Books I've Read

Twins Florida and Dallas are on "loan" from the abusive orphanage they have lived in most of their lives to an elderly couple who live in a secluded cabin in the forest. A charming heart-warming story with several interesting reveals.

Two orphan girls, Naomi and Lizzie meet some odd people. Generally pretty good, and interesting, but I was a bit confused in the final chapters. Of note also, the chapters are very short. Good for my short attention span!

Salamanca misses her mother, who left them to find herself. Impressive weeps at the end.

A semi-fictional account of a non-fictional journey on the Oregon Trail. Very good story!

A cult started a man who calls himself Joshua seduces women and young girls in 1903 Oregon. Based on true stuff.

This was pretty good. Lots of technical stuff! I think he is WRONG about power steering on automobiles, though! Stayed up till 1 A.M. finishing it!

Jack Stapleton get engaged, helps his estranged sisters husband who is accused of medical malpractice, and DISCOVERS A BIG SECRET, as do we all, except we do not learn the motivation, otherwise a pretty fast read, did the four hundred some pages in less than 24 hours! I rock!

Sexual harrasment in Seattle computer company. Very good.

What I like about Crichton is: things move right along! Novel of effects of genetic manipulations on society. My favorite charactors were Gerard and Dave.

When nanotech flying cameras go bad. A real page-turner.

Scientists go down into the ocean to investigate a spacecraft with a SPHERE in it. Story did't move me.

I really enjoyed reading this book about a train robbery in Victorian England. Crichton explains what was going on in society to give you background to the crime in a non- threatening way.

Travel back to medieval times to rescue some other guys. Interesting story, sure does a lot of research. Liked Card's time travel story better.

P.I. Truman Smith looks for a homeless guy who is missing. Takes place in Galveston.

Five stories crime: The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson; The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith; Pick-Up, by Charles Willeford; Down There, by David Goodis, and The Real Cool Killers, by Chester Himes. I used Mr. Ripley in separate entry, but I finally finished the whole 892 page book. Which is set in 10 point Linotron Galliard. The paper is Ecusta Nyalite. And lite it is! Way too thin. And 10 points is way too small!! The stories are ok, except for Mr. Ripley, but I am not excited by them. Maybe I\'m just not a noir kind of guy.

The life of James Williams who worked with elephants in Burma before and during World War II. Excellent story, I learned a lot about elephants.

Pretty good story, this is books #18 of the series. Very hard to keep track of who is who. I was seriously considering make a list of characters.

A happless gang tries to rob a museum. Very Westlakeish.

Man moves to the country to write a novel. Chevy Chase movie. 2005

If you like alcohol drinking, drug using, cussing and people getting beat up...by the HEROES, you'll like this book. Now I gotta read the rest of them!