Books I've Read

A very excellent book about a 12-year-old girl named Ant and her scraggly little dog. Two weeps.

Pretty good story of a new quartermaster weathering a huge storm on a destroyer during World War II. Written in 1970, the author drops the N-bomb in the subplot involving the heroic efforts by tne Negro CPO mess guy to save the ship during the big blow. A Withdrawn book.

The Emir plans to blowup a nuclear device down in Yucca Flats. Among other things. Jack Jr. is on the job, along with the rest of the gang from previous books. Very long. Some odd typos. Lots of action!

John Clark and Jack Ryan deal with some nasty Japanese that pull another Pearl Harbor.

Jack Ryan is president, the Iranians try to kill the USA with Ebola virus, the Indians are irritating, and the Chinese are inscrutible. Follows Debt of Honor, precedes Rainbow Six.

With co-author Mark Greaney. Terrorists steal a couple of nukes from Pakistan. Jack Jr. dates a woman who inexplicably turns out to be spying him. Some annoying right-wing views. Everyone who is liberal is bad, everyone conservative is good. Tedious. But not as bad as that John Ringo book. But, I keep reading 'em!

Op-Center series. A Russian Op-Center is manipulated to help overthrow the democratic Russian government.

In the year 2010 the head of Net Force is assasinated as part of a plot to extort big bucks from owners of sabotaged computer systems.

In 1999 politcal intrigue in Russia leads to a terrorist bombing in Times Square on New Year's Eve.

John Clark starts up an anti-terrorist squad in England, ends up fighting tree-huggers that want to kill everyone on the planet.

In early 1980's Ryan is assigned to London, help get a defector out of Russia, doesn't quite save the Pope from getting shot, as we all know!

Jack Ryan is now the elected president. China invades Siberia much to Russia's consternation.

Ryan Jr. retaliates against terrorists who shoot up shopping malls in the U.S.

The Infernal Devices, Book One. Good story of magic and such in Victorian London. Prequel series to the Mortal Instruments. I don't know if I want to read any more, though.

OK, so I read the Readers Digest Condensed version, sue me! Good story, don't know why I'm prejudiced about her books. I've read two, they were both good. Maybe it's just something about Mary...

Six little suspense stories involving rags-to-riches Alvirah and Willy.

I read this a zillion years ago, and am so happy I read it again! This is classic, great science fiction, IMHO. A tourist tour "boat" becomes trapped under the dust in a lunar sea.

A rather good book about a guy named Sam who just got out of prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's home, and two people with it.

Either this book is too clever for me, or it is not. A couple good paragraphs. I am proud I stuck it out. Read 9/2004

An Englishman takes a job in Paris to start a chain of English Tearooms. Things do not go well. Fun read!