Friday, August 30, 2019

Rumpole and the Golden Thread, by John Mortimer

  • Title:  Rumpole and the Golden Thread
  • Author:  John Mortimer
  • Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
  • Started:  8/28/2019
  • Finished:  8/29/2019
These are just fantastic books.  

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Paris, I love you but you're bringing me down, by Rosecrans Baldwin

Book club selection -- an easy read but not very enjoyable.


Monday, August 26, 2019

The Trials of Rumpole, by John Mortimer

  • Title:  The Trials of Rumpole
  • Author:  John Mortimer
  • Borrowed from Worcester, MD Public Library (audiobook)
  • Started: 8/25/2019
  • Finished: 8/26/2019
It is all Rumpole all the time for me, I should move onto something else but these are just so enjoyable...

Friday, August 23, 2019

Rumpole a'la Carte, by John Mortimer

  • Title: Rumpole a'la Carte
  • Author:  John Mortimer
  • Borrowed from Worcester County, MD Public Library Audiobook
  • Started:8/22/2019
  • Finished: 8/23/2019
Absolutely loving these Rumpole short stories.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Rumpole of the Bailey, by John Mortimer

  • Title: Rumpole of the Bailey
  • Author:  John Mortimer
  • Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library (Audiobook)
  • Started: 8/19/2019
  • Finished: 8/20/2019
Really enjoying these Rumpole books, in the middle of another one now.  Expertly read by David Case (aka Frederick Davidson).

Monday, August 19, 2019

Rumpole's Last Case, by John Mortimer

  • Title: Rumpole's Last Case
  • Author:  John Mortimer
  • Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library (Audiobook)
  • Started: 8/1/2019
  • Finished: 8/19/2019
Very entertaining, I'll be listening to more of these...

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Lullaby, by Ace Atkins

Title: Lullaby
Author: Ace Atkins
Purchased paperback from salvation army in Key Largo
Started: 8/17/2019
Finished 8/18/2019

Spenser novel, pretty enjoyable. 

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Death in Paradise, by Robert Parker

Title: Death in Paradise
Author: Robert Parker
Purchased in paperback from salvation army in Key Largo, FL
Started: 8/16/2019
Finished: 8/17/2019

Enjoyable Jesse Stone novel. 

Friday, August 16, 2019

A Red Death, by Walter Mosley

Title: A Red Death
Author: Walter Mosley
Borrowed from Little Free Library in Ocean City MD (paperback)
Started: 8/10/2019
Finished: 8/16/2019

Second book in the Easy Rawlins series, a bit far fetched but a fun read. 

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

A Ticket to the Boneyard

Title: A Ticket to the Boneyard
Author: Lawrence Block
Borrowed from Little Library in Ocean City, MD (paperback)
Started: 8/4/2019
Finished: 8/6/2019

Easy and decent detective novel. Good vacation read. 

Thursday, August 1, 2019

The Ice Harvest, by Scott Phillips

  • Title:  The Ice Harvest
  • Author:  Scott Phillips
  • Borrowed from DC Public Library (Audiobook)
  • Started: 7/30/2019
  • Finished: 7/31/2019
This was entertaining enough, but seemed a bit like an Elmore Leonard knock-off.  You could see the ending coming from a mile away.  Still, enjoyable short novel.