The Associate by John Grisham.....This was handed down to me after the girls' beach trip by my mom. She and a friend were reading it while we were there and finished it up about the same time. Both of their review were NOT glowing. I basically read it because I have read everything else he has written and had the book in my possession. Their reviews definitely did not convince me to read it. I don't think it was that bad. What I do think, and what I have said about the last several Grisham books is, it was over before it got started good. It needed another 100 pages. Grisham does such a great job introducing characters and background and then wraps the whole story up in a couple of pages. I keep thinking the next one he writes will return to his early works.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer..... hmmmm? I ran across this at my favorite used book store. I was interested because of numerous glowing reviews by other bloggers. I'm still scratching my head. I don't know if I got it, but it did have lots of good quotes like - "I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things."
Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly.....The Lincoln Lawyer is back and meets up with Detective Harry Bosch. I really like Michael Connelly. I think I am going to have to go back and read some of the early books in this series.
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown.....An easy read mystery with lots of twists and turns. A story about corruption and betrayal and of course a budding romance. The kind of book that I want to read when I have any down time and tends to get in the way of things like laundry and paperwork
Lost Light by Michael Connelly.....After reading Brass Verdict at the first of the month, I knew that I would have to go back and check out another Connelly, and I don't think I have it out of my system yet. In this one, Detective Bosch has recently retired and becomes interested in an old, unsolved case.
Sunday, May 3
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I haven't read any Michael Connelly - I'll have to check out his books.
Oh my, the picture on teh cover of that first book, the Grisham one - - - I took a very similar window picture in FL and have just been waiting for the spirit to move me to post it on Sky Watch Friday - - - maybe THIS Friday will be the day.
too funny- my hubby is sitting next to me reading The Associate right now-
Here's an "ooooooops"
I got mixed up and thought I saw this post on Kudzu Keetha's blog. She CALLED me out on it and I've now CORRECTED my post - - - so I've given credit where credit is due. Sorry about my addle-brainness
I can see how you'd be scratching your head after reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, so I would suggest reading it again (it's even better) or listening to it. I missed so much the first time around and was confused for much of it, so when I reread it for book club, and listened to it because my sister had raved about it, I ended up loving it so, so much more.
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