The Deepest Cut--#35 finished

This is the 3rd in the series of 4, at least I think it is 4.  It is a quick read.  I kind of like the series and it seems to have come to a nice ending with the serial killer being caught/killed.  I am not sure what the next book is about or how it continues but I will probably grab it and read it sometime in the next few months.  This book did a nice job of finishing things up and getting to some kind of conclusion, although I wasn't really happy with the surprise ending of the book.  I guess I will take the ending that I don't like that at least wraps things up over a more predictable ending and the series just ending awkwardly.  I am not sure that really makes sense but oh well.

I have posted it on PBS and there is 1 copy ahead of it.  I think it will move at some point but might take a while.  Still reading those other books and might look to add another one tonight.  I would like to get one more finished this month but not sure that will happen at this point.  35 read for 6 months isn't bad though.

Demonic--#34 finished

It has been a slow month for reading for me.  A couple books that I have been reading are just plain slow, throw in busy at work, summer so other stuff going on well, it has been slow reading.  I did finish this Ann Coulter book and I was surprised how much I liked it.  She looked back at the French Revolution and compared it to the US Revolution and how they really were not similar.  The French Revolution did play a role in the US Rev in that the US leaders wanted to avoid what was happening in France at that time.  The other kind of central thought was the mob mentality of the liberals, not sure I completely buy this, at least for the majority of the Dem party but there is certainly a segment of the party that likes the ideas of mobs.

Like I said I was surprised because I have seen Ann Coulter on Fox News several times and while I think a lot of what she says is for shock or humor, I wasn't really sure about her intelligence.  This was a good book with some interesting points.  I will have to see about reading other books by her.

I have already posted it on PBS so will be passing it along early next week.  I am still reading those 2 slow books, Edgar Sawtelle and Even Cowgirls get the Blues.  I worked on both during vacation but didn't make much headway and neither had much going on that hooked me to the point of wanting to read more than a few pages at a time.  I started The Deepest Cut by Dianne Emley, this is the 3rd in the series and have read quite a bit in the short time so far.  I don't think I am starting a 4th book right now, maybe in a couple days but I really want to get The Deepest Cut done before end of month and also make some head way on one of the other two.

The Jefferson Key--#33 finished

June has been a slow month for reading for me, probably because I have been busy with many other things.  It is nice though to have a Cotton Malone book, quick action adventure with short chapters so easy to start and stop when only have a few minutes at a time to read.  I think I liked the other Cotton Malone books a little better than this one but it was still a mostly fun read.  A missing bad person at the end points to the adversary in the next book I guess.  Still a fun book and a fun series to read.  I missed the  first couple books in the series so I might at some point have to go back and read them.

I am still working on Edgar Sawtelle and Demonic and have been reading Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.  The Cowgirls book is one that I have really not liked since the beginning and had basically stopped reading a couple times but have just kept at it.  I am not that far into it only 130 pages but have been reading it for a couple months I guess, embarrassingly slow but oh well.  I will try to finish Demonic before vacation starts and take the other 2 along with a couple others to chose from for vacation reads.

The Way People Run--#32 finished

This is a short story book and the stories are really very good.  There is a lot packed into each story, with something memorable about each one.  Some good emotions about some tough times the characters are going through.  I am not a big short story person but did enjoy this book.

My reading has really slipped off lately, just not staying awake and reading as much as I was before.  I am still working on 4 books but not moving much on any of them.  I finished this one up because it was the shortest I think.  I think I am going to force myself not to start another till I get much closer to wrapping up a couple more first.  Still reading The Jefferson Key, Edgar Sawtelle and Demonic.  I have also been reading Even Cowgirls Get the Blues--so far I really don't like the book and have been close to quitting it probably a dozen times.  It has been a couple months like this and have now gotten past 100 pages and figure I will stick through it--maybe.

Composed--#31 finished

This is a memoir by Rosanne Cash daughter of Johnny Cash & his first wife, I think the oldest daughter too.  She went into the music business first as a songwriter and then to performer and has been very successful.  An interesting read in how she has grown and how her prespective has changed over time.  I am not a country music fan so I really had no knowledge of her except as Johnny Cash's daughter.  This book gave some insight into her and the whole family dynamic, beyond what the Johnny Cash movie gave.

I will be posting it on PBS at some point but probably not for a week or two yet.  Still too many credits and not enough of my WL books coming through.  Still reading Edgar Sawtelle, Demonic and added Jefferson Key.  I might add another before the weekend also.

Welcome to the Great Mysterious--#30 finished

This is the 2nd book by the author Lorna Landvik that I have read.  I have enjoyed both of them, kind of a quirky different feel to the books than some of the other fiction that I read.  This book was about twin sisters, one that is a famous actress and the other a wife of a professor, she might be a professor as well but not completely sure.  The married sister has a son, Rich with Down syndrome so that is really what attracted me to the book.  It is a good book, nothing great or outstanding but I think the author did a nice job of handling Rich and his friend Conrad that has CP I think.  I am still interested in reading other books by the author.

I will be keeping this book, because of the topic and also because the copy I have looks like it has a small water stain.  Water stains are big no nos for PBS so I cannot ship it off.  That is okay because I want to keep it anyway.

Still reading too many other books but moving along with them.  Probably not starting anything new for a couple days at least to move some of these other books along.

The Apostle--#29 finished

This is a Brad Thor thriller book with Scot Harvath back in action.  I read one of the series earlier and found this book.  It is a good book for what it is, action, saving the day type stuff.  I will probably keep at reading one of these once in a while because they are generally fun and kind of a quick read.

This is a nonpostable book so can't send through PBS.  I will probably donate it off somewhere at some point.