Ah, Jonathan Kellerman... He has been my favorite author for years. I love the character Alex Delaware. I have been reading Alex Delaware books for around 20 years now (how odd that my parents would let such a young child read these books). In any case, True Detectives is not an Alex Delaware book, but he does make a few very small appearances.
True Detectives features Moses Reed and Aaron Fox, two brothers who we first saw in Bones. I was happy to read a little more about Mo Reed after getting a glimpse of him (and a possible romance) in Bones. Even though this isn't an Alex Delaware novel, it reads very similarly. It is still a detective book with various twists and turns. In addition, True Detectives adds the complication of the strained relationship between Reed and Fox. There are a few small cameos by Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware, as well as a few other regular Kellerman characters.
I really enjoyed this books, as most often is the case with Kellerman's books. I like that the conclusion isn't completely obvious throughout the book and yet isn't a complete shock. While True Detectives is pretty much a stand alone book, I recommend reading Bones first to get a little more background...well, if you are going to do that you should probably just go ahead and read all 23 Alex Delaware novels...
Friday, May 8, 2009
Fluff
So I decided to be a little more like Heather and read some "fluff" over vacation. I read Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella and Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. I am now wondering if all chick lit books involve affairs...it seems rather odd to me.
Remember Me? read exactly like a movie...a chick flick. It was good and entertaining, and I definitely wanted to find out what happened. Yet, I kind of felt let down at the end. I mean, it had a happy ending - I'm beginning to think that all books in this genre do, you know based on my vast experience of reading a total of 3 books - but I was left wanting more. I guess I'm not big into these glossed over romances. Yeah, I'm glad that the characters I like end up together at the end and everyone seems happy, but I want to know more about their relationship and where it goes. Maybe I would do better with a series where you continue to see a character and get to watch those relationships and lives grow a bit more. I'm far from deep...I spend my evenings watching Grey's Anatomy and House and the like. Heck I often even find Lost to be a little too involved. Yet, I find myself wanting a little more substance in my books. How odd.
Something Borrowed read a little less like a movie to me. I suppose it was a little more involved. I did however, find it odd to be rooting for someone to get together with her best friend's fiance. =) I suppose that is just my wholesome view point though (how does my halo look?). I did enjoy this book and definitely kept reading eagerly to find out how things would turn out. Something Borrowed does have another book after it, Something Blue, which I have not had a chance to read yet. However, from what I have seen, Something Blue changes view points to that of the best friend of the main character in Something Borrowed. I'm interested to see if this gives a little more depth and insight, or if it will simply seem like an unrelated story that just happens to start where th previous one left off. I'll keep you posted.
This past week I read Baby Proof also by Emily Giffin. I do have to say that this was probably my least favorite of the three chick books I have read so far. I think I didn't like it as much because it had a far more depressing tone to me. I felt like it didn't give enough glimpses of possible happiness or resolution as the other books did. It is about a couple who gets a divorce because after a couple years of marriage the husband decides he wants kids after they had always both said they didn't. I suppose I could also not like it as much because I can't relate as well to a woman not wanting kids...you know unlike how I can to a woman with amnesia who finds out she has been having an affair or a woman who is trying to steal her best friend's fiance. lol In any case, it was still an entertaining book, just not quite as happy or captivating as the other two. I also recommend reading this after Something Blue as it contains somewhat of a spoiler, even though the two books aren't reall related. Make sense?
So I think now my task is to find the right balance between complete fluff and books that make me feel like I am back in school.
Next up: Friday Night Knitting Club, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Something Blue and Wuthering Heights
Remember Me? read exactly like a movie...a chick flick. It was good and entertaining, and I definitely wanted to find out what happened. Yet, I kind of felt let down at the end. I mean, it had a happy ending - I'm beginning to think that all books in this genre do, you know based on my vast experience of reading a total of 3 books - but I was left wanting more. I guess I'm not big into these glossed over romances. Yeah, I'm glad that the characters I like end up together at the end and everyone seems happy, but I want to know more about their relationship and where it goes. Maybe I would do better with a series where you continue to see a character and get to watch those relationships and lives grow a bit more. I'm far from deep...I spend my evenings watching Grey's Anatomy and House and the like. Heck I often even find Lost to be a little too involved. Yet, I find myself wanting a little more substance in my books. How odd.
Something Borrowed read a little less like a movie to me. I suppose it was a little more involved. I did however, find it odd to be rooting for someone to get together with her best friend's fiance. =) I suppose that is just my wholesome view point though (how does my halo look?). I did enjoy this book and definitely kept reading eagerly to find out how things would turn out. Something Borrowed does have another book after it, Something Blue, which I have not had a chance to read yet. However, from what I have seen, Something Blue changes view points to that of the best friend of the main character in Something Borrowed. I'm interested to see if this gives a little more depth and insight, or if it will simply seem like an unrelated story that just happens to start where th previous one left off. I'll keep you posted.
This past week I read Baby Proof also by Emily Giffin. I do have to say that this was probably my least favorite of the three chick books I have read so far. I think I didn't like it as much because it had a far more depressing tone to me. I felt like it didn't give enough glimpses of possible happiness or resolution as the other books did. It is about a couple who gets a divorce because after a couple years of marriage the husband decides he wants kids after they had always both said they didn't. I suppose I could also not like it as much because I can't relate as well to a woman not wanting kids...you know unlike how I can to a woman with amnesia who finds out she has been having an affair or a woman who is trying to steal her best friend's fiance. lol In any case, it was still an entertaining book, just not quite as happy or captivating as the other two. I also recommend reading this after Something Blue as it contains somewhat of a spoiler, even though the two books aren't reall related. Make sense?
So I think now my task is to find the right balance between complete fluff and books that make me feel like I am back in school.
Next up: Friday Night Knitting Club, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Something Blue and Wuthering Heights
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