I did some reading while on vacation. I read a fair number of review books, but I also did some reading for pleasure. :) These are adult fiction, don't think I would recommend them for children, though some older teens might enjoy them.
Zane Grey. I used to read westerns ALL THE TIME. Loved them. Then for a while I hit a group of them that were more adult themed, or romance themed and I just lost my interest for them. I have to admit, I picked up this Zane Grey as I remember enjoying most of his books. This one was a bit wordy and fairly introspective, but I found that I liked it! :) It was classic cowboy in so many ways, but didn't have that adult theme with scenes or language that turned me off the genre. The good guys in this book weren't strictly good guys, but the bad guys were most definitively bad guys and I was happy they didn't win out in the end.
I also haven't read a W.E.B. Griffin book in a LONG time, back in my single days. :) I found this book initially to be somewhat ponderous, and I almost put it down. BUT then it surprised me and I wanted to know how it ended. :) It was a decent book, but not one I plan to keep for re-reading.
It was intriguing with twists and subplots and two bigger issues that needed facing up to and solving and would intrigue many readers. :) I found the development of the main plot line intriguing and was often wondering if he would manage to pull off his dastardly plot.
It was intriguing with twists and subplots and two bigger issues that needed facing up to and solving and would intrigue many readers. :) I found the development of the main plot line intriguing and was often wondering if he would manage to pull off his dastardly plot.
Inferno, a Dan Brown book. I remember the furor over the Da Vinci Code when it came out, and purposefully choosing not to read it until it all died down. I could see why people were talking about it. This man has a compelling style of writing with twists in the plot that one doesn't expect, Inferno held up to my expectations.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would happily read more books by him. I don't subscribe to much of his skepticism about matters of faith that show up his books, but I find the mysteries to be intriguing and the history hidden within the book fascinating.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would happily read more books by him. I don't subscribe to much of his skepticism about matters of faith that show up his books, but I find the mysteries to be intriguing and the history hidden within the book fascinating.
I have to admit, I did not read the entire Book of Negroes while on vacation. I've been reading it off and on for about a month and a half. I found this book really interesting, but I also found it to be a really difficult book to read. The horrors that happened to this lady, the horrors that happened to a whole race of people. Yes, black people have been slaves for years and years, but that was just a part of the whole tribal thing and has happened with races for years... just not always called slavery. But the institutionalization of slavery as a business, and the lack of concern for their "stock" horrified me. As a person who grew up on a farm and who raises rabbits, treating your stock poorly is horrible, that fact that their "STOCK" were people.. folks who could talk and raise children and work and laugh and cry and die... just intensified the whole situation for me. She came out okay in the end, she learned to stand for herself and not bow to the pressure of kindly meant, but unneeded pressures of the folks who helped her in the end.
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