2006 Book Update

The Messenger by Daniel Silva
After Gabriel Allon had his identity revealed to the world can he still operate in the secret, undercover world of Israeli intelligence?
The answer, of course, is yes, but it is still a pretty thrilling ride.

The Ruins by Scott Smith
“Vine on a Hill” would have been a more appropriate name for this waste-of-time-give-me-my-life-back-piece-of-trash book. Please, please...if you have any regard for me at all….DON’T READ THIS BOOK!

Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
As you may recall her “Dogs of Babel” is one of my favorite books, ever! This novel which follows fictitious reality-show contestants during a RaceAroundTheWorld where they have to find objects and pack them around until the finish line is one of my favorites for the year, but not for all time.

Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
Um…I’ve become disillusioned with Ms. Clark; it seems she hasn’t had a really original thought for quite some time, and the story line and dialogues become more unbelievable, awkward and downright corny, but I continue to read each new release. Luckily for me, I didn’t actually purchase this one.

Judge and Jury by James Patterson
I don’t usually care for Mr. Patterson’s “not-Cross” books, especially those co-authored by Andrew Gross, but I have to admit I really liked this one. Not exactly prize-winning, but definitely fun and entertaining…except, of course, the part where the jury bus gets blown to Kingdom Come and her little boy dies…but, you know, it just comes with the territory.