The Sookie Stackhouse Books ~ Charlaine Harris

I caught vampire fever after watching the first season of “True Blood”. Now, I don’t normally read these type of books. They are a bit girly and predictable. Having said that, I actually got caught up in reading them. Of course, I was spending a lot of time in hospital waiting rooms and didn’t [...]

Cryptonomicon ~ Neal Stephenson

It’s a daunting task simply to pick up this book as it is over 1,000 pages in length. One suggestion; do not try to read the mass paperback version it is much too unwieldy. This book is an excellent read and Stephenson keeps everything moving right along. Cryptonimicon is actually four separate stories that [...]

Creepers ~ David Morrell

The title is a bit misleading. Makes me think of some sort of invasion by creepy-crawly things that have mutated due to a radiation leak from a Siberian nuclear power plant. Creepers is actually the name given to a bunch of explorers who investigate old abandoned buildings. Think spelunking. This book is a roller coaster [...]

Disclosure ~ Michael Crichton

I picked this book up at the local thrift shop. It was a few days after Michael Crichton had passed away. The only oher books I had read by him were Jurassic Park and Lost World. Both of which I enjoyed greatly. This book was OK. It’s one of those quick to read, nothing really [...]

Just After Sunset ~ Stephen King

This is Stephen King’s new collection of short stories. Some have been published before in magazines and others are being published for the first time. Each of the stories was quite different from each other and there were a couple that I wished were novels instead of short stories. That’s one of the problems [...]