I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would! Primary Colors was initially written anonymously but later revealed to be by Joe Klein (a political columnist). The book focuses on Henry Burton, a congressional worker who still believes in the good that politics can do, as he gets sucked into the campaign of Jack Stanton (who is basically Bill Clinton). As Stanton’s past is revealed (an affair, a draft dodge, another affair…) Henry loses his idealism and the reader gets an excellent view of politics behind the […]
And so it begins
For a rabid Stephen King fan, I took a really long time to get to the Dark Tower series. I wanted to wait until it was all done — I’d heard the gasps of Dark Tower fans when King was struck by the van, and I didn’t want to be one of the many stranded with an unfinished series. But then he did finish it, and still I drug my feet, until my best friend (hi Cat!) told me to read the damn thing (I […]
Cormoran Strikes Again!
The Silkworm wasn’t quite as stellar as The Cuckoo’s Calling, but still an interesting and well-written detective story. I wasn’t quite as wrapped up in this case as I was in Lula Landry’s (probably because the victim wasn’t so likable), and I thought the ending was a bit outrageous, but the Robin & Strike relationship progressed wonderfully and it had a great cast of characters. “Writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. […]
Disappointing in so many ways
I really thought I would like Little Bee – it had fantastic reviews, the cover/summary looked really interesting and for god’s sake, Pamie Ribon recommended it. But I really just didn’t, and the more I read, the more frustrated I became. It could have been such an incredible story, but it fell completely flat. Little Bee is a Nigerian refugee who has spent two years in a London detention center. When she leaves it illegally, she calls the only people she knows in Europe: the O’Rourkes. But five […]
Not quite Snow Crash, but still pretty good!
Zodiac, my second Neal Stephenson, didn’t really deliver the pure enjoyment that I received from the other Stephenson book I recently finished, Snow Crash. However, if I hadn’t just finished that one, and held the next Stephenson book I read to such a high standard, I probably would have rated Zodiac higher. Set sometime in the late 80s/early 90s in Boston, Zodiac is about an “eco-terrorist” named Sangmon Taylor (S.T. for short). S.T. works for a company called GEE, discovering which huge companies are polluting the environment (specifically, the […]
Liars, psychics, the plague
This one sat on my “to-read” shelf for a while (not sure why!), and it shouldn’t have. Once I picked it up, it hooked me good and well and I enjoyed the hell out of it. “I’d believed mine was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies, the creation of hope. I thought hope could overcome everything, but I was wrong. Hope cannot overcome truth. Hope and truth cannot co-exist. Truth destroys hope. The most savage cruelties man inflicts on […]
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