Books I've Read

The author tells the history of his family's emigration from Mexico to the U.S. in quite an earthy manner. I'm giving it five stars on Goodreads.

Wacky story of innocent young man experience real life, but maintaining his sense of optimism through all.

Set in Boston and told in three timelines (sometimes a bit confusing to me) is this story based on some real events. Art theft, murder, more murders. I enjoyed reading it. So did Steven King, I hear!

Juliet Applebaum, P.I., former lawyer, investigates the murder of a woman by her son, for her movie star friend. Read 10/2004

New Mom/Lawyer/P.I.? Juliet Applebaum decides having babies isn't enough, she wants to find out who kill the principal of the preschool that rejected Juliets child.

The authors story of how his mother and brother ended up murdering a woman in New York City. Very interesting, and thanks to Google Earth I could see the foundation of the house mom burnt down in Las Vegas!

This guy wrote Bridges Of Madison County. Read Sometime In

Forest Service law enforement officer Frank Carver and his assistant Ginnie Trask work together to solve a murder in Oregon.

An account of drug use in cycling during the Lance era, with a bit of Landis at the end. Fairly depressing.

Pattie and her family leave a dying Earth for an uncertain life on a strange planet. Only 69 pages, but a nice story. Although I believe the seasons are caused by the axial tilt of a planet, not so much the orbit.

William lives at an abbey that took him in after a fire killed his family. He saves a creature from a trap, and discovers there is a whole world of fay creatures living around him. Of course, there comes a great evil that he has to overcome. Does one suppose a sequel is in the works? Good story, very descriptive. I could envision the environs clearly.

Hench #1. I quit where the ten pages of vertical text with no spacing started. Ain't nobody got time to fool with that. Up to there it was...OK.

Justin goes to visit his grandfather's ranch. A very nice story.

True story of murder of schoolteacher and her chiildren in Pennsylvania. Very poignant final paragraphs. Read again

Police story takes place in San Diego. Stolen shoes, toxic waste, very excellent story.

Entertaining tales of police officers and the characters they deal with. Favorite character was Olive. Glad to see that she got out from under and did ok.

Interesting story, but it is very choppy. Sometimes I was confused by what was happening. Being rather prejudiced about chiropractic, I was interested to see how and why he became a chiropractor. A very comprehensive glossary is included!

A Japanese girl and her family, living in Korea, escape back to Japan at the end of World War II.

I read this because it had been challenged on historical accuracy. I say, it's the recollections of an eight-year-old girl, novelized. More violence than I expected.

An African-American high school girl in Portland (Oregon) deals with various complications and changes in her life. Interesting story, made slightly more so because I am vaguely familiar with some of the locales mentioned. My overall impression of the books was, "smooth story", what ever that means!

Linnet is quite the teen in 16th century London. Kidnapped by a master criminal, she helps foil a plot to overthrow the queen. Is there a sequel?