| Currently reading...Linda Fairstein, "Cold Hit" Somewhere at the end of May... Tom Clancy, “Red Rabbit”. Only about 600 pages, almost a short story for Clancy. Normally he is just warming up at that page count. Set after “Patriot Games” and before “Hunt for Red October”. Jack and family live in London, where he is writing that book about Admiral Halsey that Ramius commented on…. Things develop on the other side of the Iron Curtain and Jack gets into analysis and some things that weren’t really his to get into… Nice one, though a bit short. Also, compared to the other novels, a fairly straight forward and simple story. Will be interesting to see if the next book is like that as well. Stephen Kerr, “Esau”, we are travelling to Tibet to find the Yeti... Nice adventure yarn. Some mountain climbing, some intrigue, a little espionage and romance. Nothing too taxing, good one for the beach or the pool. Friday, May. 09, 2003 Stephen Hunter, “Point of Impact”, Vietnam-vet and Master sniper Bob Lee gets pulled into one last job. It’s a set-up and all of a sudden he is the most hunted man in the US of A. And now he is pissed off and out for revenge. Great read, I could not put it down and was comatose all week, because I kept reading till 2am a couple of nights in a row. If you like Tom Clancy, try this! It is fast, has a lot of suspense, doesn’t take itself too serious and is fun to read. Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2003 Stephen King and Peter Straub, “Black House”. Well, although I really like Stephen King, this took me forever to get into it. It actually took me 300 pages to get really interested. Main problem was the style it was written in. I could just not get excited about that. It is written in the first person plural….”We are now going to see….” etc. I don’t like stories in the first person anyway, but this was worse. I could not get into the story and loose myself in it. It made me so self-consious. Good story, but really annoying to read. Pure stubborness that I did not put it down. At first glance a murder mystery – find the serial killer- at second glance a fantasy story with the hero travelling into an alternate reality – destroy evil! This is a sequel to “The Talisman”, which apparently was a huge bestseller. And which I will not read. Sorry, I liked the hero, but this will still go to the bottom of the list of my favourite Stephen King stories. Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 Peter Mayle, “Anything Considered” – I think I will give up on that one. I am in a ‘so what’ situation. Don’t care what the next page brings, I’m bored. Sorry. Did not pass the "good first hundred pages"-test. Not for me. Saturday, Apr. 05, 2003 J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, compared to the other 3 books a whopper with over 600 pages. The book, with its more detailed plot and more thourough characterizations, does not feel so much like a children’s book either anymore. Again a very good read, number 5 is already pre-ordered. I don’t really want to say anything about the plot, as I don’t want to take away the fun. Harry’s fourth year ar Hogwarts. You have to find the rest out for yourself. |
| Books, books and books......... |
| The last 10 books I read: Tom Clancy - Red Rabbit Stephen Kerr - Esau Stephen Hunter - Point of Impact Stephen King & Peter Straub - Black House J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Kim Stanley Robinson - Blue Mars Dietrich Schwanitz - Bildung Jeffrey Deaver - Hell's Kitchen Philip Shelby - Days Of Drums |
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| ...in April & May 2003 |