July 12 - 18, 2015

No books read.

July 19 - 25, 2015

As I was reclining in my La-z boy recliner, a name that implies the owner is of a slothful disposition, and disinclined from manual labor, I realized that I was not enjoying my perusal of the classic Moby Dick. And in fact was having trouble getting Ishmael to Nantucket so that he could begin his adventure in whale hunting. Too. many. words. And I read it once in junior high.

July 5 - 11, 2015

The Reluctant Matador by Mark Pryor - Hugh Marston takes time of from his job as head of security at the US embassy in Paris to hunt for a missing girl in Barcelona. There doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency (although that's stated many times), to me it felt more like a travelogue of Barcelona. More exciting towards the end and then just peters out. I've really enjoyed previous books in this series, this was a disappointment.

2 stars

June 28 - July 4, 2015

The English Spy by Daniel Silva - just as Gabriel Allon is getting ready to take over as head of Israeli security and his wife is to deliver twins, he's asked by the head of MI6 to track a terrorist suspected of killing a royal. Quite a trek through secret alliances. The story seems to move slowly but I found it quite compelling. I always wonder how much the author really knows about all these agencies.

4 stars
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Cold Betrayal by J.A. Jance - this is the author's Ali Reynolds series. It's been awhile since I've read one so some of the back story was a little blurry to me, not enough to affect the enjoyment of the story. A young girl is injured trying to escape from a polygamous cult and someone is threatening Ali's daughter-in-law's grandmother. These two plot lines do not converge and the ending is somewhat unrealistic.

3 stars