Dec 20 - 26, 2015

No books this week. I'm in the process of reading S by J.J. Abrams. It's an interactive book with lots of writing in the margins and I have to keep two story lines straight. I might not finish it this year.

Dec 13 - 19, 2015

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym of J.K. Rowling) - Cormoran Strike is back and he and his assistant, Robin, become intimately involved with a serial killer when a package is sent to Robin containing a human limb. Cormoran is certain the killer is one of four men from his past. I absolutely had no clue until it was revealed at the very end. This is probably the darkest of the series.

5 stars - but that may be partly because I was thrilled to read a good book.

Dec 6 - 12, 2015

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly - Jo Montfort has it all: a comfortable life in a wealthy home, a loving family, and soon a fiance from a prominent family. But then her father is killed while cleaning his gun (or is he?) and her life rapidly changes. Set in the 1890's, this is full of the contrasts between affluent women and poor women all yearning for the same thing: freedom. I somehow missed that this is a YA book. The young heroine torn between heretofore unknown passion for an unsuitable man and the sensible choice should have been my clue. The mystery part is pretty good but I had most of it figured out long before our heroine.

2.5 stars

Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2015

I didn't read any books this week!