animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

i, alex cross

Of all of the James Patterson novels, the Alex Cross series is definitely the best. I feel like the earlier novels are better than the current ones, but I still enjoy them nonetheless. I’m still on track for reading one book a month this year. Not a very lofty ambition …

memory man

In this well-written story by David Baldacci, a man with perfect memory has to solve a crime (one that has ties to his family being murdered previously). There were a lot of things in this book that required a suspension of disbelief, but it was engaging. I’d try another one …

one perfect lie

This was a nice departure from Lisa Scottoline’s usual lawyer fare. While it did have some cheap tricks in it, overall it was an entertaining read. I can’t really say what it’s about because the actual plot is a spoiler. The author lures you in and makes you think the …

sphere

This is only the second book I’ve read from Michael Crichton and I liked it much better than the first. It was sci-fi so I was surprised I liked it at all. Though, I have been getting into some sci-fi stuff lately, so maybe it’ll be my new thing. The …

the outsider

I read this book from Stephen King while we were on vacation. It was quite good. It had a really interesting concept–I don’t want to give anything away so I’m not going to try to explain it. The only negative was that I felt that most of the characters were …