Monday, July 29, 2024

The #1 Lawyer by James Patterson

This was the dullest Patterson I've ever read.  I didn't care about the characters and there was very little action.  If this was written by someone else (and it surely was), I might give two stars for having the tenacity to finish writing it.  It feels like JP didn't even read this, much less write it.

1 star. 

Calypso by David Sedaris

 Audio.  6.5 hours.

Read by the author.

Collection of essays, standard DS.

4 stars.

Monday, July 22, 2024

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Millie takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family.  The wife acts crazy, but the husband is handsome and kind.  

This is not fine literature.  There are unbelievable aspects.  Despite this, the book was compelling and i finished it in two days.

5 stars.

Friday, July 19, 2024

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

 Audio.  11.25 hours.

Read by Karissa Vacker.

Naomi and her two friends love playing in the woods until Naomi is attacked and stabbed 17 times.  Somehow, she lives and in coached into testifying against the man her friends say attacked her.  Twenty two years later, when the man she helped convict dies in prison, her doubts about her testimony lead her back to her home town to try to uncover the real truth.

4 stars.

The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger

Three children are attacked in the woods, and only two survive.  The trauma of the attack affects their lives in different way.

This book was such a slog.  So much narrative and so little action.  I usually like Lisa Unger.

2.5 stars. 

Sunday, July 14, 2024

The Truth About the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline

 TJ Devlin is the black sheep of his family of lawyers, until he's not.

4 stars.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

 Handsome high school English teacher preys on female students.  Wife finds out and threatens to expose him.

4 stars.