Title: The Ophelia Cut
Author: John Lescroart
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: 8/28/14
When was the book published: 2013
Main Characters: Dismas Hardy, Glitsky, Treya, Moses McGuire who runs the bar, his wife, Rick Jessup, Moses' daughter Brittany, Gina Roake
What happens? Brittany has one date with Rick Jessup, who is a prototypical psychopath political mover and shaker, working for Liam Goodman, city councilman. He drugs her and date rapes her, and turns up dead, after Moses beat the crap out of him for injuring Brittany. His shillelagh is missing and the wound on Jessup's head has the same shape, and Moses is clearly the most likely suspect.
How long was this? 418 pages
Did I like this? This is a really great thriller, very well written, impossible to tell what is going to happen next, lots of long term implications for the characters. A wonderful page turner of a story, very believable with characters that you care about.
Overall grade: A
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Andrew's Brain by E.L.Doctorow
Title: Andrew's Brain
Author: E.L. Doctorow
Did I listen or read?: library borrowed audio book
When did I finish?: 8/25/14
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Andrew, late wife Bree, 1st wife Martha, Doctor, RumBum
What happens? A painful long winded monologue of a man's troubled life talking to his shrink and relating how he accidentally killed his first daughter, and remarried a girl who died running back into 9-11, leaving him with the baby who he gave to his first wife. And then he winds up as a special advisor to the Bush administration. Seriously.
How long was this? 3 hours 20 minutes
Did I like this? Not one bit.
Overall grade: D+
Author: E.L. Doctorow
Did I listen or read?: library borrowed audio book
When did I finish?: 8/25/14
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Andrew, late wife Bree, 1st wife Martha, Doctor, RumBum
What happens? A painful long winded monologue of a man's troubled life talking to his shrink and relating how he accidentally killed his first daughter, and remarried a girl who died running back into 9-11, leaving him with the baby who he gave to his first wife. And then he winds up as a special advisor to the Bush administration. Seriously.
How long was this? 3 hours 20 minutes
Did I like this? Not one bit.
Overall grade: D+
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Misery Loves Company by Rene Gutteridge
Title: Misery Loves Company
Author: Rene Gutteridge
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: August 16, 2014
When was the book published: 2013
Main Characters: Patrick Reagan, author, Jason and Jules Belleno, Chris Downey
What happens? Jules is dealing with the murder of her cop husband Jason by being a recluse and blogging. Her father the Lt. Col. is drinking himself numb. Jules criticizes Reagan in her blog, and he kidnaps her and takes her to his secret mountain retreat. Jason's murder and Reagan's obsession with Jules come together.
How long was this? 345 pages
Did I like this? pretty good in parts, very exciting at the end. surprising twist of the author including her faith in Our Heavenly Father as a key element in the story.
Overall grade: B+
Author: Rene Gutteridge
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: August 16, 2014
When was the book published: 2013
Main Characters: Patrick Reagan, author, Jason and Jules Belleno, Chris Downey
What happens? Jules is dealing with the murder of her cop husband Jason by being a recluse and blogging. Her father the Lt. Col. is drinking himself numb. Jules criticizes Reagan in her blog, and he kidnaps her and takes her to his secret mountain retreat. Jason's murder and Reagan's obsession with Jules come together.
How long was this? 345 pages
Did I like this? pretty good in parts, very exciting at the end. surprising twist of the author including her faith in Our Heavenly Father as a key element in the story.
Overall grade: B+
Saturday, August 9, 2014
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jossi Adler Olson
Title: The Keeper of Lost Causes
Author: Jossi Adler Olson
Did I listen or read?: audiobook
When did I finish?: July 27, 2014
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Merette Lyngaard, brother Uffe, Carl Morck, Asad
What happens? Carl is a Danish cop whose partner is murdered and other partner crippled in the line of duty. He is pushed to aside to Dept Q where Asad is hired as his driver, and he takes on the 5 year old suicide of Merette, and comes to believe that it is not a suicide. The author takes us back 5 years to where Merette is caring for Uffe, seriously injured in a car crash in their youth that killed their parents. Merette is kidnapped and locked in a room for years...
How long was this? 14 hours
Did I like this? Not at the beginning, but it got good, and they made a movie out of it!
Overall grade: B+
Author: Jossi Adler Olson
Did I listen or read?: audiobook
When did I finish?: July 27, 2014
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Merette Lyngaard, brother Uffe, Carl Morck, Asad
What happens? Carl is a Danish cop whose partner is murdered and other partner crippled in the line of duty. He is pushed to aside to Dept Q where Asad is hired as his driver, and he takes on the 5 year old suicide of Merette, and comes to believe that it is not a suicide. The author takes us back 5 years to where Merette is caring for Uffe, seriously injured in a car crash in their youth that killed their parents. Merette is kidnapped and locked in a room for years...
How long was this? 14 hours
Did I like this? Not at the beginning, but it got good, and they made a movie out of it!
Overall grade: B+
The Edge of the Water by Elizabeth George
Title: The Edge of the Water
Author: Elizabeth George
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 31, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Nera the black seal, Derric the boy from Uganda, Becca King, her archenemy Jenn McDaniels, Annie Taylor who comes to town to study Nera
What happens? An offbeat and unusual story about a small town, Whidby Island, near Seattle where a mysterious seal comes to visit every year, and the town has started a festival. There is some mystery about why the seal comes back, and a sunken boat, and an oil spill.
How long was this? 440 pages
Did I like this? Different and offbeat, but enjoyable. Strange stuff.
Overall grade: B+
Author: Elizabeth George
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 31, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Nera the black seal, Derric the boy from Uganda, Becca King, her archenemy Jenn McDaniels, Annie Taylor who comes to town to study Nera
What happens? An offbeat and unusual story about a small town, Whidby Island, near Seattle where a mysterious seal comes to visit every year, and the town has started a festival. There is some mystery about why the seal comes back, and a sunken boat, and an oil spill.
How long was this? 440 pages
Did I like this? Different and offbeat, but enjoyable. Strange stuff.
Overall grade: B+
The Heist by Daniel Silva
Title: The Heist
Author: Daniel Silva
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: Aug 9, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Gabriel Allon, wife Chiara, Uzi Navot, Abe Shamron, Julian Isherwood, General Cesare Ferrari (with one eye,) Jack Bradshaw, Jihan Nawaz, raised in Hama in 1982
What happens? Some guy asks Isherwood to finish a deal with Bradshaw, and he finds him dead in his Italian villa. A stolen Caravaggio is in play, and Daniel is taken from his work restoring a church in Venice while waiting for Chiara to deliver twins by blackmail, as they threaten to throw Isherwood in jail unless he works for them. He winds up recruiting Jihan to act against the evil Syrian who is her boss in an Austrian bank.
How long was this? 472 pages
Did I like this? good, familiar characters, interesting story, a few twists and turns, but not incredibly riveting
Overall grade: B+
Author: Daniel Silva
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: Aug 9, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Gabriel Allon, wife Chiara, Uzi Navot, Abe Shamron, Julian Isherwood, General Cesare Ferrari (with one eye,) Jack Bradshaw, Jihan Nawaz, raised in Hama in 1982
What happens? Some guy asks Isherwood to finish a deal with Bradshaw, and he finds him dead in his Italian villa. A stolen Caravaggio is in play, and Daniel is taken from his work restoring a church in Venice while waiting for Chiara to deliver twins by blackmail, as they threaten to throw Isherwood in jail unless he works for them. He winds up recruiting Jihan to act against the evil Syrian who is her boss in an Austrian bank.
How long was this? 472 pages
Did I like this? good, familiar characters, interesting story, a few twists and turns, but not incredibly riveting
Overall grade: B+
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