Southern Storm
A lot of details, but not much new. Good read overall.
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Bleeders
Not bad. Doesn’t stuff it with fluff.
The Burgler Who Studied Spinoza
Moves along. Nothing heavy.
The Honor Farm
Interesting premise. Decent ending with a lot of muddle in between.
Money For Nothing
Not much going on in this book.
Von Ryan’s Express
Might be one of those rare instances where the movie is better than the book.
Cops and Robbers
Straight ahead with little filler.
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
I guess it’s a classic, but I found it pretty pointless. Might be better on stage.
This Republic of Suffering
A couple interesting chapters. Easy to skim.
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
Bad News
First 1/3 is pretty good, then it drifts and sputters to a close.
One Minute To Midnight
A lot of detail. Some interesting new info on the FROG cruise missiles.
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Phantom Prey
One of Sandford’s weaker efforts.
Nobody Runs Forever
Unique voice and story that keeps moving.
The Fall of Fortresses
Some interesting experiences, such as finding cannon shells in the wing gas tanks that failed to explode and contained a note inside saying “This is all we can do for you now.”
Dead Watch
Starts off strong, but fizzles out.
Where Light and Shadow Meet
Superficial and unenlightening. Can read it in about an hour or two.
The Tin Roof Blowdown
I was very surprised not to like this book. Burke is one of my favorite authors, so I hope he is not running out of gas. Nothing much new in the story lines and switching from first person to omniscient narrator interrupts the flow. It seems to be a mandate in detective fiction that, as the series ages, the protagonist’s home life becomes the central story, rather than the detecting. McBain kept it to a minimum, Parker wallows in it and Mosley actually makes it interesting. I hope Burke comes back with something stronger.
The Pages in Between
A different look from a Holocaust survivor’s daughter who tries to reconstruct the past.
The Pages In Between: A Holocaust Legacy of Two Families, One Home
