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The frogman cometh. My journey began with this article in the Wall Street Journal... The Former Navy SEAL Who Keeps Churning Out Hit Books Jack Carr draws in unlikely readers with his personal details from battle and Amazon turns his work into a TV show The part about unlikely readers caught my eye. To create … Continue reading The Terminal List
Predators are on the loose in Joe Pickett's world Let's begin with the bottom line: C.J. Box is tried and true and I'm a fan. I devoured Three-Inch Teeth in two days, and it was a tasty treat. This is book number 24 in Box's Joe Pickett series. I've listened to most but read the physical … Continue reading Three-Inch Teeth
I recently read - ok listened to - the 2019 Young Adult book On the Come Up by Angie Thomas. You may know of her 2017 YA bestseller The Hate U Give (or the movie version which hit screens in 2018). As outstanding as that book was, I think I liked this one better. Here's … Continue reading 3 books, 2 authors, 1 series, 0 complaints
Well, I did it. I finally listened to an audiobook. I liked it so much I immediately cruised through two more in the same series. I think these worked for me because of the way that author C.J. Box writes. He’s a straight-shooter writing straightforward stories. It’s fun having someone read you a story! But … Continue reading Tell me a story
I’m behind on reviews so I’m going to try two-in-one, bullet point style. These books don’t have much in common on the surface but I think I can tie them together. American Assassin: A Thriller by Vince Flynn (2010) The first of the popular series featuring Mitch Rapp, CIA badass The main characters are mainly … Continue reading Thriller twofer
Once upon a time I lived on Florida's Space Coast and used to drive State Road 3 from the edge of Kennedy Space Center to Merritt Island, where I worked. This was a year or so before 9-11; post attack they closed it to people driving through. It's a country-ish four-lane road with some businesses … Continue reading The Highway
I'm in the middle of Karin Slaughter's latest, The Silent Wife. It's a Will Trent novel. If you read In the Woods by Tana French, and if you loved Rob Ryan you will love Will Trent. I think this is probably her best work: it's seamless, funny, brutally graphic, wise. She writes / creates dialog … Continue reading shhhhh…
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