Staff Review: This was a fast-paced, action-filled story about political intrigue in Washington, D. C. One of her best, I think.
Rating: 5 - Wow! Loved it!
Book Description: Directed by her inebriated boss to meet with the First Lady in Washington, D.C., rookie lawyer Jessica Monaghan barely survives a high-speed car crash in which the First Lady is killed, after which amnesia-stricken Jessica begins to suspect that the crash was not an accident. -Novelist
Staff Review: Quiet please is a collection of thoughts and stories from a librarian. The author has a great sense of humor and I found the book to be very entertaining. Besides just telling of odd patrons who have come into the library the author also goes through the different feelings he had about his job as he goes down his career as a librarian.
Staff Review: Very well-done graphic novel. A classic in the genre. It has an absorbing story line and complicated characters. Plus there are so many layers to the theme . . It’s a pretty dim view of humanity though. It makes you wonder if we are really that cruel . . . Of course, we did make it past the Cold War era without exploding . . . Anyhow, a fascinating look at the dark side of life.
Rating: 4 - Great read.
Book Description: Exceptional graphic artwork brings to life the story of the Watchmen as they race against time to find a killer, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. This stunning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all too human failings. The concept of the super hero is dissected and inverted as strangely realistic characters are stalked by an unknown assassin.
Staff Review: Brimstone - Robert B. Parker: This is the 3rd in the western series that he writes with the characters of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. They are searching for Virgil's wife Allie in another town and shake things up once they locate her. In an effort to start over, they take on a deputy job and take on both the local saloon owner and the Brotherhood Church ministry - both of which are corrupt. This may be my favorite book in this series yet. You can see the similarities between the characters in this book and with the Spenser/Hawk characters from his other series. It is a quick read and very fun and light and entertaining, with the undertones of the "wild" west.
Rating: 4 - Great read.
Book Description: Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole track down Virgil's sweetheart Allie and the three head north to start over in the town of Brimstone. Given their reputations as guns for hire, Everett and Virgil are able to secure positions as the town's deputies. But a sanctimonious leader of a local church stirs up trouble at the local saloons, and as the violence escalates into murder, the two struggle to keep the peace.
Staff Review: I didn't particularly like the approach used to tell the story. Each chapter was a different person telling about events from his/her perspective. Although, it is a relatively unique way to tell a story, I feel that it doesn't really allow the reader to get to know the characters very well.
Rating: 3 - I enjoyed it.
Book Description: At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.
