with writers and a bookseller.  A nice diversion from the more typical lawyer books.  Really a good quick summer vacation kind of read, even though it got left behind from vacation for me.

I have posted it on PBS and it has been accepted so I will be mailing it off in the next couple of days.

Monday, June 25, 2018

The Atlantis Revelation--#27 finished

This is a book I picked up on vacation and read.  I had packed the 3 books I was reading in a bag with couple extra pair of shoes & clothes and that bag got left behind.  This was the most exciting sounding book in Dollar General that was nearby on vacation and it got bought & read.  I didn't know if was the 3rd book in the series but I kind of figured that out right away since in reading it, it just sounded like the reader should know some more background stuff.  Not too bad, just a little out there with the whole super rich stuff along with the super smart guy fighting them and a super great looking nun that might not be a nun now because of her new job/position in an organization within the Vatican.  Getting by all that, the action was fast and kept the pages turning, always good in a vacation read.  Not sure if I will bother getting the others in series though, have enough other series and books to read already.

I have posted it on PBS, it was the 2nd copy but it has already been requested.  I will be mailing it out later this week.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Case Histories--#26

This one started off tough to read.  A young girl of 3 or 4 goes missing.  A young lady around 19 seems to be super nice, is stabbed to death at her dads work.  Eventually these become case for a private eye in England along with a few others and story turns good.  I liked it overall but was just depressing at the beginning hearing the awful things that he would much later be investigating.

I will post on PBS, there are already 12 copies in system so probably not going anywhere anytime soon.

All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well--#25 finished

A man that was already seemingly on the edge of reality in his life, basically goes over the edge after his wife that he loves suffers through cancer and then dies.  Their son & daughter are young adults and it seems like mom was the stabilizing one and he drives them away during her suffering.  Through in some screwed up family stuff on her side and he being most comfortable living a middle ages festival kind of life and that is the tip of the iceberg on this story.  A weird read.  I finished it probably a week and half ago & just now getting logged in and still not really sure if I liked it.  Parts may have been funny but also just painful.  Not really sure on this book.

I have posted it on PBS, there were already 2 copies in system so figure won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Fifty-Nine in '84--#24 finished

This is an old time baseball read about Old Hoss Radbourn who won 59 games in 1884.  Good read about early baseball.  Interesting how the different leagues had come about and the troubles of money back then too.  First year where throwing overhand was legal too.  Just a good read too about some of the different personalities in the game, some names that I had heard of and others just getting introduced to.  Glad I read it.

Not sure if this will be a keeper or not.  There are 5 or 6 WL for it so have time to decide yet.