Review:At last a REAL Baldacci book.
If only some of his other novels worked as well as this
The Camel Club? What a joke! The equivalent of the Avengers in print!
PLEASE more books in the likeness of John Fiske and John Robie , a nice tight plot and a joy to read.
I will look forward to the new Robie book out soon. I hope it succeeds where others have disappointedly failed ie Bullseye Read more

Review:A power struggle between FBI and CIA and the innocent victims caught in the crosswise. My favorite parts were the interactions between Faith and Lee. The intrigue was too detailed and lost my interest. Read more

Review:I like to read an author's books in the order that they wrote them. My local library did not have Absolute Power as the first of the David Baldacci series. I decided to buy the book and give it to the library. It was certainly not a disappointment! I can see why Baldacci has gone on to be a NYT best seller! Read more

Review:I almost felt as though I was reading a rap song instead of a book. I liked the story line and the main character but I couldn't always understand what he was saying with the long run-on sentences. Also some of the points he tried to make did not communicate well to me, maybe because of the different cultural issues. Read more

Review:I’m a fan of Louise Erdrich and even took a college course devoted to her body of work, so I was really excited about this book. I was intrigued by its premise, as it’s a very different kind of story from anything else she’s written. Unfortunately, I disliked this book so much I couldn’t even finish it - I found it confusing and boring, with a storyline that never really seems to get off the ground. Erdrich is a great writer, but this book is a rare misstep for her. The characters in this book a... Read more

Review:I bought this book because I absolutely loved "Tenth of December," Saunders' latest book of short stories. Although I know "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" appeals to many readers and got rave reviews, the stories were too "way out there" for my taste. I just didn't enjoy reading these beautifully crafted stories with their science-fiction aspect. Read more

Review:I decided not to finish this book. I rarely do that-and I generally read and finish about 4-5 novels a month.
I found it was depressing and although books I enjoy don't all have to be a ray of sunshine--I could see that this was not going to
let up-so I got rid of it.
I share all my finished books--but I did not want to pass this on. Read more

Review:Full disclosure, I am only two-thirds of the way through this book. I'm not that familiar with Auster's work but enjoyed the screen-play "Smoke," and later the film with Harvey Keitel. I was attracted to the premise of this book - as others have said, who doesn't wonder what their life would have been like if one had taken a different turn at any point in life - all the "what ifs." However, the major twists and turns of the protagonist, Ferguson's, alternative lives were not as a result of his c... Read more

Review:This collection of six stories was my first exposure to Saunders, and it strikes me that the format and context probably wasn't the best for enjoying his sharp writing. I believe all of these stories originally appeared in magazines, and the problem is that by reading one a day over the course of a week, the similarities in setting, tone, theme, character become glaringly obvious. This doesn't mean the writing isn't good, but the collectivization of these stories certainly robs each of its indiv... Read more

Review:I've loved Elizabeth Strout's books. And I know everyone is raving about this one. But first of all, it is NOT a novel. Not even a novel in stories. It is a collection of stuff about Cs she thought of while writing other books. Each one has some dark dreary unsolvable anguish to think about. I felt cheated. i wasn't touched or entertained or moved or intrigued. I was bored. Read more