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The Savage Detectives: A Novel
Roberto Bolano
Picador, 2008
Original and thought-provoking
Although it took me three months to read this book, I thought it was very worthwhile. The first part drew me in with interesting characters, many in the prime of youth and full of idealism and enthusiasm for poetry and love. The second part was, at times, difficult. So many different narrators. ...
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The Third Angel: A Novel
Alice Hoffman
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
A great summer beach read!
+ Lyrical and Wonderful
+ Couldn't put it down!
+ CAPTIVATING
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Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel)
Kay Hooper
Bantam, 2007
Like the series, not the best of them, though
+ First Read of Bishop Series
Finally! Hooper is back with another paranormal thriller featuring Bishop and the Special Crimes Unit from the FBI. There is a serial killer operating in Boston without remorse. He's killed twelve women in a one month time period, and it seems that the only reason he's gone to ground is because ...
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Tree of Smoke: A Novel
Denis Johnson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Haunting, moving, and evocative
+ What's Your Poison?
+ Denis Johnson's latest book was worth the long wait.
+ A monumental book. . .
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Out: A Novel
Natsuo Kirino
Vintage, 2005
Really engaging, a side of Japan not often seen
+ Just like sashimi with wasabi - raw, pungent, and sharp
+ insightful gutsy noir
+ Move over Flannery O'Connor...
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Caught Stealing: A Novel
Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2005
Fast paced, violent, raw, and still very fun.
+ A little violent at times but a good read
+ The Cat
+ Blood, Thunder, A Good Man Gone Bad
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No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage, 2007
Call It
+ Definitely a Winner
Some seven years after he completed the final novel of his famed Border Trilogy, Cormac McCarthy released to the world his ninth novel No Country for Old Men. With its title borrowed from a poem titled "Sailing to Byzantium"-- That is no country for old men. The young, in one another's arms, birds ...
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Bel Canto (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial, 2005
Stunning and Emotional
+ Bel Canto
+ A MUST-read
+ Bellissimo
+ Makes me want to go and listen to Opera!
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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
The Weirdest Davenport Novel Yet
+ Excellent condition
+ Better than the last, Lucas a stud
John Sandford does a better job of hooking me on his stories than anyone else writing today. I have read all the books written under the Sandford name and thought they all provided excellent entertainment except for the one clunker, "Dead Watch."
The Lucas Davenport novel, "Phantom Prey," is ...
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Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels)
Robert B. Parker
Putnam Adult, 2008
Maybe the best of the Stone series...
Perhaps I was just in the right mood, but I devoured this one in two sittings, and the break I took in order to go to sleep was done regretfully. For a change, the actual suspense/mystery/thriller plot was better than the personal relationships depicted. Thus, it qualified for me as a ...
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The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel (Cotton Malone)
Steve Berry
Ballantine Books, 2007
Another Great Historical Adventure
+ Not Berry's Best but Still Good
+ A Pleasant Read
+ One of History's Greatest Mysteries
+ Venetian Betrayal pageturner
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Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)
Patricia Cornwell
Putnam Adult, 2007
Couldn't get through the first chapter
Unfortunately, I chose this as the first book from this author I would ever read. I had heard great things about her and wanted to see for myself. The writing in this was so bad I barely made it to the end of the first chapter. I could be a writer if this is the standard I have to live up to!
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7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
I Like it! Good read for series junkies!
+ Women's Murder Cllub
+ entertaining, provides a little problem-solving exercise
+ Keeps getting better
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Bones: An Alex Delaware Novel (Alex Delaware)
Jonathan Kellerman
Ballantine Books, 2008
When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly coiled novels of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman reigns supreme as “master of the psychological thriller” (People). Now, Kellerman has worked his magic again in this chilling new masterpiece. The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something “real dead . . . buried ...
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Tedious Disappointing Read
Many reviews here mimic my own feelings for this book. I thought the summary of the book was very appealing, but the actual story was a disappointment. It started of well enough and drew me in, but after the first 20 pages or so the details became overwhelming and unnecessary. The novel dragged on ...
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