All About The Books, Baby

[johnmill79]

I've gotten in a surprising amount of reading this summer. Three books in this month alone, with one of them clocking in at over 770 pages. Goodness. A couple years ago, it would've taken me two or more months to finish a monster like that

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[furzicle]

Thanks for the links, John. I will try to read a few of those books

[johnmill79]

I've never even heard of Connely, but will have to check something out of his on your recommendation.
h Brown, I feel like his writing isn't all that great but the stories are awesome! I do believe there is a difference.
And I actually like Crichton. I know that he is way over the top usually, but it makes for good escape reading. He imagines things very well.
I think A Time To Kill was the only really good Grisham book, in my opinion. As many have said, he's kind of formulaic in most cases. But if you're into legal stuff, then yeah you might enjoy it.
Thanks for reading.

[furzicle]

I will say one more thing about Connelly. He usually sets his stories in LA. It's not essential to understanding the story, but it does lend an interesting detail.

Every now and then he muffs something in that regard. In one book he referred to being able to see the Channel Islands from a highrise in Santa Monica, and that wouldn't work. Though I heard that one on a tape, so I never knew if the reader had made the mistake. You can see Catalina and it is a channel island, but there was something off about the statement which by now I may be mis-remembering.

[johnmill79]

Oh, and you say Connelly's stories are interconnected. Does this mean I should start in any particular place?

[furzicle]

I don't think it matters, but they are chronological. After I read one, I tried to go back and read the first one chronologically. What is fun is that a character will pop up in a book without a whole lot of fanfare who figured prominently in a much earlier book. Connelly doesn't make a deal out of it, but, as the reader, it's fun to remember that person from an earlier time.