The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Finished on Sunday, rushed out to Costco to pick up The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2)on Monday! Cormoran Strike is the most interesting detective/private investigator character that I have encountered in quite a while. I would say that he is right up there with Lucas Davenport. :)

Promising NEW series for those of us who were hopelessly addicted to series books as kids....

Huge fun to read....

Very hard to put down....




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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


All of the characters are severely introspective and intense.  The impulse to scream "Just let it go!" while listening to them is overwhelming.  Really.



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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Beyond wonderful, "The Book Thief" is the intense beautifully written story of foster child Liesl growing up in Nazi Germany in 1939. Death is the narrator. He tells her story with the wisdom of the ages and the worldview of a cynic. The title? Liesl, who has very little, steals books when she has the opportunity, learns to read and uses her skill to make friends and lend comfort during a very difficult time in history.

I loved it.



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Snow and resolutions

Snow in January cleans up the landscape, muffles noises, encourages fresh starts.

So, here are my snow day resolutions for 2014, 15, 16 or however long it takes.

• Smile
• Give
• Help out
• Repeat the above every day

Other stuff from other years seems mostly done.  Or maybe it has paled, shrunk to those things most important.

PS:  The holidays were WONDERFUL. :-)

Cross My Heart by James Patterson

Cross My Heart by James Patterson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This story was as good or better than most of the other books in the series! 

Alex hunts a serial killer as a killer, obsessed with proving that he is smarter than Alex, hunts his family.  As a reader, you and "smarty" see both strands unfold, but Alex only sees one until it is almost too late. :(  And then the story STOPS!!!!! There is no ending.

Patterson set us up and then snatched away the conclusion holding us hostage to the next book. How do I feel about that?  Grossly manipulated, extorted and frustrated. When I purchase a book, I expect to get all of the story.



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