Feb 26, 2008
If My Father Loved Me – Rosie Thomas
Well. This book certainly slowed me down. This was my second reading group book for this month and, well, frankly, I didn’t like it. I know when I am struggling with a book because I have no urge to read when I get into bed. That is so not like me. Fortunately, last night I had had too much coffee and couldn’t sleep so managed to get it finished. It was a relief to get to the last... read more
Feb 18, 2008
The Lincoln Lawyer – Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller’s office is the back of his car. He conducts his business as a defence attorney from the back seat of his Lincoln, defending criminals of all shades – drug dealers, prostitutes, rapists and thieves. And then Louis Roulet, arrested for assault, specifically asks for Haller to defend him. Suddenly, the Lincoln Lawyer is forced to question whether he can even spot innocence, and how... read more
Feb 12, 2008
Kiss The Girls – James Patterson
I dived straight into this after finishing Along Came A Spider, eager to carry on with the adventures of Alex Cross. Without doubt, it was a gripping read. Without doubt, I couldn’t guess who had done it until I was nearing the end. Without doubt the story was gory and filled with a marked good guy/bad guy contrast. But for some reason, I didn’t enjoy this book quite as much? Perhaps it was... read more
Feb 12, 2008
Reading Challenges and LibraryThing
Just to take a quick breather from my reading list, I wanted to post about two more things which are taking up my time… The first is LibraryThing – originally, being somewhat anal about recording things, I had catalogued all of my books using a pretty fabulous piece of software called Book Collector from collectorz.com. The reason I loved this was that I could just plug in my ISBN number and in... read more
