WHAT
DID CYNTHIA READ IN MARCH 2007 ?
☺The
Reincarnationist
by
M.J. Rose
☹The
Reckoning
by
Thomas F. Monteleone
☺The
Last Secret of the Temple
by
Paul Sussman
☺The
Righteous Men
by
Sam Bourne
I
waited, with almost breathless anticipation, for the arrival
of The
Book of Names,
excited to read a thriller about the need for the continuous
existence of thirty six "righteous people" for the world to
continue. Well, it was okay, but apparently THIS
was the book I should have been waiting for. Sam Bourne, actually
the pen name of a journalist with The
Guardian
in the UK, writes a fascinating and believable story of a group
that wants to kill these righteous men. One would wonder, as I did
in The
Book of Names,
why would ANYONE want to bring about the end of the world as we
know it? The answer here is plausible and almost understandable.
Soon out in paperback, it's worth the money.
☺The
Lost Army of Cambyses
by
Paul Sussman
☹Blood
of the Lamb
by
Thomas F. Monteleone
☺The
Death of Faith: A Commissario Guido Brunetti
Mystery
by Donna Leon
I really, really love you Guido.
☺Jack
Knife
by
Virginia Baker
Just when I finish saying I'm DONE with time travel books, someone
has to go and write a good one.
☺The
Watchman
by
Robert Crais
Joe Pike is the lead in this one. I miss Elvis. He's there, but not
enough and, face it, Joe just can't carry an entire book.
☺Lightning
by
Dean Koontz
This
is the first time travel book I ever read (back in the day when I
rode by brontosaurus to the library).
☹Judge
& Jury
by James Patterson & Andrew
Gross
So-So.
Interesting without too much excitement. Like cheescake with no
strawberries - still good, but could be so much
better.
☺I,
Mona Lisa
by
Jeanne Kalogridis
☺The
Judas Strain
by James Rollins
☺Crimson
Joy
by
Robert B. Parker
Nobody
does it better. I found this at Powell's. I thought it was long out
of print, but, of course, they had it. I gotta say, I love
Powell's
☺Playmates
by
Robert B. Parker
And
they had this one too. Powell's is my bookselling hero!
☹ Atlantis
by
David Gibbins
Atlantis,
Shmantlantis. It was just an allegory by Plato. I think I'll spend
some time rereading some old favorites. I need the comfort of some
old friends.
☺Map
of Bones
by James Rollins
☺Mount
Dragon
by
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
☺Darkness
Take My Hand
by
Dennis LeHane
☺Sacred
by
Dennis LeHane
☺Prayers
For Rain
by
Dennis LeHane
☺A
Drink Before The War
by
Dennis LeHane
☺Gone
Baby, Gone
by
Dennis LeHane
Soon to be released as a motion picture starring Casey Affleck and
directed by Ben Affleck. I have to say, I'm frightened.
Although Mystic
River
is one of only two books I can recall being made into equally good
movies (The other being To
Kill A Mockingbird),
Clint Eastwood is not directing this movie. I almost always hate
movies that are adapted from books. Someone let me know how it
is.
