Review: We Are Water

We Are Water by Wally Lamb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Beautiful! I listened to the audio version of this book and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Wally Lamb himself took the part of Orion and it worked so well as did all the other players in the story.

The book was written in my favourite first person version with each person giving their own accounts. In this way I find that you can get deeper into the characters and have a more personal relationship with them.

The story itself was a bit hard to read in its emotional content but it did work well. Reading what had made each person into what they are now was nothing short of genius writing. All were great but especially the backstory of Kent, the pedophile.

It opens with a family getting ready to attend the wedding of a mother and wife, Annie, to a woman, Viveca. As each member enters we go deep into their own stories, some of which are very difficult to swallow.

Wally Lamb is more than fantastic as a writer and I have loved every book of his that I have read so far.

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Review: Troublemaker

Troublemaker by Linda Howard
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This started off as a promising story. Morgan, an operative for a security operation of some kind, has been shot and they need to find out by whom and why. The head man has a sister and he sends Morgan to her to hide him and to nurse him. So far so good. Bo, the sister also has a lovely golden retriever dog named Tricks.

At this point I had started to enjoy the story and look forward to what was happening regarding who wanted to kill Morgan and etc. However, I should have remember that Linda Howard writes very descriptive sex scenes that go on and on for several pages. I had to skip over those parts and then the story became convoluted.

Not a recommendation.

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Review: The Time Keeper

The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Father Time has been punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift and is banished for centuries. He is forced to listen to the voices of people begging for more time.

Quote from the book:
There is a limit to why God limits our days. Why?
To make each one precious.

He is brought to the present time where time is an issue. In order to save himself for eternity, he must help two people. One is a teenaged girl who has given up on life and the other an elderly man who wants to live forever.

An interesting and thought provoking read.

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Review: The Breakdown

The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book and read it in almost one sitting. I loved her first book, Behind Closed Doors and had looked forward to this, her second book.

Cass is a married school teacher who inherited quite a large sum of money from her parents. She has a best friend, Rachel, who spent a lot of time at her home when she was growing up because her mother worked long hours and she was considered a second daughter to Cass' parents.

Since Cass' mother had early onset dementia, Cass was concerned that she had inherited the gene and of course before long she is exhibiting the symptoms. Put this together with a murder of a friend very near her isolated home and you have the makings of a great psychological mystery.

An excellent read.

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Review: Deep Down

Deep Down by Lee Child
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

There are classified talks going on in Washington regarding plans for a new, state of the art sniper rifle. Unfortunately there are leaks to the plans of the rifle. Jack Reacher is brought in under cover to try to suss out the culprit. There are four women, any one of which could be "it".

An interesting, shorter story.

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Review: Second Honeymoon

Second Honeymoon by James Patterson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There are two serial killers on the loose. One is killing newlywed couples and the other is killing all men named John O'hara. John O'hara is the name of the FBI agent, a father of two young boys, who is on sick leave of sorts as he has not come back well following the death of his wife. Another John O'hara is just coincidentally the name of the brother in law of the president.

This was a fast paced, excellent read.

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Review: 113 Minutes

113 Minutes by James Patterson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This shorter story involves a young boy who has died from a drug overdose. His mother and her brothers take matters into their own hands with a very ingenious plan that actually kills two birds with one stone.

An interesting read.

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