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I am on a string of reading not so enjoyable books. I didn't like The Dress Shop of Dreams and now I'm reading The Memory Closet. I'm not enjoying this one either. I sure hope I get on a good book roll because this is getting ridiculous. I need to get more ruthless in when to toss in the towel regarding books but my tenacity keeps me plowing through long after I've deemed a book not interesting.
I just finished " The Aviators wife " by Melanie Benjamin . I must say what a creep Charles lindberg was . I mean really and to come to find out he was sort of pro Nazi goodness .I say anne morrow lindberg was a saint to put up with such a narcissitic arsehole as CL was . It was also interesting to find out that General Norman Schwartzkoph 's father was an important law man and was on this kidnapping case . All in all it was an interesting and good book and I whole heartedly recommend it to any one who wants to read it and it gave me a whole new insight to the Lindbergs and what they went through . May Anne morrow be reunited in death with her baby Charles jr who was kidnapped and murdered .
The book was well written but I didn't enjoy it because I alternated between wanting to strangle CL and wanting to kick AML in the pants for not strangling him for me. He was a loathesome man. I had to keep reminding myself that strong women weren't encouraged in that era but I can't imagine myself tolerating any of his antics at any time. I always thought of the pair as heroic but this book sure has changed my mind. There is much to admire AML for, but CL no way.
No one has mentioned Gregg Andrew Hurwitz (Do No Harm, You're Next, etc.) I like this author alot and find he has done enormous research for his novels. They can be somewhat gruesome in parts, with alot of gory explanation. I skip over those sentences. For the most part, it's easy reading, and keeps me enthralled. I will start on the third book in a couple days.
I finished Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and enjoyed it well enough. If you like historical fiction and/or murder mystery/thrillers, you'll probably like it a lot. I'm not crazy about either genre but still enjoyed it because the writing is fine, the characters are well-drawn if a bit stereotypical, and the plot moves right along. It's the first in a series and I'd consider reading another.
I just finished a 5 book series titled Apocalypse Lawby John Grit.
No, Dawn, there are no zombies in it.
It's set in modern day USA and around 90% of the population of the planet has been killed by a virus of "unknown origin."
I came out of the book with an amazing love of farmers. There is lots of shoot-em-up action and I didn't care for that because really fine characters were being slaughtered at orders from a self-appointed president in the White House who is a total monster. What I liked about the series was what I usually like in any book. Thorough development of the characters. They were so complete that I was looking for them at the gas station this morning.
Just some advice from me: Be aware of just how much we rely on petrol and farmers.
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble by Dan Lyons. So far it has been excellent. It is about the tech industry generally and HubSpot specifically. HubSpot seems to be a pretty crappy company. They are more or less selling spam.
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