Is there anything Viola Davis cannot do? A brilliant actress and author. She doesn’t need James Patterson. It is easy to see that Ms. Davis wants to play the part of Judge Mary Stone in an adaption of the novel. I would gladly buy tickets. I hope there is a sequel to Judge Stone.

Steam of consciousness thoughts of one of Germany's great 20th-century poets. Brugge is Rilke's alter-ego, living in poverty in Paris. The "Notebook" consists of his thoughts on poverty, downtrodden people, his background, the art of story telling, love, and God. Many strange adjective + noun combinations.

Enjoyable light summer read that takes us to familiar places in Nassau and Suffolk while a murder trial is happening in the courthouse in Mineola.

This was an adventurous undertaking for the author. It is a well researched Historical Fiction about the tunnels under Paris. Two separate stories that would have been better if presented as row books in a series. Traveling between the 1600’s and (1940’s) was a challenge. As each time period ended, the reader had to trudge through the other time period while waiting for resolution of the reviles string. Unfortunately, I do not recommend this book. It was torturous to read. However, both plots have strong value.

THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE by Katherine Center focuses of a slice of the life of female firefighter Cassie Hanwell. A life, like most, that has many ups and downs. When Cassie is pressured to change jobs, states, and family relationships she is thrown for a loop. Luckily her crew at her new fire house help her to grow. The characters, story, and writing style are thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward to her next engaging story ...

Colette Marceau is a young teen living in World War II era France at the start of the novel THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU by Kristen Harmel. She lives with her mother, father and younger sister and is managing to live as well as can be expected in troubling times. One terrible night everything changes. The story follows Colette through the next eight decades of her life with many flashbacks and an equal number of secrets hidden and revealed. With a large cast of characters in both the United States and France, both upstanding and criminal, the plot is somewhat unbelievable, but readable non the less. The background and atmosphere were truly interesting.

There so many subplots in "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods that I lost count. When the title of the novel is explained, it was forced and really had no significance to any of the plots. At the opening of a door there was a new character that at one point I thought I would need a score card. It was an easy read that I didn't have to think at all.

An incredibly bleak deconstruction of the superhero genre that doubles as a scathing critique on American politics. I was consistently blown away (and also at least a little depressed) by how timely this felt despite coming out in 1986. I don't think you have to be a comic book or superhero fan to "get it" with Watchmen. It's a fantastic graphic novel from top to bottom and, so long as you can stomach the protagonists largely being unlikable, I can't recommend it enough.

Not very enjoyable.

Yochanan’s Gamble was a fascinating part biography part text study on prayer, on how Jews pray utilizing the philosophy of Rabbis of past centuries and how Jews of the Reform movement adapted with the times and a valuable lesson in the use of loopholes (to get out of something) that can be found in the Torah. It was educational and although at times dense to read and in need of editing it proves that Jews have a story for everything.