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Vince Flynn is one of my favorite authors. I'm in the middle of his latest book, "Extreme Measures" right now. Mitch Rapp is a badass. :tu

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Just finished re-reading "Stingray Shuffle" by Tim Dorsey. Serge Storms is one of the most demented and funny characters in a book I have ever come across. I have to assume that these are great reads for any Floridians because of the quirky Florida tie-ins

:r:r:r:r
Four Rollies out of four

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Just finished Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Great mystery-makes me want to read the Three Musketeers again.

Starting The Private Patient by P.D. James-just came out this week.

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I have this series but haven't read it yet. I read some bad reviws of these books and find it hard to believe. Hobb is usually spot on with her tales. Let me know what you think.

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Just started on Go Ask Alice. Not a bad read so far.

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Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat Over Iraq by Jay Stout

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I just finished The First Commandment by Brad Thor. I am completely caught up on him now. What to read next?...
Sounds good, I'm going to reserve this one at the library, and

Thanks for the heads up! I love Vince Flynn. He and Brad Thor are very similar. Scot Harvath and Mitch Rapp are both badasses! Going to reserve this one too. :tu

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A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle is my current read it is a pretty amazing book about human spirituality.

I am an avid read I eat up most any fiction. From Brad Thor to Grisham and all spectrums in between

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Well the character of Nevare is no FitzChivalry that's for sure. He's spoiled, more naive than is good for him, and refuses to acknowledge reality. These books are far more introspective and some of the major 'action' sequences are kind of more abstract than anything. Still, I like it. Unlike Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb can still write after releasing a few books.

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Finished The Private Patient, by P.D. James and loved it.

Started Jewish Pirates of the Carribean.

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Blaze – Richard Bachman (a.k.a. Stephen King)

A very enjoyable quick read from King. He writes that this was a book that he had in the can for many years, and he recently dusted it off. Not the usual King fare, I can see why he kept it under the Bachman pseudonym. Vaguely reminiscent of Raising Arizona in that it is a kidnapping gone bad… although you can’t help feeling sympathy for Blaze, the “dummy” who is able to pull off the kidnapping of a 6-month old with the help of his dead “brains” of the outfit (George). Blaze operates while hearing the voice of his dead friend in his head, giving him the sage advice he needs to pull off the feat.

I had to smile and laugh when Blaze makes the kidnapping call to the parents… collect, because he doesn’t have any change… and he gives the operator his name to use.

I would recommend this… especially to those who don’t normally read King novels.

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I also just finished...

Mary, Mary – James Patterson

Another Richard Cross novel. Interesting in that Patterson is able to tie everything together by the end. A pretty easy and straight-forward read that is interesting in the ties to Hollywood. Probably a little too much time spent on Cross’ life and times, but overall a pretty good read, fits in well with all of the Cross series of thrillers.

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On the flight to Vegas I finished:

Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason

This was my second book by Indridason and I must say that I loved it as much as the first. This is the second in the Reykavik thriller series and the same detectives are at work again. I must say that the back stories and how they intermingle with the characters is the strength of his writing.

You get a complete understanding as to the environment of Iceland and it’s place in the world. He is able to tie in stories from the war eras and how they relate to modern day.

The protagonist (Erlandur) is a meaty character as well with enough baggage to have a series of stories on his own. His failings as a father and husband continue to haunt him even as his success as a detective soars.

There is something that I connect to with these novels… this was another single-seating read started and finished on the flight to Vegas.

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On the flight back from Vegas:

Voices by Arnaldur Indridason

The third book in the Reykavik series is as good as the first two. The protagonist (Erlandur) is an entertaining character in his flaws and limitations. Indridason does a good job of integrating the back stories with the overall story. Believable and sincere, the tie-ins are what help make this another winner.

The story is of a child star (adolescent soprano) who loses his voice and loses his family in the process. Forty years after his success (two recordings), the child star turns up dead in the basement of a 4-star hotel dressed in a Santa suit. As unusual as it sounds, it is all made believable – especially in Iceland.

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A book called Promise Me, by Harlen Coben. Not a bad read so far.

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Just finished Go Ask Alice. Nott a bad read. Very motivational for teenagers.

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Working on the second volume of "The Civil War" by Shelby Foote.

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I had never read a Michael Connelly book so I checked out his first Harry Bosch book, Black Echo.

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To Fat to Fish, the book written and about Artie Lange

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I'm 1/3 of the way through The Monk; reading it for my Horror and Mystery Literature class.

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Still reading a lot of Clive Cussler. Just finished the Oregon Series, about to start another of his series's

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Who wrote it?

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Currently reading An Earthly Crown by Kate Elliot. It's supposed to be the first book in a series, I have the second. However, if you don't read Jaran which is in the same world/story you'll be lost.

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Just finished The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich and started The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. Also reading The Collected Stories of Paul Bowles.

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"The Road to Dallas" by David Kaiser - Harvard U. Press.
He is a Naval War College historian who cleanly details the conspiracy by the Mob, Cuban nationals linked to CIA and 3 men, including Oswald, to kill JFK. It is excellent.

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Right now I'm in the middle of "Until We Have Faces" by CS Lewis, before that I read a bunch of books when I was at Ghazni, the first 3 Bournes, "Marching through Peachtree", "Time travellers strictly cash", and I'm about to re-re-re-re-read "Starship Troopers" when I finish the book I'm currently reading.

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Matthew Lewis

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Finished Black Echo, by Michael Connelly. Read Death of a Cad by MC Beaton(fluffy Scottish mystery) am now reading Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr. Good first mystery about a park ranger.

Next is another Connelly, Black Ice.

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these forums

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Now that the semester is over I can start reading things I actually want to read. Going to finish up Mickey Mantle biography and then get into Complete work of Poe.... maybe pick up Artie Lang's autobiography "too fat to fish"

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Reading Dan Simmons' Summer of Night. Excellent book so far.

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Is it good? Thinking about picking it up

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Currently working my way through Catch 22. It is a really strange read :). I kind of feel like I am losing my grip on reality while reading it, lol.

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Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot by Paul T. Gillcrist

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Crunch & Des, Classic Stories of Saltwater Fishing by Philip Wylie.

I finally found a copy at a library that I could check out. Fun read!

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Slowly working my way through Anathem, the new Neal Stephenson. Starts off pretty slow, but it's getting good now...

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I finished "How We Die" and have moved on to "From Here to Eternity"

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I read Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde and now I am reading The Last Coyote.

That makes 78 books for 2008. My goal was 50, so I guess I made it. I might try for 100, but that is a stretch when I start the year out with so many good video games:D

Next I am going to try Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston

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The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol. One

Absolutely wonderful work. I didn't know that Holmes was a cocaine addict.

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Into the Backing

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Recently finished Persian Fire by Tom Holland. A very good read about the rise of the Persian empire and their battle with the Greeks. I'm now reading 1421 The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies, very interesting.

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just finished I am legend.
working on harry potter 6 again
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I'm reading "The Art Of War" by Sun Tzu (Special Edition). I read this book every January. I love it!!

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I just finished The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis. Now I'll try and make sense of the Abolition of Man. I think I get smarter just looking at the book cover.

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Just started Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy.

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For fun: Brisinger by Christopher Paolini & The Deerslayer, by James Fenimor Cooper

Professionally: Grace Upon Grace, by Rev. John Kleinig & The Preached God, by Gerhard Forde & The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

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The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly

A christmas gift from my step-mom who is my partner in literary gluttony.

I forgot how much I love a good legal drama.

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Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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I just finished The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen. Another winner. :tu
I just started Hell's Kitchen by Jeffrey Deaver (writing as William Jeffries).

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Just added The Keepsake to the Library collection, but I still have to read her last one-I like to read her in order.

Glad to see ther is another Michael Connelly fan here Miss Kitty. If you like Harry Bosch then you will like Ian Rankin's series with Inspector John Rebus.