Whistling in the dark

Title: Whistling in the dark

Author: Kagen, Lesley.

Publisher: NAL Accent,

CIP A story of 2 young sisters in the summer of 1959, left, virtually, to fend for themselves when a murderer and molester terrorizes their town.

Comments

This year I was invited to join a book club. I have never been in one before mainly because I am such a picky reader. I thought I would give it a try and read some books I normally wouldn't even pick up. For the most part it has been a good experience.

This book should go down in the record books. It is the first book I have finished, since I graduated, that I didn't really like. Something about it kept me going, but I didn't feel it flowed. others in the group identified with the time period and the music. I felt it was a disjointed story that left me unsatisfied. At the end I feel the author rushed to tie up the loose ends.

Most of the book group liked it. I will chalk it up to different tastes and experiences.

The cat who had 60 whiskers

Title: The cat who had 60 whiskers

Author:Braun, Lilian Jackson.

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

CIP The columnist Jim Qwilleran and his cats probe a mystery in the 29th "Cat Who" book.

Comments

I love the Cat Who series. They are nice cozy fun mysteries. It is one of the reasons I moved back north. I am not sure what happened to Ms. Braun, but this was not her best. It felt unfinished and left too many things unfinished. The barn just burns and Qwill is okay with this? Polly goes to Paris and decides to not return? Are you kidding me?

These have been topics of discussion in the library as people who love the series. I personally keep waiting for the "just kidding, it wasn't finished," note. I guess it isn't coming.

Open Season by Box, C.J

Title: Open Season
Author: Box, C.J.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Comments

CIP
Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden -- especially one like Joe, who won't take bribes or look the other way -- is far from popular. When he finds a local hunter outfitter dead, Joe takes it personally. And as Joe digs into the death, he discovers that the outfitter was responsible for the endangered species now living in Joe's woodpile -- news that Joe wants to keep quiet. The closer Joe gets to the truth behind the outfitter, the endangered species, and InterWest, the multinational company planning to build a natural gas pipeline across the state, the closer he comes to losing everything and everyone he holds dear.


Here is a fine example of how I don’t finish everything I start. I made it 50 pages into this book, and I just can’t finish it. I know there are people that love C.J. Box. I remember when this boo first came out and it was all some mystery readers talked about. It just isn’t my thing. I don’t particularly like to hunt or fish or whatever. I don’t particularly care for reading about Wyoming. However what I did read had a good plot and it was well written. I would recommend it to anyone.