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David Baldacci fans, cheer out loud.  True Blue is a winner.  Action, hints at romance, conflict, and one kick-ass heroine are just a few things to love about this book.

You will meet Mace and her Police Chief sister.  Not just any Police Chief, but the Chief of Washington D.C.  As Mace fights to get her old life back, she takes us on a wild ride through D.C. on her Ducati.  I am hoping this is the first in many novels featuring Mace.

The complexity of the plot is great.  You are kept guessing throughout the book, “Who are the bad guys?”.  Baldacci’s proper police lingo pulls the reader further into the story.  Even better, there is no filler text, it is all relevant.  Run to B&N or your library and grab a copy of this great read.

Enjoy!

     I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Richard North Patterson’s books.  So when my library emailed me and let me know his most recent release was waiting for me to pick it up, I was psyched.

That said, The Spire, is not on my list to reread at a future date.  (Yes, I have a list of books that I want to reread in the future.  So I am a book nerd, whatever!)  I am not sure why I could not lose myself in this book.  I wish I new.  This is a case of me really wanting to enjoy the book, but I did not.

It picked up a bit towards the end.  Yes, I must finish every book that I start.  There has only been one book I did not finish.  Out of thousands of books, that is not too bad.  You will notice that this post is more about me than the book, sorry for that.  It just shows, this book was not it for me.  I really enjoy his other books.  Exile, The Outside Man, Eyes of a Child, great books.

If you read this book, please let me know your thoughts.  Thanks!

I recently discovered David Ellis.  Boy am I glad.  I am not sure how I have missed him so far.

Eye of the Beholder takes us into the life of attorney Paul Riley.  Paul became famous for prosecuting a sick serial killer who murdered six women, or did he?  As we journey through the book, we learn that not everyone is truthful and a lot of folks have secrets.  Paul is alternately a suspect and a savior.

Eye of the Beholder takes us through the past to discover the truth about the past and future.  The characters are well written.  We meet people we like and others who repulse us.   At the conclusion of the book, you will feel satisfied and wanting to read more of the books that David Ellis has written.  I will be going to one of my favorite places, the library, tomorrow to pick up a couple of his books.  I suggest you do the same, but not before me!

Grab this book and read it.  Enjoy!

John Lescroart brings us another great Dismas Hardy novel, A Plague of Secrets.  I have read this series from the beginning.  I have enjoyed watching Dismas, Abe, Frannie, and others grow, fight, love, and live.  This novel brings us into Hardy’s life at a time when Abe is having a huge crisis of faith, faith in himself.  A Plague of Secrets once again shows us that the big tough Abe can be vulnerable, just like the rest of us.

John Lescroart brings back a lot of the ‘bit’ players from his other novels.  It is always enjoyable to find out how these folks are doing.  It is like hearing about your grandmother’s best friends children and grandchildren.  You will notice that I really enjoy reading books that take me back into previous character’s lives.

My only wishes for this book would be that there was more Frannie and Dismas time.  These two characters have been through so much together, I enjoy seeing them interact.  I also wish that Abe’s older boys had come to visit their father during his extreme time of need.  There are a couple brief references to Frannie and Dismas’ children, I don’t know how hard it would have been to work Abe’s sons into the story. 

On the whole, I really enjoy John Lescroart’s books.  They allow me to lose myself, which is a very good thing sometimes.  I especially appreciate his thanks to his readers at the end of this book.  It reads as true thankfulness, much like Stephen King’s thanks to his ‘Gentle Reader’.  Pick this book up!

Enjoy!

Cao acknowledged he extracted some White House pledges to help his district deal with the continuing impact of Hurricane Katrina in exchange for his vote. Asked about the reaction of fellow Republicans, Cao said the party’s leaders “respect my decision, and I respect theirs.”  (from cnn.com)

This, my friends, is what is wrong with politics.  The favors, the back scratching, the over all nonsense.  “But Queen Doodle, that is the way politics work”

NOT if there was term limitation on the jokers in Congress.  This quote by Congressman Coa shows that the Congress, nay all politicians who have been in office more than two terms, have no idea how our government is supposed to work.  Our government is not supposed to be about favors.

Congressman Coa should not be trading his vote for continues support of his district. 

The ‘Healthcare’ Bill and support for his district are mutually exclusive.  He should not be trading his vote!

His fellow Republicans understand because they do the same damn thing!  There should be no vote trading.  Congressman Coa should  not have traded his vote.  No one should understand why a politician would do this.

Our Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves.  They could never imagine the government we have in place today.  Never.

Vote these jokers out of office.  When you are given the opportunity to vote for a member of Congress, do NOT vote for an incumbent.  Vote for the new guy or gal.  We MUST kick all of the seated Congress men and women out of office.  They have too much power.  They think they are invincible.  They have great retirement packages that can never lose 50% of their value like ours.  They have a totally different health care system.  They will never be subjected to this mess they are trying to pass now.  (Yes, I am against the currently proposed ‘reforms’, but I am more angry at this blatant display of “if you vote for this, I will vote for that”)

People, we must get these people out of office.  They no longer represent us.  They have no idea how we life out lives.  They cannot represent us because they do not know us.

Flip it!  Get these people back home and out of politics.  They do not deserve it.