Books I've Read

But it takes a lot of drugs.

A pretty good book, but the movie! You can't read the book without seeing the actors speak the lines! A wonerful movie. The "s" word and the "b" word each appear once in the book.

This non-fiction book tells the stories of four sisters from Provence who all because queens in the Middle Ages.

The Notorious Reign Of Joanna I. Good historical non-fiction. Very small print in paperback edition. I liked it, but it was a long read. I could only handle a few pages each night. Especially with the small print. I'm not a big fan of historical non-fiction, but I feel smarter for having read this. Even though I can't remember very many of the points raised in the Discussion Questions. The whole German Army destroying the historical records of the period, now THAT was especially interesting!

It's the revolution in Cuba, Lucia and her little brother end up in Nebraska after being sent to the U.S. by their parents. Interesting story. I always wonder where people come up with money for bribes and plane tickets after having all their wealth taken away, though.

DKA has to recover 32 Cadillacs stolen by Gypsys. Very good. The Dortmunder gang makes a cameo.

Sort of fictionalized story of the author's early years seeing America and getting into the P.I business. Very good.

Guy gets out of San Quentin, everbody wants the diamonds he had stolen. Good story, as ever.

Gypsies, repomen (Dan Kearney & Associates), and an orangutuan named Freddie. Very good, I should have knowen primates would show up somewhere!

DKA is at it again, protecting a computer whiz, repoing truck tires, and bad jokes.

Eddie Dain is dead, along with his wife and child. Dain is alive, to find the killers. Good story, good swamp lore.

Lawyer discovers the company she works for is Mafia-run, blabs, get murdered. Somebody gets even, killing everone else. Good book, not easy to read, pretty descriptive sex. Lots of lecture about the evolution of Man.

Great story, an old man is shot, survives and goes looking for the shooter. Reminanaces of his years learning about the wilderness from an old Indian mixed with a burgening presidential campaign his daughter is working on.

Biography of the guy who commanded SEAL Team Six after Marcinko. A lot less cussing than Marcinko.

Davy can teleport. Some very interesting observations on terrorism. Written in 1992, dropping the terrorist off the World Trade Tower was, ironic? After writing this, I find this was a movie in 2008. Never heard about it. Sounds dumb! Good book, though.

A novella about the character from Six Days Of The Condor. Vin (Condor) is assigned to work in the Library Of Congress sorting books to into the CIA archive or to be shredded. Two of the "coffins" (Vin's name for the wooden boxes) he is supposed to have seem to be missing. Where could they be? Good story, but I was often confused as to what was happening.

Secret agent Jud Stuart is in deep kimchee. By the author of "Six Days Of The Condor".

Kinsy Millhone gets involved with an old bank robbery.

Kinsey Millhone locates a missing heir.

Kinsey Millhone investigates the shooting of her ex-husband. Author's note says the stories take place in the 1980s.