Elevation has been reviewed here at least once already, but I’ll give you a brief summary. Which will be easy, as it’s a rather brief book. “Hands on a clock, numbers on a bathroom scale, weren’t they only ways of trying to measure invisible forces that had visible effects?” Scott Carey lives in King’s well known little town of Castle Rock. He’s recently divorced, living alone with his cat, and has noticed something strange. He’s losing weight. Pretty steadily, in fact, and for no reason […]
Just REALLY well-written thrillers, guys
If you like crime novels — I’m thinking Jeffrey Deaver, Preston/Child, Tami Hoag, all the ones I loved growing up — you should try this series out. Meg Gardiner has written two novels (so far) about Caitlin Hendrix, with a third and a procedural for CBS in the works. UNSUB “But fate was a myth constructed by fools—people who gamble or follow horoscopes, who believe the stars rule their lives.” The first novel, Unsub, introduces us to Caitlin as a narcotics detective in the Bay area. She’s […]
I wanted so much more from this one
This book starts out so well — Busy has put up with a lot of shit during her years in Hollywood (I mean…James Franco alone…) and she pulls no punches calling out the hypocrisy and misogyny she has seen and fought. “Men love a woman who laughs at the joke, especially if the joke is at her expense. “She’s so cool. She just gets it.” Her happier stories are great reads, too — her triumphs and behind the scenes joys. But something starts to sort […]
British crime novels with double-meaning in the titles are becoming my jam
I listen to a lot of audiobooks — I walk or run about 40 miles a week, plus I like to listen to audiobooks while cleaning or cooking instead of having the tv on. I alternate between two genres, usually. I prefer audiobooks when tackling dense non-fiction subjects, because I know I tend to skim if I’m reading such things in text form, and British crime novels — the accents alone are worth the download. The Breakdown, which refers not only to the broken down car […]