Quick moving, with humor here and there. A reporter is doing a couple stories and gets personally involved and on the killers list of victims. The ridiculous enters when she believes she has a guardian angel who is really the killer following her around. She actually BELIEVES she has a guardian angel in the flesh. Dimwit. I hate religion tossed haphazardly into my reading material. I don't enjoy fantasy writing.
Her boyfriends name throughout the entire book was I believed "Garnett" then in one paragraph on page 269 she begins to talk about someone named Nick. WTF is a Nick? Where'd that come from? Suddenly one section, on one page, his name turned into Nick. So most of the time during the story she writes using his last name for everything??? Who does that? I never met anyone calling their husband or boyfriend by their last name IRL. That sort of threw me off track. Lots of other people in the book have their first names used so I don't understand why Garnett is favored over Nick. Confusing.
So people are being killed, serial style killer and she's writing stories for her paper about it and doing a little investigative work and interviews that lead her around in and out of trouble. That's about the jist of it.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
NEED YOU NOW by James Grippando **
People praise this "nail biting style"on the cover and I was mostly bored propping myself up to keep track of names, agencies they belong to, good or evil, lying or not, it was a smallish book but most of the time I was confused. It wasn't my fault either. Cast of hundreds of characters, self important higher ups nobody cares about. Many descriptions of physical things, more so than people or their actual feelings.
Money is missing, no one ever finds it, no one ever knows what it financed, lots of people are killed mostly in disgusting I-don't-wanna-know ways. Thoroughly disappointed, normally I like his books.
His leading character's job description: Wall Street advisor at the worlds largest Swiss bank. WTF does that mean? I never once saw him working, or doing anything related to work, or even in a Swiss bank. WTF does Lily do that directly ties her to billions of dollars in losses suffered?
Beyond my care meter. Blah. Mostly due to the plethora of side characters I don't GAS about.
Money is missing, no one ever finds it, no one ever knows what it financed, lots of people are killed mostly in disgusting I-don't-wanna-know ways. Thoroughly disappointed, normally I like his books.
His leading character's job description: Wall Street advisor at the worlds largest Swiss bank. WTF does that mean? I never once saw him working, or doing anything related to work, or even in a Swiss bank. WTF does Lily do that directly ties her to billions of dollars in losses suffered?
Beyond my care meter. Blah. Mostly due to the plethora of side characters I don't GAS about.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
DEADLY MAGIC by Ilona Benzel *****
No wasted words here. This is a horror novel about a magician finding a mirror from area 51 in New Mexico. He thinks he can add the magic in the mirror to his act because things disappear into it and sometimes return, alas, sometimes they don't.
Eventually he disappears, house is sold, mirror is found and suddenly people who visit the house suffer disturbing fates. People are compelled to kill others.
What horror is taking place in the home previously owned by the magician, what new monsters are slowly developing to take over our world.
I really liked the book, fast paced, well developed characters. Can't get it from library but it's on Amazon and ready for kindle as well. Worth the cover price.
Eventually he disappears, house is sold, mirror is found and suddenly people who visit the house suffer disturbing fates. People are compelled to kill others.
What horror is taking place in the home previously owned by the magician, what new monsters are slowly developing to take over our world.
I really liked the book, fast paced, well developed characters. Can't get it from library but it's on Amazon and ready for kindle as well. Worth the cover price.
LETHAL by Sandra Brown ****
Good writing, fast paced novel with twists and turns, unexpected bad guys and suspicions all along about innocents. I like the book and recommend it to anyone looking for adventurous writing with hiding out, joining forces with FBI, lots of untrustworthy people, even cops involved. Very unsuspecting evil character.
Some areas were repetitious but that's how to get 470 pages, I suppose. I would chop out some stuff if I was an editor but it doesn't detract from the story too much.
Guns, death, cops, FBI, people protecting each other for right or wrong reasons. There was a little romance and the little bit in there was 1,000x better than the last crappy version of a book I read. Very tasteful and caring. People in the novel felt real and had well rounded personalities. Because of the boring repetitive areas I wouldn't pay for it, but great library find.
Some areas were repetitious but that's how to get 470 pages, I suppose. I would chop out some stuff if I was an editor but it doesn't detract from the story too much.
Guns, death, cops, FBI, people protecting each other for right or wrong reasons. There was a little romance and the little bit in there was 1,000x better than the last crappy version of a book I read. Very tasteful and caring. People in the novel felt real and had well rounded personalities. Because of the boring repetitive areas I wouldn't pay for it, but great library find.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
THE INQUISITOR by Mark Allen Smith **
Lots of kidnapping, head banging and violence. Someone has "something' other people are trying to get. It's a tape. Meanwhile a child is kidnapped and our hero Geiger finally 'feels' something for someone else and decides to take care of him till the material is given to the kidnappers.
Now I don't care about all the repetition page filler type stuff that goes on and on forever. Like fights and hiding or running away. That crap just continues throughout the story unrelentingly. Then the end result, what the kidnappers want is never explained WHY they want it. Who is really behind trying to get it and why is it necessary for people to be killed over some tapes that are about 10 yrs old? What is the point?
I thought aside from about 60 pages that could easily have been removed it was written ok but left you wondering if you'd ever get answers to anything. Most stuff you do not. It's a fast reader esp. if you skip the repetition stuff. Lots of pain, blood, gore, but at least you can read it quickly. Pain isn't ever lasting.
Lots of why? why? huh? What for? I was so so about reading it. Could have lived without it.
Now I don't care about all the repetition page filler type stuff that goes on and on forever. Like fights and hiding or running away. That crap just continues throughout the story unrelentingly. Then the end result, what the kidnappers want is never explained WHY they want it. Who is really behind trying to get it and why is it necessary for people to be killed over some tapes that are about 10 yrs old? What is the point?
I thought aside from about 60 pages that could easily have been removed it was written ok but left you wondering if you'd ever get answers to anything. Most stuff you do not. It's a fast reader esp. if you skip the repetition stuff. Lots of pain, blood, gore, but at least you can read it quickly. Pain isn't ever lasting.
Lots of why? why? huh? What for? I was so so about reading it. Could have lived without it.
Friday, May 4, 2012
50 SHADES of GRAY by EL James
I'm now DONE reading an online version of a book (couldn't finish-too gross). I say it's a version of a book cuz it's really a piece of trash. There are no real personalities to speak of. Barbie does S&M. Hate it. Sorry MISS STEELE does S&M. Very very slow reading, repetitive and monotonous. The author seems to have ripped off a lot of material from other books for this piece of shit. How many gorgeous women that tons of men would want are virgins at age 21 and not for religious reasons?
BTW I wish she'd bite her fucking lip right off. What a misfit. They fuck constantly and she says O he's so close I could touch him. NO DUH
If you're sexually repressed and need some sex ideas for your bedroom you could scan thru to find something interesting but personally there's nothing of interest in this piece of shit. I don't need pornography to find new things to do in the bedroom. I'm not sexually stunted and have my own ideas.
And guess what? Of course, of all the real literature and great writing by self-published authors this mindless English tea sucker with her repetitive crap writing gets on TV and has movie offers.
WOW perfect example of the dumbing down of America. People actually admit to LIKING this shit? I dread meeting any of them.
P.S. what's with the belly clenching is that where Miss E.L. James thinks her clitoris is?
O gosh my sister LOVED this book. ICK. This book sure doesn't deserve the amount of attention it's getting. It's not by any means a well written interesting story. ROMANCE, S&M, REPETITIVE and SIMPLISTIC. People who don't know how to read can bore themselves with it but there are sure plenty of better writers. THOUSANDS of them.
Challenge: I write better than this horny tea sucker. Backyard dog (Amazon), read that. Much more emotional and intriguing. What life is really about: highs, lows, characters you fall in love with or hate. Reading should bring you new views and ideas, get inside your mind and life and change you a little. My book does that. I wouldn't criticize without having a clue about how to write.
3 Free chapters: http://054943574358790-3450-93450-934ojtlj.blogspot.com/
BTW I wish she'd bite her fucking lip right off. What a misfit. They fuck constantly and she says O he's so close I could touch him. NO DUH
If you're sexually repressed and need some sex ideas for your bedroom you could scan thru to find something interesting but personally there's nothing of interest in this piece of shit. I don't need pornography to find new things to do in the bedroom. I'm not sexually stunted and have my own ideas.
And guess what? Of course, of all the real literature and great writing by self-published authors this mindless English tea sucker with her repetitive crap writing gets on TV and has movie offers.
WOW perfect example of the dumbing down of America. People actually admit to LIKING this shit? I dread meeting any of them.
P.S. what's with the belly clenching is that where Miss E.L. James thinks her clitoris is?
O gosh my sister LOVED this book. ICK. This book sure doesn't deserve the amount of attention it's getting. It's not by any means a well written interesting story. ROMANCE, S&M, REPETITIVE and SIMPLISTIC. People who don't know how to read can bore themselves with it but there are sure plenty of better writers. THOUSANDS of them.
Challenge: I write better than this horny tea sucker. Backyard dog (Amazon), read that. Much more emotional and intriguing. What life is really about: highs, lows, characters you fall in love with or hate. Reading should bring you new views and ideas, get inside your mind and life and change you a little. My book does that. I wouldn't criticize without having a clue about how to write.
3 Free chapters: http://054943574358790-3450-93450-934ojtlj.blogspot.com/
Sunday, April 29, 2012
LAWYER TRAP by R.J.Jagger ***
Great library find with murders, lawyers, investigators. A newish lawyer hooks up with another and a detective to figure out who in their own company is making snuff films. More complicated than that but that's the jist of it.
All I gotta say is the Denver detective is a moron who thinks with his little head instead of the real one. Lots of stuff is going on all along and it's a good story line, well written, not too many people to crowd you out of reading it. I would say that for me unsatisfying ending but otherwise a good read.
All I gotta say is the Denver detective is a moron who thinks with his little head instead of the real one. Lots of stuff is going on all along and it's a good story line, well written, not too many people to crowd you out of reading it. I would say that for me unsatisfying ending but otherwise a good read.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel Wilson *****
Wow what a great story. This writer has an awesome imagination. I loved it from start to finish and hardly could put it down. The premise is a giant computer named Archos buried in the Arctic begins to take over all the computers and equipment containing computers: cars, phones, electric, everything. I believe this takes place in a future containing robots.
There are several "groups"of humans that form to protect each other and rid themselves of the monsters created by Archos. He controls computers to produce other monstrosity computers solely to kill humans. Some other areas like prison camps have robots that add computer parts to humans, like new arms, brains, eyes, and all this is basically controlled by Archos. Also there are some computers who are against Archos and help the humans. Archos is quite the villain.
People band together, their information is collected and they figure out where the brain behind the chaos is and you have to read it to learn any more. It's a very good book, well written with about the maximum amount of people I could cope with. I would buy it, very good book and different from so many other books. This one doesn't make you feel like you've already read it, very original.
There are several "groups"of humans that form to protect each other and rid themselves of the monsters created by Archos. He controls computers to produce other monstrosity computers solely to kill humans. Some other areas like prison camps have robots that add computer parts to humans, like new arms, brains, eyes, and all this is basically controlled by Archos. Also there are some computers who are against Archos and help the humans. Archos is quite the villain.
People band together, their information is collected and they figure out where the brain behind the chaos is and you have to read it to learn any more. It's a very good book, well written with about the maximum amount of people I could cope with. I would buy it, very good book and different from so many other books. This one doesn't make you feel like you've already read it, very original.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
KILL ALEX CROSS by James Patterson ****
There were a few stories going on at the same time. One was about a homeless girl that moved into Alex's house, one was about a terrorist cell bombing or poisoning like the water supply and other seemingly unrelated stuff Alex isn't really part of. Another story was when the presidents 2 kids get kidnapped by someone in their daily lives which Alex actually does something and finds them-I'm trying not to give it all away. All in all I saw no one on Alex's behind trying to kill him so where the hell the title comes from...I am lost. The Russian cell female said she would kill him about the last 10 pages or so.
One terrorist female bitch is still alive, maybe we'll get another book with her in it but since Alex didn't deal with any of that part of the novel I don't know how he'll be involved in the future. Somehow some idiot connected the abduction with the terrorists but then no one informed the reader how that was related. For me these were all little vignettes separate from each other.
Well written, fast read, easy to follow. Not overwhelmed with people. I always like reading Patterson but why am I left wondering WTF is with the title? And what were the terrorist plots about, red herring? Page filler? Seems like nothing to me. But o well. Good library read.
One terrorist female bitch is still alive, maybe we'll get another book with her in it but since Alex didn't deal with any of that part of the novel I don't know how he'll be involved in the future. Somehow some idiot connected the abduction with the terrorists but then no one informed the reader how that was related. For me these were all little vignettes separate from each other.
Well written, fast read, easy to follow. Not overwhelmed with people. I always like reading Patterson but why am I left wondering WTF is with the title? And what were the terrorist plots about, red herring? Page filler? Seems like nothing to me. But o well. Good library read.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
BELOW ZERO by CJ Box ****
Pretty good library reading. Fast paced, you learn to care about most of the characters but the whole thing with Joe Pickett is a series and it's probably best to start at the beginning which I didn't. So you get stuff you're not sure when it happened or how or why. I'm not a big fan of series and referring back but he really doesn't do much referring back so it's ok to start in the middle and go in either direction.
This was about some previous step daughter they're chasing who was kidnapped by some lunatics. One is a "mafia" guy the other his son who pretends he's helping clean up the planet by killing people using too high a carbon footprint. Kinda a weird basis for a book but such is the way of the world.
I thought it was too sappy in some parts, the killers were too mean, nasty and the lead character sends other people out to do stuff taking a back seat to most of the action. My take. It was ok.
This was about some previous step daughter they're chasing who was kidnapped by some lunatics. One is a "mafia" guy the other his son who pretends he's helping clean up the planet by killing people using too high a carbon footprint. Kinda a weird basis for a book but such is the way of the world.
I thought it was too sappy in some parts, the killers were too mean, nasty and the lead character sends other people out to do stuff taking a back seat to most of the action. My take. It was ok.
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