I've been reading a lot lately but haven't reported in a long time. 4 books from my holds list came up at the same time. Now I need a break!
I've surpassed my goal of 75 books. I'm not going to reset my goal; just continue to read and see where I get.
#70 The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
From Goodreads: A charming and moving novel about female friendship and the experiences that knit us together-even when we least expect it.
Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars, who gather once a week to work on their latest projects and to chat-and occasionally clash-over their stories of love, life, and everything in between.
I had been reading a lot of political intrigue and murder suspense books so I picked this up for something light. It was enjoyable but it ended in a way I didnt want it to.
#71 The Hit by David Baldacci
From Goodreads: Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims. No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman...no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency. To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him. But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye.
This is the 2nd Will Robie book. I liked it but not as much as the first.
#72 In Plain Site by Lorena McCourtney
From Goodreads: Ever wonder how a little old lady with possum-gray hair could wind up on a homicidal hit list? Well, nothing is too outlandish for Ivy Malone. She's back and she's brought her mutant curiosity gene with her. And ever since the evil-intentioned Drake Braxton and his family threatened to make road kill out of Ivy, her life has been crazier than ever! With the ever-present threat of looming Braxtons, Ivy decides to get out of Dodge for a while. But for someone who slides down banisters and drives a T-Bird, hiding from the mob does not come easily. And when strange things start happening to her new neighbors, Ivy's snooping sense kicks into overdrive.
This is the second in this series. I enjoyed this very light murder mystery starring a grandma type person.
#73 Inferno by Dan Brown
This has been listed enough that I wont post a synopsis. This was one I had to read through too fast so I could get it back to the library. I enjoyed it. It was a little different than the other Robert Langdon books. It spun a good tale and had some good characters and a nice twist at the end.
#74 Second Chance by James Patterson
This is the second in the Women's Murder club series.
From Goodreads: This time, the murders of two African Americans, a little girl and an old woman, bear all the signs of a serial killer for Lindsay Boxer, newly promoted to lieutenant of San Francisco's homicide squad. But there's an odd detail she finds even more disturbing: both victims were related to city cops.
This was a good addition to the series.
#75 Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron
Another Series...Mike Bowditch is a Game Warden who is mostly out of favor with his superiors and has been put in a remote section of Maine. I like the series because the game warden aspect is a little different and the author describes Maine beautifully. This installment has a good story line that keeps you involved.
From Goodreads: On an unseasonably hot October morning, Bowditch is called to the scene of a bizarre crime: the corpses of seven moose have been found senselessly butchered on the estate of Elizabeth Morse, a wealthy animal rights activist who is buying up huge parcels of timberland to create a new national park.
What at first seems like mindless slaughterretribution by locals for the job losses Morse's plan is already causing in the regionbecomes far more sinister when a shocking murder is discovered and Mike's investigation becomes a hunt to find a ruthless killer.
#76 Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly
I really enjoyed this. I am old enough to remember where I was on 11/22/63 although I was very young. I have never paid attention to much history and now I am enjoying catching up. This went into so much detail of the events leading up to the assassination. There was a lot of detail about Jack and Jackie's personal lives as well as Lee Harvey Oswald. Very interesting.
