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Gone but not forgotten
I have spent the last month reading The Stephanie Plum books . They are laugh out loud funny and the perfect summer reading . I also just finished "Whistling in the Dark " by Lesley Kagen . It is a nice light fiction .
I read that one recently also. Like you, I just randomly picked it up (at the library) based on the cover blurbs. I though it was a good read with some fun ideas.Read "This Is Not A Game" by Walter Jon Williams during the 5 1/2" downpour that was my Outer Banks vacation. I didn't expect much, and can't exactly say why, but it grabbed my attention
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I read The Catcher in the Rye when I was in high school to see what all of the fuss was about, and I think I was too young to really understand it. I ought to read it again.
Several people on this thread mentioned Daniel Silva. I got two of his books, An Unlikely Spy, and Secret Servant. Secret Servant is a part of the Gabriel Allon series; I thought it was OK but no more. But An Unlikely Spy is superb! I think he wrote it, and then thought, Oh Damn, I can’t easily do sequels to this because all the characters are real with typically complex human motivations and feelings. But that isn't what I can make into a repeatable formula.
I was so disappointed when I realized that an Unlikely Spy was this first book, and that he had veered away from writing real novels that happen to be about wartime and spies.
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Sounds like a great book Al, but who's that guy asleep at the wheel?...(snip)... I'm halfway through The Insomnia Answer which seems quite good.
I only have insomnia once in a while, and I think this book will help.
Mainly murder mysteries, legal thrillers, spy stories.