Catch up again
Oh my what a mess, Darlyne. I hope your luggage catches up with you pretty soon. I look forward to the puck story.
Here’s a post of books I’ve read and which I sent to the email GGOBIT list.
I have a very short stack of books here:
1. The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers by Lilian Jackson Braun
I must say that I was quite disappointed in this Cat Who tale; I wondered if LJB has gotten senile. If you have read it, let’s discuss it. If you haven’t, I’ll not say anything more than that but I would advise you to NOT read it - in my opinion, it’s a big disappointment. So disappointing in fact, that I’m not even going to keep it. Nor will I donate it to the library.
2. Robert Ludlum’s “The Arctic Event” written by James H. Cobb
This is on of the tales of his Covert-One series which I found very good. From the back cover: “On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreck of a mysterious aircraft, which the Russian Federation admits is a Soviet strategic bomber that disappeared more than fifty years ago while carrying two metric tons of weaponized anthrax.” Briefly, the US President dispatches a team as has the Russian Federation and how they interact is the story. I like this kind of story a lot and Ludlum is one of my favorites. I just googled him and found he passed March 13, 2001, Cobb has followed very well in his footsteps.
3. The Chase by Clive Cussler
Another one of my adventure writer favorites. From the inside notes: In 1906, the western states of American endures a string of bank robberies by a single man who murders any and all witnesses, women and children included. Isaac Bell is brought in to locate the robber and bring him to justice. In 1950, the rusting hulk of a steam locomotive is raised from a Montana lake. Inside are the remains of three people who died forty-four years earlier - yes, 1906. Cussler must have enjoyed writing this book; it has old cars which he collects and is famous for, trains which he is also on speaking terms with, and beautiful women. No overt sex either, ladies - Cussler seldom writes that. A good story. It was hard to put down as I neared the end.
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Hosseini also wrote The Kite Runner which we’ve discussed between and among us for quite some time. This book is located in Afghanistan and centers around two women: Mariam and Laila. I can only say that Afghani women didn’t and probably don’t yet fare too well, which is probably true of most of the Arab world. I’m probably the last to read this but I would recommend this one also if you haven’t read it. Hosseini doesn’t go into a great lot of detail, but he does tell enough that your sympathy lies with the women, not only Mariam and Laila, but all Arab women.
5. Debbie Macomber’s A Good Yarn knit shop tales - no tales available right now except for the first in the series, The Shop on Blossom Street. I’ve read other stories of the series, so I pretty much know what happens but I’ve never read the first one. A light read, not much of a plot, but well written and it held my interest.
Enjoy if you pick on of these; let’s discuss it if you’ve read any of them.
Jo