I didn't quite reach my goal of 150 books. I blame university workload and exams, work, my movie obsession and the new boyfriend... ha ha
And another thing, I've stopped going to libraries. Before I used to go to about 4 libraries regularly and borrow the maximum amount but I've now preferred to buy my books and collect them. Anyway, I'm still going to continue my book list through 2005 in this journal.
I know I've read 2 or 3 more books in November but I seriously can't remember what they were and I lost my list. Surely they're not that memorable.
Currently reading:
*A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - Book 1 of the Song of Ice and Fire series.
*Set This House in Order - Matt Ruff
Happy Holidays everyone and keep reading! :-D |
by David Baldacci
September 2003
Book Description
From #1 bestseller David Baldacci comes a new thriller reminiscent of his phenomenal bestselling debut, Absolute Power.It was only a split second--but that's all it took for Secret Service agent Sean King's attention to wander and his "protectee," third-party presidential candidate Clyde Ritter, to die. King retired from the Service in disgrace, and now, eight years later, balances careers as a lawyer and a part-time deputy sheriff in a small Virginia town. Then he hears the news: Once again, a third-party candidate has been taken out of the presidential race--abducted right under the nose of Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell. King and Maxwell form an uneasy alliance, and their search for answers becomes a bid for redemption as they delve into the government's Witness Protection Program and the mysterious past of Clyde Ritter's dead assassin. But the truth is never quite what it seems, and these two agents have learned that even one moment looking in the wrong direction can be deadly. Full of shocking twists and turns, and introducing a villian to rival Jackson in Baldacci's The Winner, SPLIT SECOND is pure, mind-numbing adrenaline to the last page.
R - ***
His previous novels were so so much better. I'm still going to read the sequel [The Hour Game] to this though... |
by Gabrielle Lord
August 2004
Book Description
When Private Investigator Gemma Lincoln agrees to investigate a missing student from exclusive ‘Netherleigh Park Ladies’ College’, she finds herself drawn into a double murder case surrounded by a wall of silence. Gemma’s best friend Detective Sergeant Angie McDonald helps, but Angie is overworked. unsupported by an incompetent superior officer and crazy in love.
Gemma’s other cases include a woman whose ex-husband still terrorises her at night, a grieving widower who wants to know what happened to his late wife’s remains and the elderly mother of Gemma’s piano teacher, who swears there’s ‘an animal’ in her second storey flat and wants a surveillance camera installed to prove it. Every instinct warns Gemma that she herself is under surveillance.
Gemma’s equilibrium, already shaky after the break-up with Steve, is further thrown out of balance when her late father’s mistress tells her of the existence of an ex-nuptial child. Somewhere, Gemma has a half-sister...
As Gemma searches for her half-sister and follows the last movements of the murdered girls, an anonymous email tips her off.
She must get the tell-tale evidence, but will she survive this encounter and the malevolent hatred that’s been following her?
R - ***/
Another Australian thriller but much better than the previous novel by Moss! |
by Tara Moss
August 2004
Book Description
Eighteen months after her ordeal at the hands of the sadistic 'Stiletto Murderer', fashion model and forensic psychology student Makedde Vanderwall must confront her demons when she returns to Sydney for the trial. But just as the verdict is handed down, the unthinkable happens -- the killer makes a daring escape, aided and abetted by a twisted accomplice that no one suspected ...
Mak is terrified, and ex-boyfriend Detective Andy Flynn, who has a bad habit of employing more madness than method in his work, isn't helping. She decides to leave the country, but the press dog her every move, hindering her safe passage and unknowingly helping the Stiletto Murderer, who's busy rekindling an old fetish ... her ...
Where can she run? Who can she trust? And has she, and the police, underestimated Australia's most notorious serial killer yet again? Sharper than a Manolo four-inch heel, sexier than a Versace fashion show, and more risky than all seven deadly sins, Covet will set your pulse racing. -- from Tara's website.
R - ***
I've decided to try Tara Moss' thrillers again after giving up on her first book which was Fetish. Covet's storyline was actually very interesting although the ending sort of let down the entire book. I also like Makkede Vanderwall as a character. BUT her writing still needs a bit of improvement and polish - she's definitely not comparable to Cornwell (in her earlier novels) or Faye Kellerman. No way!
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by Sandra Gulland
November 2002
Book Description
The three novels chronicles the life of Josephine Bonaparte, from her childhood to her marriage and divorce to one of the world's most powerful and influential man.
R - *****
I recommend reading this nonstop from the first book. It's just plain wonderful and interesting. I cried buckets in the third book! |
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by Lincoln Child
May 2004
Book Description
The Thorpes were the perfect couple: young, attractive, and ideally matched. But the veil of perfection can mask many secrets. When the Thorpes are found dead in their tasteful Flagstaff living room—having committed double-suicide—alarms go off in the executive offices of Eden, Incorporated, the worldwide matchmaking phenomenon that uses its astonishing artificial intelligence to create supercouples and guarantee its customers just one thing: lifelong happiness.
Enter Christopher Lash, a gifted former FBI forensic psychologist who is brought in by Eden to perform a quick—and quiet—investigation. As Lash conducts his detailed “psychological autopsy,” he delves deep into the seemingly ordinary private lives of the Thorpes, all the while trying to suppress a personal tragedy of his own that has been kept buried in the past. But when another perfectly matched couple commits double-suicide, Lash finds himself suddenly pulled in to the many hidden layers of Eden, Incorporated. It is an astonishing world—one inhabited by Eden's genius, reclusive founder, Richard Silver—a world that inadvertently may bring Lash face-to-face with his own demons.
With tremendous imagination and consummate skill, master thriller-writer Lincoln Child renders a setting too frighteningly believable not to be real. Infused with sharp, cutting-edge technology and a riveting pace, DEATH MATCH is Lincoln Child at his best.
R - **/
The ending ruined the entire book!
Oct. 18th, 2004 @ 07:52 pm
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by Lincoln Child
December 2003
Book Description
Fasten your seat belts–the white-knuckle thrills at Utopia, the world’s most fantastic theme park, escalate to nightmare proportions in this intricately imagined techno-thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child.
Rising out of the stony canyons of Nevada, Utopia is a world on the cutting edge of technology. A theme park attracting 65,000 visitors each day, its dazzling array of robots and futuristic holograms make it a worldwide sensation. But ominous mishaps are beginning to disrupt the once flawless technology. A friendly robot goes haywire, causing panic, and a popular roller coaster malfunctions, nearly killing a teenaged rider. Dr. Andrew Warne, the brilliant computer engineer who designed much of the park’s robotics, is summoned from the East Coast to get things back on track.
On the day Warne arrives, however, Utopia is caught in the grip of something far more sinister. A group of ruthless criminals has infiltrated the park’s computerized infrastructure, giving them complete access to all of Utopia’s attractions and systems. Their communication begins with a simple and dire warning: If their demands are met, none of the 65,000 people in the park that day will ever know they were there; if not, chaos will descend, and every man, woman, and child will become a target. As one of the brains behind Utopia, Warne finds himself thrust into a role he never imagined–trying to save the lives of thousands of innocent people. And as the minutes tick away, Warne’s struggle to outsmart his opponents grows ever more urgent, for his only daughter is among the unsuspecting crowds in the park.
Lincoln Child evokes the technological wonders of Utopia with such skill and precision it is hard to believe the park exists only in the pages of this extraordinary book. Like Jurassic Park, Utopia sweeps readers into a make-believe world of riveting suspense, technology, and adventure.
R - ***
Good thriller but I'd rather read a Preston/Child novel.
Oct. 18th, 2004 @ 07:50 pm
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