https://killingmykindle.com/2018/04/09/episode-1-14-do-the-right-thing/ Wherein I review: 46. Jackrabbit Smile (Hap and Leonard #13) by Joe R. Lansdale 47. A Second Chance (St. Mary’s Chronciles #3) by Jodi Taylor 48. The 17th Suspect (Women’s Murder Club #17) by James Patterson I ruminate on the good guys and how racism works when it’s about racism. The time travel, she getting worse, but I’m holding on for the writing and characters. And how Patterson and Pietro are clearly just done with the Women’s Murder Club and have written their equivalent […]
Episode 1-13: We Are Fam-i-ly, I Got All My Pistols With Me
https://killingmykindle.com/2018/04/02/episode-1-13-we-are-fam-i-ly-i-got-all-my-pistols-with-me/ Wherein I review: 41. Night Film by Marissa Pessl 42. A Symphony of Echoes (St. Mary’s Chronicles #2) by Jodi Taylor 43. Red Alert (NYPD Red #5) by James Patterson 44. The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus (Stainless Steel Rat #10) by Harry Harrison 45. Dogs of War (Joe Ledger #9) by Jonathan Maberry Family means never having to pay for the inevitable therapy after commit atrocious horrors against one another. This week, I explore formulaic plots, and the benefit and glory of […]
This was just bad
This book has to be one of the worst I’ve read in a long time – I almost didn’t want to review it, but it’s one of those that you can hate review so easily I couldn’t resist. The premise of this book sounded promising: Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds–especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It’s the perfect location for Lester Olsen’s lucrative business. […]
Cross, Cross, Cross …
As I stated earlier, I have been reading a lot of James Patterson lately. I have so much happening on the home front these days that these mostly mindless mysteries have been somewhat soothing. But I think I’m done for a while. I thought that the books solo-authored by Patterson would be less factory-like, but alas, that doesn’t seem to be the case. As much as I liked the first novel featuring his African-American psychologist/detective Alex Cross, in the series, Along Came A Spider, the rest of […]
Along Came Another Patterson Book …
My cousin is on a James Patterson rampage, and has been dragging me along, mostly willingly. I have had so many things going on my life recently, that a lightning fast mystery read is about all that I can handle. in fact, I think it is proving a bit therapeutic. I can’t blame my multiple Pattersons completely on my cousin, however. His books are not just a quick read, but also mostly fun, whether written on his lonesome or with one of his many collaborators. […]
Plumbing the Future and the Past for Thrills
I read these two books in close succession to one another. James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge – Zoo Zoo cover art Patterson and friends’ book are always a quick, fast, beach read, and Zoo was pretty entertaining in parts. Taking what humans have done to the world – pollution, deforestation, cell phone towers, etc. – and taking to the nth degree how all of that technology might affect the world’s animal populations is a clever concept. But … the overall book was a bit clunky. I felt like the some […]