Book Reviews

I occasionally write a review of a book I’ve read. These are those reviews.

 
Review: Cover Her Face

Cover Her Face by P.D. James My rating: 4 of 5 stars After my brain injury, PD James became a marker for me in my reading progress. Pre-injury I read every one of her books and enjoyed them tremendously for their good writing and good stories. After my injury though, with my reading ability fried, [...]

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Review: Killing Floor

Killing Floor by Lee Child My rating: 2 of 5 stars For a first novel, it was okay. But the plethora of cliches got to be a bit much, and right at the end, in the very last chapter, I couldn’t continue anymore. So I set it aside for awhile, and when I got back [...]

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Review: The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel

The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars Somehow I rated this but didn’t review it! This book was recommended to me by a Michael Connelly fan, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s an interesting concept about a sleazy lawyer who works out of his Lincoln car (hence the title) [...]

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Review: Persuader

Persuader by Lee Child My rating: 4 of 5 stars I borrowed this ebook from the library because I’d read Lee Child’s short story [b:The Second Son|12215815|The Second Son |Lee Child|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328306888s/12215815.jpg|17156027], really enjoyed it, wanted to try out a full-length book of Child’s, and Reacher #7 was the only one available to borrow. I put [...]

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Review: How to Be a Sister: A Love Story with a Twist of Autism

How to Be a Sister: A Love Story with a Twist of Autism by Eileen Garvin My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s true what the author says: there aren’t a whole heck of a lot of books, or even magazine or newspaper writings, about being a sibling to a person with autism or any [...]

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Review: Never Sleep With a Suspect on Gabriola Island: An Islands Investigations International Mystery

Never Sleep With a Suspect on Gabriola Island: An Islands Investigations International Mystery by Sandy Frances Duncan My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was all set to like this one, really like it. Good plot, neat idea having two people working together to solve a crime, set in BC — and it’s Canadian! It [...]

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Review: Three Witnesses

Three Witnesses by Rex Stout My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this threesome of short stories. Because it was an ebook that I’d borrowed from the Toronto Public Library, I hadn’t realised when I began reading it that it was three stories in the one book, each showing a different side of Nero [...]

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Review: Too Many Cooks

Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout My rating: 4 of 5 stars Too Many Cooks is one of Rex Stout’s earlier Nero Wolfe’s books, but it’s as well put together as his later ones, which I’m more familiar with. There’s all of Wolfe’s idiosyncrasies, his food fetish (with attendant mouth-watering lists or descriptions — really, [...]

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Review: 212

212 by Alafair Burke My rating: 3 of 5 stars A nice easy read in the familiar territory of a police drama with enough personal life to give it depth. When mentally taxing tasks dominate the schedule, this is the kind of ebook to read. View all my reviews

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