In God's Care
3 stars
A good daily inspirational.
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Review of 'A Tan and Sandy Silence (Travis McGee Mysteries)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I love the Travis McGee series. I love when I read a book that I thought I'd already read, and have no idea what is going to happen. John D. MacDonald is ... impeccable? Brilliant? My style of a great summer read.
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Review of 'Spin' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I like this book, but found the ending anticlimactic. The plot development got a little choppy, with all the flashbacks and flash-forwards. The storyline itself wasn't hard to follow, developing nicely with the characters.
I can't really put this book into the "Hard" Science Fiction category. I had a couple of moments of "suspension of disbelief". Logic holes are never good in Hard SciFi. And there was a bit too much of the Black Box technique, whereby we are forced to just accept without explanation that this thing works.
Hence, the two stars. I might be a touch stingy with my star ratings. I looked over my first wave of books, and found that everything was at least four stars. I did like this book, but I'm getting cranky as I use this website more and more.
L.A. Requiem is a 1999 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the eighth in …
Review of 'L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8)' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Let me state first that I liked this book. However, I found it highly derivative of Robert Parker's Spencer series, without the wit. I love Spencer, so the idea of an LA Spencer is highly appealing. Execution is going to be a bitch and you never want to write against those expectations. Crais has a tough row to hoe with me.
Nonetheless, I did devour this book in a couple of nights. I found it entertaining and the characters compelling. I figured out the bad guy early, but still was interested. That denotes good storytelling.
If you've read any of this series, then obviously you have to read this one. If you haven't, then start with Monkey's Raincoat.
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Just starting this one. I thought I'd try this one, then move on to do the whole Elvis Cole series. I have The Monkey's Raincoat sitting on my nightstand. Thought I'd …
Let me state first that I liked this book. However, I found it highly derivative of Robert Parker's Spencer series, without the wit. I love Spencer, so the idea of an LA Spencer is highly appealing. Execution is going to be a bitch and you never want to write against those expectations. Crais has a tough row to hoe with me.
Nonetheless, I did devour this book in a couple of nights. I found it entertaining and the characters compelling. I figured out the bad guy early, but still was interested. That denotes good storytelling.
If you've read any of this series, then obviously you have to read this one. If you haven't, then start with Monkey's Raincoat.
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Just starting this one. I thought I'd try this one, then move on to do the whole Elvis Cole series. I have The Monkey's Raincoat sitting on my nightstand. Thought I'd try this one first.
De jóvenes, Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse …
Review of 'Love in the Time of Cholera' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Whew! I finally finished this book...and I am glad I did. For some reason this book never inspired that "page turner" fever in me. Don't get me wrong, it held my attention and I did love it, but I was never in a race to finish this book. I'm not sure what it was about this story that allowed me to interrupt it with other books, then come back. Maybe I subconsciously wanted to savor the story.
I'll let others decide this books virtues and place in the pantheon of literature. I loved the beautifully drawn characters. I loved the vivid sense of place and period. I loved the dense sentences, each one chewy and sweet. I loved the humanity in this novel.
I didn't love the pacing, yet I doubt I would want it changed - back to that savoring thing, I guess. I should have read this book …
Whew! I finally finished this book...and I am glad I did. For some reason this book never inspired that "page turner" fever in me. Don't get me wrong, it held my attention and I did love it, but I was never in a race to finish this book. I'm not sure what it was about this story that allowed me to interrupt it with other books, then come back. Maybe I subconsciously wanted to savor the story.
I'll let others decide this books virtues and place in the pantheon of literature. I loved the beautifully drawn characters. I loved the vivid sense of place and period. I loved the dense sentences, each one chewy and sweet. I loved the humanity in this novel.
I didn't love the pacing, yet I doubt I would want it changed - back to that savoring thing, I guess. I should have read this book on a cruise, then I wouldn't be picking nits.
I do think you should read this book. Just don't tempt yourself by putting other books on your nightstand at the same time.