Literature & Fiction
Review:Marie Force has caused me to lose sleep, miss meals, and made me late for work on more occasions, than any author I've ever read. Why? Because the minute I open her books, she takes me so deep into a whole new, beautiful world filled with wonderful people---people who feel like they've become just like my very own family, and friends--- and I find it very hard to leave them all behind. It starts off simple enbough. I figure I'll just read the first chapter then go do what has to be done. But it ... Read more
Review:You are invited to Will Abbott and Cameron Murphy’s wedding. Get ready to laugh, cry and tell a love struck moose that Cam is off limits in this latest chapter in the Green Mountain Series.
You are invited to Will Abbott and Cameron Murphy’s wedding. Get ready to laugh, cry and tell a love struck moose that Cam is off limits in this latest chapter in the Green Mountain Series.
I got to admit this was one story I have been waiting for since the first book in the Green Mountain Series, A... Read more
Review:I really enjoyed the book and the story about Sam and Nick and can't wait to read the next book. I cry when Scotty told them that he wanted to stay with them. I'm so happy for them and Scott. I can't wait to see what is going to happen next. But I'm sorry that this is the end of the series. Read more
Review:I've enjoyed reading some good tough guy crime lit recently. MacDonald's protagonist Travis Magee has his stories told first person a la Marlowe and Spenser, is an institutional drop out a la Reacher, and is a jaded white knight with his own code like all characters previously mentioned, but, in the two novels I've read, is a far more flawed character than these others, nowhere near as smart as he thinks. MacDonald is a great writer, and I've thoroughly enjoyed this first in his well known serie... Read more
Review:Highly recommended, read!
Great time when in to facts about the area of the Florida Key. When reading the details of the area, it beings me fond memories of times I have spent in the Keys. Thoroughly Enjoyable! Read more
Review:Four decades ago, Travis McGee disdains the modern world, yet builds an honorable life for himself in the midst of it. How? By becoming a beach bum in Florida! Not truly a bum, more an independent contractor who takes a job when money from the previous job starts waning. His deal is ever the same: "I recover what was taken from you--conveniently, the yous are mostly damsels in distress--and I keep half."
In Nightmare, "Trav" is paying a debt to an old war buddy who lies paralyzed and susp... Read more
Review:The last, and the best, Travis McGee saga. Did John D. know, I wonder, how very true this character ran in our culture? I have read MacDonald since 1965 andin my opinion he never wrote a bad book. He, of course, would argue that...but as Meyer would say "...Hrmmph!!" Read more
Review:Travis McGee is a compelling if dated version of the self-confident hero who always has the right instincts and makes the right decisions. His attitude toward women is a relic of the times he was "living" in but offensive to modern sensibilities, so just a fact you have to be willing to accept. This particular book is not one of my favorites as it is set in an area that MacDonald obviously doesn't have the same innate connection to. The plot is mediocre and there is a hint of racism in the de... Read more
Review:If you have been reading Spillane's Mike Hammer and Westlake's Parker, turning to MacDonald's Travis McGee is a bit like going from Van Halen to Jimmy Buffett. McGee is a guy who lives on a houseboat ("The Busted Flush") on the Gulf Coast waterways of Florida. He putters about and fishes and only works when he needs a stake. These novels have a relaxed pace that takes some getting used to.
Reading these Travis McGee books is more like listening to a guy on a boat on a lazy afternoon sp... Read more
